KATHAK Dance Performance - Embassy of India, Denmark - 70years of Independence - Part 1

Описание: Kathak by Guru Smt. Geetanjali Lal's and group by Himani Arya, Avinav Mukherjee, Geeta Bhatt, Dheerendra Tiwari.

FOREMOST AMONG THE LEADING KATHAK EXPONENTS GEETANJALI LAL HAS CARVED A SPECIAL NICHE IN THE WORLD OF DANCE.

TRAINED BY THE GREAT STALWARTS LIKE ROSHAN KUMARI, GOPI KRISHANA, MOHAN RAO KALAYANPURKER AND SHRI DEVI LAL.GEETANJALI LAL IS ALSO A GIFTED MUSICIAN TRAINED BY HER FATHER SH.RAJNIKANT DESAI OF AGRA GHARANA FROM CHILDHOOD.

PERFORMING FROM THE LAST FOUR DECADES IN ALL THE MAJOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVALS, GEETANJALI HAS RECEIVED ENCOMIUMS FOR HER BRILLIANT SOLO EXPOSITION OF JAIPUR GHARANA AND HER OWN GROUP CHOREPGRAPHIC WORKS FOR WHICH SHE HAS SCORED THE MUSIC.SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER IMAGINATIVE CHOREOGRAPHY OF “KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI”, “INDRADHANUSH”, “MEGHDOOT”, “THE SPIRIT”, “AVROHA”, “SAHELI”, “NAYIKA”, “TAALATMIKA”, “VARSHA MANGAL”, “DHRUPAD VASANTI LEELA”, DANCE DRAMA RABINDRANATH TAGORE’S “CHITRANGADA”, CHANDALIKA, RITU RANG etc

GEETANJALI HAS ALO CHOREOGRAPHED THE AMALGAMSTION OF DIFFERENT INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCES FOR THE EVENTS LIKE “BRICKS” SUMMIT AND “ASEAN” SUMMIT AT RASHTRAPATI BHAWAN IN THE YEAR 2012.

GEETANJALI LAL IS A TOP GRADE ARTIST OF DOORDARSHAN AND EMPANELLEDARTIST OF INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS ( ICCR )

BLESSED WITH AN IMPRESSIVE STAGE PRESENCE, HER PERFORMANCES BRING TO LIFE THE BEAUTY OF THE MUGHAL AND RAJPUT PAINTINGS.ADD TO IT, HER LYRICAL RENDERINGS OF EXPRESSIONAL NUMBERS AND HER PERFORMANCE GENERATES HIGH AESTHETIC VISUALS, WHICH LINGER LONG IN MEMORY. BASED IN DELHI, SHE HAS HELD SEVERAL IMPORTANT POSITIONS INCLUDING SENIOR GURU, CHIEF OF REPERTORY AND DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KATHAK KENDRA, NEW DELHI.

SHE HAS BEEN COUNDCTING KATHAK WORKSHOPS AND LEC-DEM IN VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA AND ABROAD. SHE HAS TRAINED SEVERAL STUDENTS AND MANY OF THEM HAVE EARNED RECOGNITION AS SOLO DANCERS.

GEETANJALI LAL HAS BEEN AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD IN THE YEAR 2007; SHE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE TITLE OF “NRITYA SHARADA”, NATYA KALA SHREE”, “BHARAT GAURAV”, “KALA SHIROMANI”, “KALPANA CHAWALA AWARD, INDIRA GANDHI PRIYADARSHANI AWARD IN 2012.

JIJABAI WOMEN ACHIVERS AWARD, ACHARYA KALA VIPANCHEE AND MANY MORE FOR EXCELLENCE, BY VARIOUS CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS, FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF KATHAK DANCE.

APART FROM DANCING SHE IS ALSO AN ACTRESS, HAVING ACTED IN A KASHMIRI FEATURE FILM “SHAYAR-E-KASHMIR MEHJOOR” IN A LEAD ROLE AND WON THE J & K BEST ACTRESS AWARD.

SHE HAS BEEN ON THE EXPERT COMMITTEE OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS LIKE INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, MINISTERY OF DEFENCE FOR INDIAN REPUBLIC CELEBRATIONS, MINISTERY OF CULTURE, SAHITYA KALA PARISHAD DELHI, BHATKHANDE DEEMED UNIVERSITY LUCKNOW, I.C.C.R etc.

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