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Kathak workshop from March 14

BHUBANESWAR: In her continued effort to promote North Indian classical dance style of Kathak in the land of Odissi, Kolkata-based Akademi awardee and Kathak exponent Rani Karnaa shall hold her ninth session of workshop in the city from March 14 to 20. It will be hosted in association with the Bhubaneswar Kala Kendra on the kendra’s premises.

The week-long event would help the former workshop participants to revise their earlier lessons while learning new compositions.

The new participants would be initiated into Kathak during the meet. Students and members of cultural institutions, performers of other dance styles and interested individuals can participate in the workshop, explained Ms, Rani.

The 10-year-old Kolkata-based centre for training in Kathak – Samskritiki Shreyaskar – opened its Orissa chapter in Bhubaneswar two years ago.

“There have been regular performances, workshops and lecture-demonstrations at various centres in Orissa in collaboration with prominent cultural organisations of the State like the Kala Vikash Kendra of Cuttack, Bhubaneswar Music Circle and Orissa Dance Academy, Bhubaneswar,” revealed Ms. Rani, who was born in Pakistan and is married to an Oriya.

Bhubaneswar is a city of cosmopolitan culture and it should have avenues for cultural expression of various communities, she pointed out.

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