Mar 27, 2025 11:22 AM IST
Worldwide Kathak performer Nayanthra Parpia just lately visited Lucknow to carry out for the primary time within the metropolis
Worldwide Kathak performer Nayanthra Parpia just lately visited Lucknow to carry out for the primary time within the metropolis of considered one of her gurus, Pandit Birju Maharaj.
Nayanthra Parpia(Photograph:Deepak Gupta/HT)
“It’s nostalgic to be in Lucknow but without Maharaj ji it seems incomplete,” stated Nayanthra. “I was here with him when his ancestral home, the Kalka-Bindadin ki Dyodhi, was converted into a Kathak Museum in 2016. Sadly, I never got a chance to perform in the city that gave us Lucknow Gharana.” Nayanthra has been practising Kathak for the final 25 years, with foundational studying below Yogini Gandhi adopted by coaching below Maharaj ji.The occasion in Lucknow featured performances by Nayanthra and her staff, who introduced acts together with Ganesh Bhajan, Devaki, Thumri, and Tarana in teen taal, together with technical items in Taal Dhamaar set to music composed by Pandit Birju Maharaj.Nayanthra relies in Singapore and has been acting on stage for 15 years, “Performing in Lucknow for the very first time brought back innumerable memories of 2016, a time when Kathak seemed to truly have a soul and a voice,” stated Nayanthra.
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