Kathak virtuoso Pandit Rajendra Gangani Interview 🎭🕺 Live Performance
Channel: Raaggiri
Date: 2021-08-22

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Watch Kathak virtuoso Pandit Rajendra Gangani exclusive interview. Pandit Rajendra Gangani is one of the leading practitioners of the Jaipur Gharana style of Kathak. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003 for his contribution to the field of Kathak. This is the highest award given for performing arts in India, and Gangani recevied this award from Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.  

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00:46 - How important is it to be a good person to be a good artist?
02:05 - Kathak virtuoso Pandit Rajendra Gangani live performance
03:28 - How do you define Guru Shishya Parampara?
04:55 -  Live performance of kathak dancer Pandit Rajendra Gangani
06:27 - Pandit Rajendra Gangani talking aout how Jaipur Gharana is diffrent from others
09:27 - Pandit Rajendra Gangani live performance
11:27 - Rajendra Gangani ji talking about jaipur gharana's pad sanchalan style
12:02 - Kathak dance bol of jaipur gharana by Pandit Rajendra Gangani
12:46 - Rajendra Gangani playing table live with explanation for Raaggiri 

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---------------🎷🎸🎧🎶  About Pandit Rajendra Gangani 🎉🤩👍👇---------------- 
Rajendra Kumar Gangani born in traditional family of Jaipur Gharana. He has started his training of Kathak Dance from his father Guru Kundan Lal Gangani at the early age of four in Jodhpur. An outstanding performer of Kathak, he has evolved a distinct and personal style. Though best known as a soloist, he has choreographed a number of productions including ‘Prakriti’, ‘Jhalak’, ‘Panchamukhi’ and ‘Anadi-Anant’. He has composed music for these works within the traditional format. He has also acquired proficiency in playing the Pakhawaj.

Having performed extensively within the country, his performances have also taken him all over Europe, Middle East, Russia and the United States.

As a Kathak Guru at the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, he has made significant contribution in grooming young dancers. He was awarded the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1991 and the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2002 from the former Hon’ble President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

Rajendra Kumar Gangani joined the Kathak Kendra on 07.08.1985 and presently he is working as Kathak Guru since September, 1999.


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