Prerana Shrimali

Prerana Shrimali is a senior dancer of Jaipur Gharana of Kathak.[1] She received her training in dance from Guru Shri Kundanlal Gangani. Having mastered the grammar and the complexities of the Jaipur style, with her grace, innovativeness and imagination, she ranks among the most illustrious and reputed classical dancers of India today. She is a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2009.

Equally competent in pure dance [Nritta] and "Abhinaya" (Expression), Prerana shrimali has endeavored to expend the Kathak repertoire by choreographing new and highly acclaimed compositions based on poetry, ancient, medieval, and modern. Exploring verses of Kālidāsa, Amaru Shataka, Meera, Kabir, Padmakar, and Ghalib, French poet Yves Bonnefoy etc.

References

  1. ↑ Anjana Rajan (2010-11-04). "The story so far…". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

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