Kathak

Join us for our first annual Vasantotsav – Spring Festival! We’re excited to bring the community together for a festival showcasing established and emerging Kathak choreographers. The program is subtitled Prakriti […]

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Katha Dance Theatre Proudly Presents:  Prakritir Pratisodh – Nature’s Revenge! Prakritir Pratisodh – Nature’s Revenge! embodies climate change through a series of breathtaking Kathak dance vignettes. In showing what […]

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We’re so excited to announce the local premiere of Prakritir Pratisodh – Nature’s Revenge! at the O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University this November. The evening-length performance, which premiered earlier […]

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We’re excited to announce a couple of upcoming tour dates in Wisconsin next month! First, we’ll be performing the world premiere of the full, evening-length version of Prakritir Pratisodh – […]

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Katha Dance Theatre (KDT) is excited to announce the world premiere of Panchatantra – The Dancing Tales of Wisdom at the O’Shaughnessy auditorium at St. Catherine University. The show […]

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Katha Dance Theatre is pleased and incredibly honored to be sponsoring a public performance by Kathak master and senior-most disciple of the late Pandit Birju Maharaj, guru Saswati Sen. KATHAK – The Storytellers is […]

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Katha Dance Theatre is proud to present Prakritir Pratisodh – Nature’s Revenge! All matter is composed of five basic elements – The Panchamahabhutas: water, earth, air, fire and space. […]

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Don’t miss us perform in weekend three of the Cowles Center’s Fall Forward Festival, as part of a lineup that includes Alternative Motion Project and Shapiro & Smith Dance! […]

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We are so proud to announce that KDT Founder and Artistic Director Rita Mustaphi has been awarded a 2023 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Choreographers! She is among only three choreographers chosen for the […]

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Katha Dance Theatre is proud to present a classic Kathak work in the vein of those performed for kings and emperors in 18th century India. Kathak E-motion pays homage to Kathak’s […]

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