The Kathak Podcast : Kathak Ka Chakkar
Conversations with Kathak Artists from across the world

TKP016: Abha Bansal

3 years ago

Episode Notes

Abha Bansal is a dancer, choregropaher and educationist.She has been trained under guru Hlralal Haasal ji and Guru Kundanlal Gangani ji. She's been teaching dance at Nupur for 40 years Through her choreogrpahic works, she has addressed pertinent issues like female foeticide, adult education, women empowerment and save the girl child.

Timestamps 0:01:17 Journey 0:04:54 Teaching in Schools 0:06:12 Building Patrons of the art 0:08:29 Cultivating awareness to non practioners 0:09:52 Getting students started 0:12:55 Differnces between teaching in Nupur vs at a school 0:31:43 Things Abha Ji added to her teaching 0:38:41 Online Teaching Opportunities 0:40:45 Workshops done by Abha ji 0:45:48 How many years of training needed for an abhinaya workshop 0:47:15 Krishna Radha Ched Char 0:54:05 The art of storytelling 1:03:45 Abhinaya in the Present day and age 1:07:27 Reception to Abhinaya and Gat Bhav workshops 1:15:52 Concluding Remarks