This lawyer spends her evenings mastering intricate footwork – and it’s made her better at her job

Discover how a lawyer's dedication to Kathak dance enhances her professional life, offering focus, resilience, and a unique ...
SFGate

Chitresh Das, influential Kathak dancer and educator, dies

Chitresh Das, a mesmerizing Kolkata-born performer of the North Indian classical Indian dance form Kathak and a great educator in the form throughout the Bay Area and the United States, died of an ...
BroadwayWorld

Leela Dance Collective Presents RERSOUND, A 5-Day Celebration Of Kathak Dance

Leela Dance Collective presents ReSound, a 5-day celebration of kathak dance, featuring free street performances and workshops ($10) to educate and inspire audiences of all ages. The public is invited ...
BroadwayWorld

REFLECTIONS – A Kathak Dance Show at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

REFLECTIONS A Kathak Dance Show celebrates the ancient story-telling Indian Classical dance form at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. Katha means Story and Kathak is that which tells a story. Kathak ...
SFGate

Beat generation / Dance teacher is master of kathak, a classical Indian dance

It is a drizzly Tuesday afternoon in February, and Chitresh Das is carrying a large suitcase of tablas while darting up the steps of the Cultural Integration Fellowship, a brick building on the corner ...
Indiatimes

Sopan Festival Day 2: Tabla, contemporary, and Kathak performances steal the spotlight

The Sopan Festival's cultural celebration continues with classical vocal, instrumental, and dance performances. Suraj's remarkable vocal performance enchanted the audience. Sani Niyazi's Tabla ...
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Listen: How tabla players accompany Kathak dancers

Tabla accompaniment to Kathak dance is very distinct from the kind that is heard in a vocal or instrumental performance. The nritta or pure dance element in Kathak is almost completely based on ...
Los Angeles Times

Chitresh Das dies at 70; Indian classical dancer was master of kathak

Chitresh Das, a renowned practitioner and teacher of the kathak form of Indian classical dance, died Sunday in Marin County. He was 70. The San Francisco-based Chhandam School of Kathak, which Das ...