What you can find here?
Whenever I’m going, to see performance or visit interesting place, I’m taking camera with me.
Here I’d like to share my pictures with you, to promote what is still the best of India.
You can see also photos from my performances of indian dances…(click the menu)

A few clicks of my Guru pt.Jai Kishan Maharaj, performing his the most famous ghat bhaav – Makhan chori (a short story told only through the art of abhinaya – mimic and gestures- depicting little Lord Krishna stealing the butter from gopis). The elder son of Pt. Birju Maharaj gained a mastery in changing himself into little, plump, very naughty boy. Proving that Kathak is not only the art of rythom and grace, but the one of story telling. Expression means to be real, to play emotion, to reach the level on which there is no more “performer” but just “character on stage”.  Read more... (see more pictures gallery)

A few photos of diplomants of IIIrd Diploma and II Post Diploma graduation performance test (not all are included as I haven’t attended all shows). Keseri, Malovika Saha, Pankhuri Srivastava, Shobna Jha, Priya Garg, Ashish Kathak, Mansi, Anuradha…  Read more... (see more pictures gallery)

Grandson of Pt. Birju Maharaj, son of Pt. Jai Kishan, at his first Kathak solo recital…Tribhuvan Maharaj born in 1991, is trained by both masters: his father and uncle Deepak.  Read more... (see more pictures gallery)

The son of great maestro of Kathak Lucknow gharana – Deepak Maharaj. Known for his perfect footwork as well as for vigorous body movements. Here some photos from his solo and duet with his cousin – Ipshita, recitals.  Read more... (see more pictures gallery)

Great Guru of Kathak, maestro of expression – Pt. Birju Maharaj of Lucknow gharana. A rare occasion when one can witnesses Maharaji’s life performance full of grace, joy, and perfection in items well chosen according to his age.  Read more... (see more pictures gallery)