The most awaited Kathak Dance Syllabi Part 2 written by Padma Shri Awardee Dr Puru Dadheech is finally published by Bindu Prakashan and is available for purchase. This book is meant for various graduation and post-graduation level Kathak examinations of renowned institutions such as "Visharad' and 'Alankar' level of Akhil Bharativa Gandharva Mahavidvalava Mandala. Mumbai, the 'Vid and Kovid level of Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh, Prabhakar, Praveen and Sangeetacharya level of Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Prayagraj, Visharad and Bhaskar level of Pracheen Kala Kendra. Chandigarh and Bhatkhande Music University, Lucknow. This book covers the svllabi of the BA/BPA and MA/MPA Kathak programs of most of the universities including the University of Khairagarh, Gwallor, Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Vadodra, Banaras, Chandigarh, Patiala Amritsar. etc and will guide the students for BA aswel as MA levels.
Dr. Puru Dadheech is a well-known name in the field of Kathak dance as an excellent performer, enormous scholar, skillfull choreographer and an ideal teacher. He had rare opportunity to get intial training in Kathak dance from Pt. Durga Prasad and then further guidence in the traditional fashion from the great masters like Pt. Narayan Prasad, Pt. Sundar Prasad and Pt Shambhu Maharaj and soon he imbibed and mastered all the creative and practical aspects of this unique dance from. He also has a fascile pen, out of which many highly acclaimed works have comeout to prove the oceanic depth of his knowledge as well as highly creative and percetive mind. He was awarded doctorate in music for his famous dessertation on origin and development of Kathak dance and also Ph.D. degree for his, illustrious work on Sanskrit Dramaturagy and its relationship with Kalidasa's Plays. Choreography of more than a hundred dance- dramas goes to his credit. Groomed by legends of literature like Padma Bhushan Shivmangal Singh 'Suman' and Shri Shrinivas Rath, Dr Puru Dadheech has written infinite number of compositions in many rare taals and unexplored subjects for Kathak, making Kathak literature strong and wide. Thus he rightfully claim that in theory and practice both, he is a vertueso. For his contribution in the field of Kathak he had been honoured with many Awards and Titles like the fourth highest civilian award of India, The Padma Shri, India's highest national award to a performing artist, The Sangeet Natak Akademi award, MP Government's Shikhar Samman, Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi award, etc. After retirement from the chair of the department of dance at the world famed Bhatkhande College of Hindustani music, Lucknow and as Dean of dance department at Khairagarh University, at present he is running Natavari Kathak Nritya Academy at Indore, M.P and also heading as the Director of world's first dedicated Kathak Research Centre at the Sri Sri University, Cuttak.
I am glad to present the Kathak Dance Syllabi part two for the Kathak students and learning enthusiasts. The Kathak Dance syllabi part one and other books on the Kathak syllabus were well accepted and appreciated not only by students, teachers but also by scholars and critics. The feedback from my readers has always encouraged me to write more.
This book is meant for various graduation and post- graduation level examinations of renowned institutions such as 'Visharad' and 'Alankar' level of Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandala, Mumbai, the 'Vid' and 'Kovid' level of Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh, Prabhakar, Praveen and Sangeetacharya level of Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Prayagraj, Visharad and Bhaskar level of Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh and Bhatkhande Music University, Lucknow. This book covers the syllabi of the BA/ BPA and MA/MPA Kathak programs of most of the universities including the University of Khairagarh, Gwalior, Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Vadodara, Banaras, Chandigarh, Patiala, Amritsar, etc. and will guide the students for BA as well as MA level.
This book stands on the shoulders of the previous works by revered scholars, whom I have followed and cited. I express my gratitude towards all those scholars from the bottom of my heart. I am equally grateful to my better half Dr. Vibha Dadheech who has a major role in devising this work.
I extend my gratitude towards Mrs Simran Kaur Khurana for editing this book. This book wouldn't have been complete without contributions and assistance that I received from Pratyush Dadhich, Harshita Sharma Dadheech, Rajshri Oak, Ashish Pillai and Sunil Sunkara.
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