Katha se Kathak - Rangmanch Pravesh Ceremony By Vijay Dalwani of Harmony Events & Talent

Rang Manch Pravesh (Graduation): Those students dedicated to the art and committed to mastering all aspects of Kathak will be offered the opportunity to complete a Rang Manch Pravesh.

The Rang Manch Pravesh is most comparable to a graduation ceremony at which the student performs his/her first solo performance showcasing his/her full Kathak repertoire. It reflects a student’s transformation into a professional dancer capable of displaying the main aspects of Kathak and his/her Guru’s (teacher’s) teachings.

Every Kathak dancer starts his performance in his/her own way and arranges the dance pieces as per his/her choice. Kathak can be divided into Nritta and Abhinaya on the one hand and Tandava and Lasya on the other. Nritta and Abhinaya are applicable to the movements in the dance style. Tandava and Lasya have to do with the type of numerics, which are played on the tabla or executed by the feet.

A Kathak dance performance begins with the Nritta portion in which Thaat, Amad, Toda, Tukda, Paran, Chakkardar and Tatkaar, etc are presented generally. A salient feature is the use of numberless circles. The last Tihai of every Bol usually culminates in quick pirouettes called Chakkars.

Every Indian Classical dancer wears ghungroos but the real use of these ghungroos as we see in Kathak style is unparalleled. Each and every syllable produced on Tabla or Pakhavaj is resounded by a Kathak dancer. It gradually gains in speed and tempo and reaches a climatic degree. The artists give a brilliant demonstration of both rhythm and movement. The tremendous footwork is indeed another noteworthy feature of Kathak.

In the Abhinaya portion Gat Nikas, Gat Bhav, Thumri or some Bhajan is presented. In Gat Nikas, some specific posture is presented with gaits. Gat Bhav has a mime character in it. In Thumri Bhav, the dancer presents different moods and emotions as per the song of his choice.

During this time of Mughal rule in India, Kathak went through certain changes and flourished as a royal pastime. There were changes in the style of dressing as well as the introduction of new items like the Thumri and Ghazal. Thus from a temple art Kathak became a court art.

Present costume of Kathak dance is fully influenced by Mughal and Hindu Courts. Ladies used to wear peshawaj (dress), chudidar payjama, a jacket, chunni and topi, which is an Islamic costume or they wear Ghagara, Choli and a dupatta, which is a Rajasthani costume. Suitable ornaments on head, ear, nose, neck and hands are also worn.

Though essentially seen in its solo form, Kathak in its Natya aspect shares a large corpus of the Rasalilas of Brindavan. This gives an impression of having a set order of numbers as we see in a Bharata Natyam recital where it is performed in a traditional manner from the Alarippu to Tillana, although, there are a few items of dance which are special to it. The development of Kathak is also very closely connected with the development of North Indian classical music or Hindustani music. Certain forms like Draupad, Dhamar, Hori, Kajri, Kirtan, Dadra, Ghazal and Thumri, developed with the passage of time and the Kathak dancers used these forms in dance. In recent times the musical composition; a Tarana is danced as an item in a Kathak Recital in either Madhya or Drut Laya.

The journey of Kathak Dance from the Hindu temples to the courts of the Mughals is quite fascinating and the various elements has imbibed over the different periods in history and the different Gharanas or schools, that is, Jaipur Gharana, Lucknow Gharana and Benaras Gharana (Janaki Prasad Gharana), have given Kathak an exquisite character which is seen in the repertoire of a Kathak Recital.

Katha se kathak ceremony was held for Aryaa Seth for her rangmanch pravesh.

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