TKP 020: Noori Bak

3 years ago

It's a privilege for me to present to you my conversation with Noori Bak, a kathakar based out of South Korea. where she runs the Raas indian Dance Company. Her take on O Re Piya has gathered 2.8 million views on youtube. My conversation with her is her first podcast in the english language making it all the more special for me.

Links to social https://youtube.com/c/NooriBak https://www.instagram.com/noori.bak

Show Highlights 0:03:33 Kathak/Dance to cope with depression 0:04:54 Training with First Guru 0:06:59 The central asian influence on Kathak 0:09:20 Staying with Nahid ji 0:12:33 Classes with Nahid ji 0:14:24 Starting from scratch 0:16:24 Rajasthani Dance 0:28:57 Sema, Whirling Dance 0:31:46 Beginning stages of Whirl 0:35:04 Kathak in Korea 0:37:22 Focus on the internal 0:40:11 Raas Academy 0:41:13 Noori Ji's teaching style 0:43:39 Performances 0:45:37 Princess Heo Hwang-ok 0:46:06 Story of the Indian princess to went to Korea 0:47:32 What aspects of Noori ji's dance are people drawn to? 0:48:35 O Re Piya video background 0:50:05 What Noori ji was going through when shooting the video 0:52:04 Future projects