tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855164859139529987.post5036767993063434190..comments2022-03-30T01:21:56.188-04:00Comments on The Journals of Ian Thal: Kathak IntensiveIan Thalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855164859139529987.post-83907788592052841332008-02-05T23:38:00.000-05:002008-02-05T23:38:00.000-05:00:-)Yeah! I betcha! I am waiting for it as well. Bu...:-)<BR/>Yeah! I betcha! I am waiting for it as well. But I shuffle my feet a little. <BR/><BR/>Damn!Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06120569289343026358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855164859139529987.post-43594293724983786472008-02-05T15:52:00.000-05:002008-02-05T15:52:00.000-05:00Hello Musings,Expect another installment on my stu...Hello Musings,<BR/><BR/>Expect another installment on my study of kathak soon, as Gretchenji has told me that it is time for me to take on the ghunghru-- the bells that kathak dancers wear on their ankles.<BR/><BR/>It's an important step in a student's life to tie on the bells.Ian Thalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855164859139529987.post-21397162480688671722008-02-05T14:35:00.000-05:002008-02-05T14:35:00.000-05:00The intensives sound really interesting. I have no...The intensives sound really interesting. <BR/><BR/>I have no prior experience in any performing arts - so for me Kathak is also a way to explore what my body can do. <BR/><BR/>Very well said in your last statement! <BR/><BR/>Please keep sharing your experiences.Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06120569289343026358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855164859139529987.post-72036323887360842002007-11-23T06:19:00.000-05:002007-11-23T06:19:00.000-05:00Hi Sindhu,The Indian community in the Boston area ...Hi Sindhu,<BR/><BR/>The Indian community in the Boston area is large enough that one does not see performances of Indian classical dance infrequently (and I do attend the concerts regularly.) Barathanatyam is the most popular of the classical forms here, but I have I have also seen performances of kuchipudi, odissi, and (of course) kathak performed locally-- as well as more "modern" pieces that Ian Thalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855164859139529987.post-40470307023049995402007-11-23T05:30:00.000-05:002007-11-23T05:30:00.000-05:00Hi Ian: First of all thank you for the link. It is...Hi Ian: <BR/><BR/>First of all thank you for the link. <BR/><BR/>It is so nice to see you learn Kathak. It is a very nice art form similarly are Bharathanatyam and Mohiniattam and Kuchipudi. There are good similarities in all these dance forms. All these dance forms also take notations/narrations/songs/scripts from both Mahabharatha and Ramayana and of course regional stories they belong to.<BR/>Flowergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942516290149571036noreply@blogger.com