Indian Classical Dancer Namrata Rai Exclusive Interview Part 01 🎊 Raaggiri
Channel: Raaggiri
Date: 2021-11-12

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Watch an Indian classical dancer Namrata Rai exclusive interview only on Raaggiri. Born in the picturesque valley of Dehradun, she received her training under the tutelage of Late Dr. Madhukar Anand, of Lucknow Gharana, in the age old Vedic system of receiving knowledge called Guru Shishya Parampara and presently learning the complexity of Indian rhythms under the tutelage of Pt. Udhai Mazumdar, a senior disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar. She completed her bachelors degree from Bhatkhande, Lucknow and Masters degree from Khairagarh University.

Kathak Dancer Namrata Rai Exclusive Interview Part 02 🎊 Raaggiri
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00:13 - Introduction on Indian Classical Kathak dancer Namrata Rai by Shivendra Kumar Singh 
00:54 - you are not from any musical gharana then how did the idea come in your mind that you want to become a Kathak dancer.
03:00 - Namrata Rai ji please tell us about your mischief in childhood
04:25 - You belong to that family where only education is done, so how did you get the support from the family to give full attention to music and dance?
08:05 - What did you do when there was a lot of scolding in the house?
09:25 - It did not happen in your family that people used to say that why is she learning dance, teach it, it will do better.
11:23 - You learned from  Dr. Madhukar Anand so please share your learning experience
13:15 - Kathak dancer Namrata Rai talking about her  guru Pandit Udhai Mazumdar.
14:17 - Namrata Rai talking about her project RED and her showing her red project live kathak dance performance 

------------- Kathak Dancer Namrata Rai Biography -------------
Maintaining the ancient tradition, she aspires to incorporate the youth and the modern times in her choreography. She feels it very important to show her audiences both, the life around which they live and the life of their dreams, through her dances.
A recipient of National Scholarship by Ministry of Human resources and development, Govt. of India, Namrata was also awarded Spic Macay scholarship under which she had the honour and opportunity to learn from world renowned Kathak Dance Maestro Pt. Birju Maharaj (assisted by Ms. Saswati Sen).
Trained thus as a complete and versatile artiste, Namrata has developed her own style of solo presentations displaying the traditional techniques and spectacular innovations to this antique art. Her performances are marked by lively and imaginative inventiveness.
Namrata is a graded artist from Delhi Doordarshan (Indian National Television) and an empaneled performer & teacher of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi. She regularly conducts dance workshops in Northern Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Mulhouse (France) and Suriname. She was deputed as Kathak dance teacher cum performer by ICCR at Indian Cultural Centre in South-America. Namrata regularly performs and give lecture demonstration for SPIC MACAY all over India.
She has choreographed many dance performances for stage, television, also for the Indian National television & National Carnival in St. Lucia. Today Namrata is one of the most sought after amongst the young generation of Kathak dancers, in the country and abroad. Namrata lives in New Delhi and is engaged in performing all over India and abroad including the Indian National Television and imparting knowledge to the students.

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LATE DR. MADHUKAR ANAND - Born in Patna on April 14, 1964. Late Dr. Madhukar Anand, son of Shri Balram Lal, an eminent Kathak dancer of the post war period. This was apparent when he intently observed his father conducting classes on Kathak with his students. Sensing his innate talent his father as his first Guru initiated him into the dance form in 1972.
He undertook training in Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, under the traditional Guru Sishya Parampara, for four years. He was also the disciple of the Padmabibhushan Pandit Kishan Maharaj. Acharya Anupam Rai was also one of his mentors.

PT. UDHAI MAZUMDAR - On the precincts of percussion and maxims of melody a name, it seems, has come to stay. A name which is now creating melodic and rhythmic raptures in uncounted musical concerts all over the globe is Udhai Mazumdar.
Udhai hails from a family of musicians and fine artistes of Allahabad. His father, the Late Partho Sarathy Mazumdar, is among the first-generation of guitarists in the field of Indian Classical music. A versatile tabla player of the Benares Gharana, and also a composer of great finesse, Udhai has over the years, consciously evolved into an evocative and expressive tabla player.