Kathak 'sangam' of Lucknow, Prayag

ALLAHABAD: Patrons of art were mesmerised with the Kathak dance performance organised at the Mehta auditorium here. The programme was jointly organised by the Prayag Sangeet Samiti and Rashtriya Kathak Sansthan of Lucknow.
Presentation of 'Nritya Jhankar' by artists of the sansthan drew applause from the audience as Akanksha Srivastava, Sandhya Singh, Manisha Mishra, Jagriti Mishra, Poornima Singh, Kavya and Ankita rendered the intricate moves of the dance form.Little artistes of the samiti presented 'Guru Vandana' and 'Shiv Vandana' in a piece choreographed by Neelima Gautam. Nupur Ghosh presented a piece set to thumri and dadra and the audience gave it a hearty response.
The programme began with lighting of lamp by secretary of the samiti Arun Kumar and treasurer Aditya Narayan. The programme was conducted by Rajendra Vishwakarma. Among the patrons present at the show were were Pradeep Kumar, Shankari Guha, Dr Simmi Verma, Banwari Lal Sharma, Uma Dixit and Varsha Dubey.