Indian Classical Dancer Geetanjali Lal Exclusive Interview Part 02 🎵🎧🎶📺
Channel: Raaggiri
Date: 2022-04-02

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She is a top grade artist of Doordarshan and Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi. She held the post of Chief of Repertory and Director of Kathak Kendra from 2009-2012. Geetanjali's solo performances have been applauded by audiences wherever she has performed. She is well known for her abhinaya and other features of the Jaipur gharana, like laykaari, intricate rhythmic patterns in her footwork. Geetanjali Lal had, ringing out the year 2001, surprised the audience with her imaginative choreography drawing on the tragic earthquake in Kutch, the attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, and the popular TV quiz show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati' starring Amitabh Bachchan. Geetanjali also acted in Kashmiri feature film – Shayar-e-Kashmir Mahjoor (1972) by Prabhat Mukherjee – in the lead role, alongside actors Balraj Sahani, Parikshit Sahni, Pran.

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Indian Kathak Dancer & Choreographer Geetanjali Lal Exclusive Interview Part 01🎭💃
https://youtu.be/RE4LF_S30AE


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00:40 - You have experienced Kathak dance for so many years, so what changes have you seen in Kathak?
05:22 - What are the changes in the subject matter in Kathak dance over time?
07:05 - When someone comes to you to learn, what things do you keep in mind that it has the qualities of being a disciple and you would like to learn it
09:10 - When you send your disciple for solo performance, what is it that you tell son, don't do this
11:05 - Tell us something about Jaipur Gharana bandish
13:05 - What is so special about the dance of Jaipur Gharana that it is time to see that these Kathak dancers are from Jaipur Gharana.


-------------- Details of Geetanjali Lal, Kathak Dancer -------------
Geetanjali Lal is an Indian Kathak dancer and choreographer. She received formal training in Hindustani Classical music by her father, Rajnikant Desai – a well-known vocalist & professor of music and the disciple of Aftab-e-Mosiqui Ustad Faiyaz Khan of Agra Gharana. She began formal training in Kathak dance at an early age of 6, under the distinguished Kathak danseuse Roshan Kumari. Geetanjali Lal continued with her formal training in Kathak dance under stalwarts – Pandit Gopi Krishna, Shri Mohan Rao Kallianpurkar and Pandit Devi Lal of Jaipur Gharana.
She was married to Pandit Devi Lal of Jaipur Gharana. Kathak dancers Abhimanyu Lal (her son) and Vidha Lal are her disciples. she has been awarded the title of “Nritya Sharada”, "Natya Kala Shree”, “Bharat Gaurav”, “Kala Shiromani” and “Kalpana chawala award, "Jjijabai Women Achivers Award", "Acharya Kala Vipanchee"


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