The Kathak Ensemble & Friends received a 2008 New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Public Service Award for public performances of DOUBLE TAKE: Dancing off the Painted Page and Silver Screen.

Janaki Patrik, Artistic Director of The Kathak Ensemble & Friends, was awarded a 2008 American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Performing Arts Fellowship to study the curricula and methodology for teaching Kathak in Indian institutions, and to study current trends in Kathak choreography.

New York City - every Tuesday at THE ARCH, 66 West 39th Street @ Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor
Please call us at 212-673-1282 or email info@kathakensemble.com prior to attending first class.
Private classes can be arranged with the Artistic Director.

Please bring your ghungroos (bells) and wear salwar-kameez / kurta-pajamas if you have them, though any comfortable, loose dance costume is acceptable.

May 4 - American Museum of Natural History - entrance Central Park West between 79th and 81st Streets Dancing into the 21st Century, a performance by The Kathak Ensemble & Friends AND Sanskriti Center 3:45 to 4:30pm in the Kaufman Theater on the First Floor jointly presented by the Association of Indians in America and the American Museum of Natural History as part of GLOBAL INDIA

This program was made possible in part by a 2008 grant to The Kathak Ensemble & Friends from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

The Kathak Ensemble & Friends announce KATHAK WORKSHOPS taught by
Padma Vibhushan PANDIT BIRJU MAHARAJ
-- In his 70th Year --
Celebrating his lifetime in KATHAK dance
with
SASWATI SEN, assisted by Mahua Shankar