Gharanas of Kathak(Indian traditional Dance Form)

Due to the linear nature of the transfer of knowledge from guru shishya, stylistic and technical features have begun to fossilize and become signs of a school, the guru or a group of teachers. The different styles are known as gharanas, and are as follows:

Lucknow Gharana

The Lucknow Gharana developed in the courts of the Nawab of Oudh in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Special emphasis on grace, elegance and naturalness in the dance. Abhinaya or acting expressive, mostly improvised plays an important role in this style.

Jaipur Gharana

Jaipur Gharana developed in the courts of kings Kachchwaha Jaipur in Rajasthan. Importance is placed on the more technical aspects of dance, such as the complex footwork and powerful, more speed, and complex compositions in different Talas. It 'more pakhawaj in compositions such as cured.

Benares Gharana

The Benares Gharana developed by Janakiprasad. It is characterized by exclusively using Natwar bowls or dancing, which are different from tabla and pakhawaj Bowl. There are differences in thaat and tatkaar Chakkara and minimized, but it is often considered both the right and left sides with equal confidence. There is also greater use of the word, for example in the collection of Sam

Raigarh Gharana

It was created by Maharaja Chakradhar Singh of the princely state of Raigarh Chhatisgarh early 20th century. Maharaja invited many famous Kathak (and famous drummers) to his right, including Kalka Prasad (father of Acchan, Shambhu Maharaj and Lacchu) and his son, and the Jaipur gharana Pandit Jailal. Confluence of different styles and artists have created a unique environment for developing new compositions of Kathak and tabla backgrounds.Some various famous dancers of this gharana is Senator Pt.Kartik Ram, Late Pt.Phirtu Maharaj, Mahant Pt.Kalyaandas Late, Late Pt. Barmanlal, Pt.Ramlal, Alpana Vajpeyi, Harmalkar Suchitra, Mogh Mohini, Bhagwaandas Manik, Bareth Bhupendra, Vaishnav Vaasanti etc.