Word: kathak
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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CityStep - Dance Teacher; HBS Alumni Programs Office - Class Manager; H-R South Asian Association - Cultural Chair, "Ghungroo" Dance Dir., Kathak Dancer; Peace Games Teacher; Murray Research Center - Radcliffe Research Partner...
...about unrequited love, backed by Vivek Jain '96 on guitar and Peter Johnson playing a set of lively tabla drums. Bina Gogineni '98, an eloquent and multi-faceted performer, not only sang a meera bhajan--a Hindu devotional song--but later danced a beautiful individual solo in the ancient kathak style. And Mattar Bhattacharya '98, co-president of SAA, gave a splendid recital in traditional Hindustani style on the sarod, an intimidating 24-string instrument of 19th-century Afghanistani origin...
Among the acts were Bharata Natyam, a classical dance of facial expression and complex footwork; Kathak, a dance stlyle inspired by the Krishna legend; and traditional Bhangra, a festive Punjabi dance of love and patriotism...