Darbari Tarana | Akshatha Amin | Kathak Performance | Indian Classical Dance Festival | TIDE

This Tarana in Raag Darbari weaves intricate rhythmic patterns that is visually represented by footworks, chakkars and kathak movements that bring out its beauty at best. Vocal and Music by Pt. Shankar Shanboug and choreography by Mysore B. Nagaraj, this Tarana is a popular rendition in the Kathak repertoire.
Akshatha Amin
Akshatha currently disciple of Mysore B Nagaraj is a performing artist of classical dance form Kathak from Bangalore. An Engineering graduate from Dr. Ambedkar College of Engineering, Bangalore, she also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration. She began learning ‘Kathak’ from Dr.Maya Rao and later from Chitra Venugopal. She is trained in both Jaipur and Lucknow Gharana. She has been conferred with the titles “Natya Kalamani”, “Natya Mayuri”, “Rasa Priya”, “Natya prabha”, “Nrithya Shiromani” and “Padmavathi Rastriya Puraskar” by various States. She is also trained in Hindustani vocal by Ubhaya Gana Vidhushi Dr. Shyamala G Bhave alongside her performances as part of the Sri Saraswathi Sangeeth Vidyalaya Bengaluru in many platforms. She has performed at Dasara Festival in the prestigious Mysore Palace, Hampi Utsav, Madurai Meenakshi Temple, Kalai Kaveri college of fine Arts - Trichy, Sri Jayadeva Rastriya Samaroah at Bhuvaneshwar, Dr. Maya Rao Memorial Kathak Festival, Shilparamam - Hyderabad, Cuttack Mahotsav ,Shivanjali Festival- Mumbai, Paithrikam -Trivandrum kerala ,Bharathamuni festival organized by Karnataka Nrithyakala parishath, World Dance Day 2018-Vishakapatanam and many more.
Kathak
Kathak is one of the eight classical dance styles of India. It is a popular Indian Dance Form with a long history attached to its roots. Kathak is derived from Katha - Meaning Story & Kar - Meaning Doer. Kathakars or storytellers, would wander around places and during their journey, they would sing, dance and narrate legendary stories that later became a part of the Kathak Repertoire of Indian Classical Dance. The Lucknow Gharana of Kathak was founded by Ishwari Prasad, a devotee of the Bhakti movement. Ishwari lived in the village of Handiya situated in southeast Uttar Pradesh.
Other gharanas are the Jaipur Gharana and the Benaras Gharana. Recently, Jigyasa Giri has also come up with a new gharana and has coined it as the Dakshin Gharana. Kathak has intricate footworks and rhythmic patterns that draw the audience worldwide to watch this Indian traditional dance form.
Pt. Birju Maharaj, Pt Achchan Maharaj, Saswati Sen, Jigyasa Giri, Roshan Kumari, Maya Rao are some of the popular Kathak dance artists.
Kathak is an Important Dance Style and is performed in Indian dance festivals & Indian Cultural Events. Dance has always been an integral form of Indian Heritage, Culture & Tradition. Indian Classical Dance Forms have also found their way into the commercial Indian Film Industry. Dance music videos in various Indian are also inspired by Traditional Dance Forms & Classical Dance Styles.
Today, Kathak has also been integrated with Bollywood, Kuchipudi Dance Form with with Telugu Film Industry - Tollywood, Bharatanatyam with Kollywood, Mohiniyattam with Mollywood, Odissi with Ollywood, Kannada & Malayalam Feature Films by the Respective Bollywood, Kollywood, Tollywood & Mollywood Industry.
People Learn Kathak in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, USA, UK, Europe, Canada and all other parts of the World.
Today, Kathak has also been integrated with Bollywood, Kuchipudi with Telugu Film Industry - Tollywood, Bharatanatyam with Kollywood, Mohiniyattam with Mollywood and Odissi with Ollywood. People Learn Kuchipudi in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, USA, UK, Europe, Canada and all other parts of the World
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[@protyashabhukta9377]

I practiced this and came first in my competition. Thank you so much♥️

[@ananyasharma9920]

2:23

[@vedikaverma1908]

May I please know this tarana is of which taal?

[@perkaashmakhan6441]

Lovely , nice old composition . good to hear that you made a new recording . Your dance is great done .

[@akshatha230]

Thank u

[@bipashachakraborty752]

Beautiful composition and dancing, loved it. Is it possible to use the track for my dancing?

[@akshatha230]

Thank u ... Tracks shldn be copied

[@shaktiroberts22]

Maya didi composition of this Tarana

[@ananyasharma9920]

2:23

[@beautyrules6920]

An offense.

[@anshujha453]

❤❤

[@sariyosha_avanti]

5:10 -5:34

[@sariyosha_avanti]

5:48-6:10

[@santoshkumarbera965]

Start to watching the Kathak and Bhataratnatyam after the performance..Awesome and mesmerising..Proud to be Indian..@Akshatha can't escape from this performance..

[@hayagreevedevashree3395]

Fantabulous performance ma'am. Daily atleast once I watch it. So lovely.

[@akshatha230]

Thank you

[@nandinipaul6455]

এই রাগ সম্বন্ধে কিছু বলুন আমাকে please

[@josephvijayakumar6864]

Very good ma energetic and amazing expression

[@mahimabhojak5242]

Waah.. Kya baat hai bahut sundar

[@shishiramanchale2560]

This remembers me of Madhubala in Pyar Kiya toh darna kya song starting. Awesome!

[@bhedabhedi]

Very beautiful and majestic performance!!

[@roomahappyalways]

Fabulous song and dance ! God bless 😍

[@rageevverma6537]

Very nice performance after a long time I comeaccross with this nice dance performance & vocal is extremely rithemic. GOD BLESS THEM ALL

[@Neelamegamkrishnamurthy]

very nice performance 🎉

[@Neelamegamkrishnamurthy]

Best wishes 🎉🎉🎉

[@alapanmishra422]

Very difficult to singing this tarana and dancing too 🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰

[@SuparnaGhosh-fr8rr]

Khub sundor 🌸

[@ganeshgarg8225]

What a nice performance .

[@akshatha230]

Thank u

[@shaktiroberts22]

Dr maya Rao composition.

[@ruchadeshpande6992]

Beautiful! Ma'am, What is the meaning of Darbari Tarana?

[@Dr._Subhajit_Goswami_vet]

Tora tarana etc. are combined strokes of string instruments playing associated with fabulous addition of Bol bani of Beat instruments. And may be applied as indian classical dance to express the mental emotion as bodily expression. Here raag darbari kanada have been chosen in teental rela. So here tarana is darbari tarana.

[@ruchadeshpande6992]

@@Dr._Subhajit_Goswami_vet : Thank you for the explanation!

[@roomahappyalways]

Fabulous singing and dancing !! God bless 😍

[@akshatha230]

Thank u

[@gourichakraborti1876]

Wow!!! What a graceful performance and your expression was on point. Loved it❤❤ Can you please tell me whose composition is this Darbari Tarana?

[@akshatha230]

Guru maya rao

[@muhammadyunas2933]

What a master piece

[@keshavgeet]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sreedevibaba6654]

Wow! Super ..Akshata..

[@ArunKumar-nr9yd]

WOW songs

[@sel2695]

Amazing execution, her expression is ✨stunning✨🤩. 👍🏻

[@akshatha230]

Thank you

[@aleenashafaat2295]

❤

[@naadbhedthedancestudio]

Lovely

[@ukulelevozcomfeh7982]

SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!😃

[@kuchipudisree]

❤️

[@rajeshkathakdancer5282]

Excellent

[@tarang5318]

excellent

[@manikdas7200]

Simply very beautiful. 🙏🙏🙏👍

[@akshatha230]

Thank u