About us
Kathak Academy is a premier institution working for training & Promotion of Classical Dance Kathak. It was established in the year 2012 by renowed Kathak Dancer “Apala Verma” and formally started working fron 1st january 2014.
Aims & Objectives :
Kathak is one of the best known oldest classical dance form of india. Government of India has established institution for revival, peromotion and propagation of this dance form.This institute runs various courses for education, training of Jaipur Gharana of Kathak. Thus it also trains students for performing on high level platformsat state National level.
Purpose :
Purpose for founding Kathak Academy was to upraise and nurture Kathak dance form of Jaipur Gharana, to research and provide training and coaching using miscellaneous curriculum. This institution prepares students in Kathak in order to establish them as world class Kathak dancers and stage artists to perform at various forums.
Administrative Set Up :
To be done…
(For managment of the Jaipur Kathak Kendra the state government has appointed a 15 member General Body with Principal Sceretary Art & Culture as its Ex Officio Chairman and 14 other govrenment official / non-official members. In addition to this a separate executive committee has been set up for managing routine affairs and arrangments of Kendra. )
What is Kathak :
Kathak is one of the main generes of ancient Indian classical dance and is traditionally regarded to have originated from the travelling bards of North India referred as Kathakars or storytellers. These Kathakars wandered around and communicated legendary storie via music, dance and songs quite like the early Greek theatre. The Katakard communicate stories through rhythmic foot movements, hand gestures facial expressions and eye work. This Perfirming art that incorporates legends from ancient mythology and great Indian epics, Especially form the life of Lord Krishna became quite popular in the courts of North Indian kingdoms. Three specific forms of this genre that is three gharanas (Gurukuls), which mostly differ in emphasis given to footwork versus acting , are more famous namely, The Jaipur Gharana, The Banaras Gharana and The Lucknow Gharana.