The Kathak Ensemble & Friends received a 2010 New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Public Service Award for public performances of FLASHPOINT at the Ailey Citigroup Theater on March 19 and 20, 2010. Funding also supports the Ensmble's June 19th program at the International Resources Center, the Queensboro Library in Flushing.

he Kathak Ensemble teaches Lucknow gharana Kathak technique classes - Fundamentals, Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced levels - at studios on East 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues in Manhattan. Inquiries should be addressed to the Ensemble's Artistic Director Janaki Patrik janakipatrik@aol.com, who will answer questions about each individual's appropriate class level, practice clothing, studio directions, and class payments.

Dancers - Ahnya Chang, Anup Kumar Das, Caron Eule, Scott Lewis, Sandhya Menon, Janaki Patrik, Yayoi Suzuki, Sowmya Viswanath, Matthew Wagner
Musicians - Narendra Budhakar tabla, Santoneel Dhar vocal, Nadia Islam Drishti vocal, Eric Fraser bamboo flute, Phil Hollenbeck pakhawaj, K.V. Mahabala sitar, Pandit Ramesh Misra sarangi, Egil Rostad cello

Friday and Saturday, March 19 & 20 @ 8pm and Saturday, March 20 @ 3pm-FLASHPOINT at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street @ 9th Avenue in Mahattan. A discussion with the artists will follow the Saturday 3pm performance, moderated by Smt. Vibhuti Patel, Contributing Editor for Newsweek International.
Tickets may be purchased from www.smarttix.com

Saturday, May 15 @ 3pm - New York Public Library of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium - "Kathak: The Art of Storytelling" - a brief demonstration of the transformation of Kathak pure dance technique into an emotive storytelling vocabulary.

Saturday, June 19 @ 6pm - Queensborough Library, International Resources Center, Flushing - "Transformations-Dancing Out from under the Village Kadamb Tree to the Modern Stage"

Sunday, July 11 @ 2 and 5pm - teatroIATI Performing Arts Festival, 64 East 4th Street, Manhattan- "Dancing Stories: Myths & Legends from India"