Monday, August 12, 2013
BRIJMOHAN MISHRA, popularly known as PANDIT
BIRJU MAHARAJ (born February 4, 1938) is the leading exponent of
the Lucknow Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Kathak dance
in India. He is a descendant of the legendary Maharaj family of Kathak
dancers, including his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu
Maharaj, and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj. Even though dancing is his
first love, he also has an excellent command over Hindustani classical
music and is an accomplished vocalist as well.[1] He took Kathak to new
heights by choreographing new Kathak dance dramas.He is also the founder of
kalashram. He has toured extensively across the globe, given thousands of
performances and held hundreds of workshops for kathak students.
After working along with his uncle, Shambhu Maharaj at
Bhartiya Kala Kendra, later the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, he remained
head of the latter, for several years, till his retirement in 1998 when he
opened his own dance school, Kalashram, also in Delhi.
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