On June 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 Pandit Birju Maharaj will honor us with a Baithak performance at the gallery. His performance last summer was an outstanding success and we are looking forward to this evening.
Pandit Birju Maharaj is the torchbearer of the famous family, Kalka-Bindadin Gharana of Lucknow. Named Brijmohan Nath Mishra, he is a descendant of the legendary Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, including his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lacchu Maharaj and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj. He took Kathak to new heights by composing choreography of new Kathak dance dramas. He has toured extensively across the globe, given thousands of performances and held hundreds of workshops for Kathak students.
Even though dancing is his first love, he also has an excellent command over Hindustani classical music and is an accomplished vocalist as well having command over Thumri, Dadra, Bhajan, Abhinaya and Ghazals, which will be a part of this Baithak.
For more information on this event or to attend RSVP to rsvp@tamarindart.com or call 212-200-8000.
Tamarind Art is located at 142 East 39th St between Lexington and 3rd Avenue.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Baithak performance by Pandit Birju Maharaj on June 25, 2008, 6:30 to 8:30pm.
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After hearing about Maharaj's performance last year, I can't wait to actually see it for myself. I look foward to being at the gallery on Wednesday night!
A couple of friends of mine went to last years performance by Pandit Birju Maharaj and were thrilled! I cannot wait to see it!
I really enjoyed to see Baithak performance by Pandit Birju Maharaj.
Kathak is rather fascinating,
if you're not familiar it's sort of like using Eastern European folk dancing to recount the Illiad
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