Sunayana Hazarilal
Sunayana Hazarilal | |
|---|---|
 In 2004 | |
| Born | Mumbai,Maharashtra,India |
| Occupation | Kathakdancer |
| Awards | Padma Shri Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Abhinayan Kala Saraswati Maharashtra Gaurav Award |
| Website | www |
Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwalis an Indian classical dancer, known for her expertise in the classical dance form ofKathakand reportedly the only surviving practitioner of theJanakiprasad GharanaofKathak,also known as Banares Gharana.[1][2]TheGovernment of Indiahonored her in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award ofPadma Shri.[3]
Biography[edit]
Sunayana Hazarilal, née Sunayana Agarwal, was born in Mumbai to a Railway officer and started learning classical dance from an early age.[4]Refusing to move out of Mumbai to learn Kathak when her father was transferred elsewhere, she practised under the tutelage of Guru Hazarilal who was a known exponent of theBenaras Jankiprasad Gharana.[1][4]
Sunayana is the Director of Natawari Dance Academy[5]and heads the Kathak division of theSangeet and Nartan Shiksha Peethof theBharatiya Vidya Bhavan,Mumbai. She is also a visiting faculty at many other institutions.[4]She has conducted dance workshops in New York, San Francisco and Raleigh in the USA and has toured many countries such as Italy, Germany and Belgium. She has also been a visiting faculty at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles(UCLA) in 1990.[4]
Sunayana Hazarilal has done research on the genealogy of Janakiprasad Gharana and has published many articles on the topic.[6]A recipient of such awards as theSangeet Natak Akademi Award(2003),[7]Abhinayan Kala Saraswatifrom Bala Subramanya Sabha and theMaharashtra Gaurav Award,[1]Sunayana was honored by theGovernment of Indiawhen she was included in theRepublic Day Honorsin 2011.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abc"Kathak.org".Kathak.org. 2014.Retrieved18 November2014.
- ^"How Indian classical dancer defied her family to rise to the top".South China Morning Post.29 December 2017.
- ^ab"Padma Shri"(PDF).Padma Shri. 2014.Retrieved11 November2014.
- ^abcd"Interview".Narthaki.com. 13 April 2012.Retrieved18 November2014.
- ^"Performance".Video.YouTube. 3 July 2011.Retrieved18 November2014.
- ^Sunil Kothari (1989).Kathak, Indian Classical Dance Art.Abhinav Publications. pp. 64 of 234.ISBN9788170172239.
- ^"Madhya Pradesh Governor Shri Patel Will Inaugurate the 48th Khajuraho Dance Festival".
External links[edit]
- "Interview".Narthaki.com. 13 April 2012.Retrieved18 November2014.
- "Performance elaborating Prastaar".Video.YouTube. 3 July 2011.Retrieved18 November2014.
- "Performance explaining Abhinaya".Video.YouTube. 3 July 2011.Retrieved18 November2014.
- Official website