04/08/2020
On 2nd August, Ek Window conducted an event called 'Tihai - An exploration of Kathak Dance Spectrum' by Ameera Patankar and Esha Nanal. The event received an overwhelming response with on zoom and facebook platforms with people joining in globally from US, UK etc. This is the first time ek window has presented a dance form on this platform and is certainly a feather in the cap for .
Ameera and Esha structured the presentation brilliantly striking the right balance in the information and demonstrations. The information shared included history of the evolution of the Kathak dance form. The various' gharanas' that adapted and explored it. We also got to know about a few technicalities like the 'bol', 'padhant', 'tihai', emotions, expressions, dancing styles, dancing on the beat, and arriving on the 'saam'. The entire information was shared in a very comprehensive manner.
Every piece of information followed by a little demonstration by Esha and Ameera which made the understanding much easier.
Further, they also talked about the adaptations and explorations of Kathak with Jazz music, silent choreographies, and many such fusions.
The session was very well received by the audience. We lost the track of time while watching the event. Post the session, the Q&A session had a quality interaction between the artists and the audiences.
You can watch the recording of the program on our page.
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Thank you once again and join us for the next event. Watch the page for the new event announcement.
Best regards,
Rahul Shinde
