India 1 October 2016: To pay homage to Padmasahree Guru Shovana Narayan, All four disciples/artists( Shruti Gupta Chandra, Supriya Sathe, Mrinalini and Kartika Singh) of the famous Kathak danseuse will present a selected pieces from their Guru's repertoire along with pure dance pieces in traditional Kathak style in a 2 day event to forge ahead the ‘Guru Shisya paramapara’ scheduled for 10th and 12th October 2016 at 6.30 pm onwards at India International Centre, Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi.
In this two day event , four disciples of the eminent Guru present Kathak in its pure traditional style. Each one performs an item from her Guru’s repertoire as a tribute and a celebration of the Guru-shishya Parampara- CONTINUING TRADITION.
Shruti Gupta and Supriya Sathe will begin the festival with an invocatory item Ganga Stuti. Shruti will present Yashodhara- a much performed and loved item of her Guru. Supriya will dances Chaand- again an item that is a trademark of the Kathak maestro, while Kartika Singh will portray the anguish of Draupadi and Mrinalini will perform to a much loved gazal of Shovana ji’s. Along with the abhinaya sequences, each dancer performs pure dance sequences set to teen taal, dhamar and 11 beats.
Program Flow
10th October, 2016
starting from 6.30 pm
Ganga Stuti by Shruti G. Chandra and Supriya Sathe
Solo - Supriya Sathe
Solo- Shruti Gupta Chandra
12th October, 2016
starting from 6.30 pm
Solo – Kartika Singh
Solo – Mrinalini