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NAAD, in line with its vision of "keeping alive the tradition" is organising a Kathak Dance festival in its pure classical form in memory of Pt. Jailalji a well known Kathak exponent & doyen of the Jaipur Gharana of Kathak. Such a dance festival in its pure classical form is happening for the first time in UK. A rare opportunity to watch the performance of 8 of the finest UK based Kathak dancers with live musicians. A unique event featuring more than 20 artists on one platform. Dancers from all key Kathak Gharanas namely Jaipur, Lucknow & Banaras Gharanas will be performing in this festival.

Cast/Performers

Sarita Kalele (Sat), Sonia Sabri (Sat), Sujata Banerjee (Sat), Abhay Shankar Mishra (Sat), Saberi Misra (Sun), Gauri Sharma Tripathi (Sun), Kajal Sharma (Sun), Padmashri Pratap Pawar (Sun), Ustad Sarvar Sabri (tabla), Ustad Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari (tabla), Pt. Rajkumar Misra (tabla), Sanju Sahai (tabla), Shahbaz Hussain (tabla), Surjeet Singh (Sarangi and Sitar), Baluji Srivastav (Sarangi and Sitar), Carl Peberdy (Sarangi and Sitar), Pt. Vishwa Prakash (Baja Vocal and Padhant), Padma Sharma (Baja Vocal and Padhant), Sanchita Pal (Baja Vocal and Padhant), Chandra Chakraborty (Baja Vocal and Padhant)