Word: kathak
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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...
...Shankar danced. He danced in Vienna, Paris, New York, and all over India. He stuck close to his country's classical traditions, mastered its every style, from the elegant Manipuri to the fast-footed Kathak. In time, he became the greatest male dancer India...