Kathakasharchpare Rajan Shramanshracha vanaukasa:
Divyakhyanani ye chapi padhanti Madhuram Dvija:
        From the Mahabharata: Adiparva - 400 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.
[Oh King, the Kathaka's and also the forest dwelling ascetics and Brahmins
sweetly recite the divine stories.]

Produced and Directed by Janaki Patrik
June 15 & 16, 2007 at 8pm
Ailey Citigroup Theater
The Joan Weill Center for Dance
55th Street & 9th Avenue

Choreography-Janaki Patrik & Rani Khanam
Music - concept and direction-Rani Khanam
Lighting - David Bengali and Syed Sallauddin Pasha
Script - Janaki Patrik, with Akshay Sateesh, Rani Khanam, Syed Sallauddin Pasha
Costumes- design- Rani Khanam
Guest Artists-Rani Khanam & Syed Sallauddin Pasha
Narrators-Akshay Sateesh & Aparna Reddy
Company members: Sharmili Basu-Khan, Antara Basu-Zych, Madhusmita Bora, Sana Kidwai, Roopakshi Mathur, Sandhya Menon, Rekha Shoenfeld-Woods, Sowmya Viswanath, Saritha Vuppala

The Kathak Ensemble & Friends

Kaliya Daman - Syed Sallauddin Pasha and Sana Kidwai, photographer Julie Lemberger

Raas - Roopakshi Mathur, Sana Kidwai and Sharmili Basu-Khan, Sandhya Menon, Saritha Vuppala, photographer Julie Lemberger

Niritata dhanga - Syed Sallauddin Pasha and Janaki Patrik, background Antara Basu-Zych, Sana Kidwai, Rekha Shoenfeld-Woods, photographer Julie Lemberger

Dev Das - Rekha Shoenfeld-Woods, Madhusmita Bora, Sana Kidwai, Sharmili Basu-Khan, photographer Trupti Banker, Indian Era News

Horizon:Spirit Breaks Free - Rani Khanam, Syed Sallauddin Pasha, Janaki Patrik, photographer Julie Lemberger