Global Dance Passport
Kathak with Farah Yasmeen Shaikh
Sundays, April 23 - June 18 *No Class 5/28/17
4:00-5:30pm
Tech Rehearsal: Sunday, June 18: time TBA
Dress Rehearsal: Saturday, June 24 5:00pm
Performances: Saturday, June 24 8:00pm and Sunday, June 25 4:00pm and 7:00pm
$128.00 Full Workshop
$18.00 Drop In
Kathak is one of the eight classical forms of Indian dance and is comprised of powerful movement and technique using percussive footwork and rhythms rooted in the Indian classical music system, and is juxtaposed with subtlety and grace. Also inherent in kathak is storytelling through mime and expression, drawing on the rich culture and stories of ancient India.
Students will experience an introduction to the various aspects of Kathak, in a format that contextualizes the music, movement, etiquette and history that surrounds the dance form even if in modern day.
Farah Yasmeen Shaikh is an internationally touring Kathak performing artist, instructor and choreographer, and Founder and Artistic Director of Noorani Dance. A former member of the Chitresh Das Dance Company, Farah now performs her own traditional and innovative works, most notably, The Twentieth Wife based on the novel by author Indu Sundaresan. Farah is currently touring her follow up to this performance focused on the life of Mughal Empress Noor Jahan, with support from NEFA. Farah continues to split her time between the U.S. and Pakistan, performing and teaching throughout the country. Farah’s newest production in collaboration with EnActe Arts, based on the 1947 India-Pakistan Partition will premiere in 2018 presented by Z Space in San Francisco.