TKP 005: Alaina Roy

3 years ago

Links to Social Media https://www.instagram.com/kathakwithalainaroy/ linkedin.com/in/alaina-roy-3a6990194 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiD5uPZWCNs https://www.mangobaaz.com/pakistani-kathak-dancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR921xYtqtM

Alaina Roy has been a Kathakar for 14 years and has performed all over the world. Based out of the UK and Pakistan, she has performed all over the world and she focuses on spreading the art form in Pakistan.

Timestamps 0:01:10 Kathak is Not Like any other art form 0:02:55 Kathak is an expression 0:04:56 Kathak Misconceptions 0:07:32 Creating awareness in Pakistan 0:10:00 Accessibility of Kathak 0:10:20 Community outreach in Pakistan (T2F ) 0:11:25 Social Media 0:11:25 Increasing engagement through video content 0:12:32 DesiDotCo 0:14:48 Training and Background 0:17:31 Performing with an Injured Foot 0:19:11 The importance of Warming up 0:21:16 Teaching Methodology 0:23:15 Encouraging Riyaaz in Students 0:26:14 Mood Board 0:27:36 Mood and Movement Vocabulary 0:33:14 O2 arena 0:35:47 Rang manch pravesh 0:36:30 Marketing in Kathak 0:36:30 Social Media for marketing in Kathak 0:37:08 Dubai, UAE 0:37:49 How to increase the value of your artform 0:39:58 The length of Kathak Performances 0:41:49 Collaborations with Darvesh 0:44:12 Giving Musicians their credit 0:44:52 Accompanying artists