Lucknow Gharana Kathak Dancer Mahua Shankar Exclusive Interview Part 01 🎶
Channel: Raaggiri
Date: 2021-12-10

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Watch Lucknow Gharana Kathak dancer Mahua Shankar exclusive interview part 01 only on Raaggiri. classical Kathak danseuse and a performing artist Mahua Shankar is an extraordinary young dancer, adding subtle innovations to the Kathak repertoire while preserving the tenets of the classical style. Mahua, with her enchanting stage presence has earned acclamation for her intense, sensitive & graceful Kathak presentations. Mahua Shankar is an Empaneled artist of ICCR in the category of Established kathak dancer's and is also an A Grade Kathak artist from Delhi Doordarshan


----------------Table of Content ----------
00:10 - Introduction of Kathak dancer Mahua Shankar by Shivendra Kumar Singh 
01:00 - You belong to a great musical gharana so tell us about how your childhood was with the music of Lucknow gharana
04:37 - You started learning Kathak dance at the age of 3, so do you ever feel that you started taking training too soon?
07:33 - Kathak dancer Mahua Shankar talking about her Gurus
13:00 - Mahua Shankar talking about her Guru Ghulam Sabir Khan and her last performance with him 
14:05 - Live performance of Lucknow gharana kathak dancer Mahua Shankar 

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-----------------Biography of Lucknow Gharana Kathak Dancer Mahua Shankar -----------
A disciple of the legendary figure of Indian classical dance, Padma Vibhushan Pandit Birju Maharaj, and also a Gandha Bandh Shaagird (Disciple ) of the great Sarangi Maestro Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan ji. Mahua was enticed by the beauty of Kathak at a very early age of 5. Her first Gurus were her parents; Father, the late Shri Pradeep Shankar, and her mother, Smt. Rekha Shankar. They imbibed an undying love in her for this exquisite dance form. She persuaded her learning further from a great exponent and acclaimed guru of Kathak; Smt. Reva Vidhyarthi for about 2 years. She then joined the celebrated Kathak Kendra in Delhi and was disciple of Vaswati Mishra for another 2-3 years.

Already have collected learning from such talented Gurus, she then became the disciple of a prodigy of Indian Classical Dance - Pandit Birju Maharaj. The youngest student of his class – just 14 yrs, she was his favorite.  From then on, she has been associated with him, first Learning, then Teaching as well as Performing along his side and in his group.
When Birju Maharaj started Kalashram, his Dance school in 1998, she has been a devotee there, of teaching, performing and at the same time mastering this elegant Dance Form, till 2009. Since 2009 she has been presenting as a freelance performer and her delicate dance style has impressed many a hearts both in India as well as abroad. She believes her Journey on this path of Rhythm and learning about it, is never ending and rightfully so.


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