Pratibha Singh
blessed with her Kathak elements from Pt. Birju Maharaj, Jai Kishan Maharaj, Balram Lal and Nagendra Mohini. An alumni of Kathak kendra, Pratibha has explored her expressions in dance dramas, emotive movement patterns in dramatic presentations, therapeutic uses for specially challenged communities and for the deprived beings. She is exploring performing art expressions with the Transgenders and has devised a presentation "Khushiyan Aur Afsaane" with Transgenders and has performed at Delhi and Patna. She is been awarded scholarship from Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi and fellowship from Ministry of Culture. She has performed in many reputed dance festivals and won several dance competetions. Her major directed performances are "Kharu Ka Khara Kissa", Bal Charit, Vidyapti Basant. She is devising poems for stage performance.
Choreographer / Director : Pratibha Singh
Nritya Prabhakar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad and PG in Kathak from Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, exponent Pratibha Singh started her journey at an early age under guru Shri Narendra Mohini and Shri Balramlal at Patna. Later in Kathak Kendra she learned Pt. Birju Maharaj and Shri Jaikishan Maharaj and many other eminent dancers of different styles. She performed widly across the country.
She has worked with specially challenged children on the Junior Fellowship of Ministry of Culture. She has been awarded scholarships from Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi, Poddar Tiles Saskritik Koshang. In the departmental competitions of Postal Services, and youth festivals of Universities she won the best positions in her category.
She has performed solos in Vachan Vaachan Utsav(20015), Delhi; Patliputra Mahotsava (2000), Kathak Keendra Convocation Festival (1999), Buddha Mahotsava (1999), International Trade Fair(1998-99), Rajgir Mahotsav (1990-93), Nritya Pratibha of SNA, New Delhi (2002, Ranchi). She has performed in the choreographic compositions of Pt. Birju Maharaj, Smt. Uma Sharma, Shri Harish Gangani, Rajendra Gangani, Smt Nandani Singh, Shri Amir Raza Hussain.
With many dance choreographic compositions she has choreographed many dramatic movements for stage. She has directed a dance presentation with the artists from the transgender community of Delhi and is been granted a cultural mapping project under a scheme of Ministry of Culture to collect the Vocals of transgender Community of Delhi. She runs a Kathak training centre and is artistic director, secretary of Kala Mandali, Delhi.
Pratibha Singh is Secretary of Kala mandali, Delhi
Kala Mandali, an Art Ensemble is a Delhi based organization working in the field of performing art to explore new idoms of performance. It innovates contemporary experience, enriched with the diverse cultural expressions of Humanity.Trained and experienced professionals from the field of dance, drama, music and literature practice to produce a live experience for the spectators . Kala Mandali also works with socially, economically and physically challenged beings to express their need, desire and possibilities in the field of performing arts. Kala Mandali regularly trains young artists to build their sense of being as a world citizen and express their ideas of a better world with the means os self and the tools of performing arts.
Kala Mandali also works and performs for children, the transgender communities, and explores community based cultural activities.
HER RECENT PERFORMANCE
Banaras Ki Subah Se Awadh Ki Sham Tak
5.30 pm , 18 February 2017, Meghdoot I, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi House, New Delhi.
Honourable Guests : Renowned Actress Sushma Seth, Nalini Asthana, J P Singh.
Benaras and Lucknow are two major cultural centers of Eastern India which produced iconic personas in the field of performing art. Kathak, now a classical dance form got patronised in these cities with similar classical chord but with diverse flavours. Traditions, rituals, innovative singing and dancing, the Socio-cultural environments, celebrations, rasika-patrons retained the beauty, bliss and powerful expressions in the form of Kathak, which continues to gracefully contribute films, stage performances and therapy practices.
The performance is a plunge in the socio-cultural ecology of Varanasi and Awadh and wraps its journey at the historical happening of seizing the powers of Nawab Wazid Ali Shah, a Rasia, great patron of performing arts.
Performance
Kathak: Dipti Gupta, Shruti Sinha, Awadesh Kumar Jha, Abhay Maharaj, Niharika Massy
Mime: Swapan Kumar Sarkar and Team
Narrator: Sanjay Srivastava and Sajida
Music Director: Umashankar / Composition : Rakesh Pathak / Tabla :Bivakar, Sitar: Umashankar, Sarangi: Anil Mishra, Nakkara : Jamil Khan,
Banaras Ki Subah Se Awadh Ki Sham Tak
Designer-Director : Pratibha Singh
contact : kalamandalidelhi@gmail.com
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