The King of Kathak - India's Birju Maharaj.

From: The World and I | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

o I>N one has done more to spread the uplifting message of kathak, the ancient, storytelling dance of India, than Birju Maharaj. Today, he is one of the nation's top cultural exponents.

From ancient times in India, the mimes, gestures, and facial expressions found in storytelling have been employed to enhance dramatic effect. Gradually, these complex traditions evolved into a type of dance narrative, kathak, whose name derives from a Sanskrit word meaning "the art of storytelling." A highly evolved, classical dance form, kathak conveys the experiences of the ecstatic union of ...

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