Duration: Course A (1 to 2 years)
Course B (3 to 5 years)
Course C (10 to 15 years)
Once a week x 1 hours each
Mondays, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Our course will encourage and nurture imagination through a new language of expression called Kathak. The Kathak Dance course will make students aware and believe in their capacity. It will nudge young minds to delight in the world of arts around them.
Faculty
Debashree Bhattacharya is a kolkata based Kathak practitioner, choreographer and teacher. Her inquisitive and imaginative mind resonates through her creative endeavours.She is an artist keen on understanding, analysing and redefining the Kathak form on one hand and Kathak informed body on the other.
1. Introduction to the brief history of Kathak Information on the other classical dance forms of India
2. Understanding the body and its various parts Basic steps of Kathak
3. Simple hand movements along with steps Linear movements & circular movements Introduction to Spins (Chakkars)
4. An introduction to 16 beats time cycle Speed variation
5. Concept of Padhant (keeping beats and recitation of bols)
6. Simple bols and tatkar (rhythmic variations) Understanding of single and double hand gestures
7. Abhinaya – Storytelling through kavits (poems from mythology which are set to rhythm
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Contact Details
The Creative Arts Academy
31/2a Sadananda Road Kolkata – 700026
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Phone Number: +91 9831140988 / +91 9830775677