by Babita Persaud | Dec 31, 2020 | CA Gharana, News
DONATE The Making Of the California Gharana Sarah Morelli You studied with two of modern India’s greatest masters of North Indian classical art – Ustad Ali Akbar Khansahib and Pandit Chitresh Das. Can you talk about how this came to be? How did you discover...
by Babita Persaud | Dec 31, 2020 | CA Gharana, News
DONATE The Making Of the California Gharana Seema Mehta As an established kathak dancer, what was your first impression of kathak dance? What encouraged you to take your first kathak class, and what was your very first class with Pandit Das like? I had a long...
by Babita Persaud | Dec 31, 2020 | CA Gharana, News
ABOUT APPROACH FACULTY LOCATIONS ONLINE STUDIO ADULTS CHILDREN & YOUTH DONATE The Making Of the California Gharana Rukhmani Mehta (previously Rina Mehta) As a well established kathak dancer, what is it like to look back on your very first experience of kathak...
by Babita Persaud | Dec 26, 2020 | CA Gharana, News
DONATE The Making Of the California Gharana Farah Yasmeen Shaikh What is it like to look back on your very first experience of kathak dance? What encouraged you to take your first kathak class with Pandit Chitresh Das, and what was your very first class with him like?...
by Babita Persaud | Dec 22, 2020 | CA Gharana, News
DONATE The Making Of the California Gharana Seibi Lee You have dedicated over thirty years to studying and teaching an artform that is not from your culture. What drew you to kathak? What was your first experience like? Which aspects of the dance resonated with you...
