TKP 064: Meher Kriti Nigam

Episode Notes I’m Meher Kriti Nigam, a Kathak artist and a final year student of engineering. I study Electronics and Communication with a specialization in Biomedical field. Apart from my technical education, I’ve also attended 2 diplomas, in Kathak and Hindustani Vocals. I’ve fortunate enough to get trained under Smt. Leena Malakar (Jaipur Gharana) and Guru Pandit Divyang Vakil ji. My journey with Kathak when I was just 3-years-old. Over the years I’ve performed at various events across the country, from Indywood Film Festival in Hyderabad to performing for MNCs like NIIT Technologies Ltd. I’ve also won a number of competitions at both school and college level. The world has been nice to me and in the past 2 years I’ve got the opportunity to hold fundraising dance workshops for NGOs. I’ve also been a dance instructor at various NGOs and taught their children for free. I wish to pursue Arts and Cultural Management for my masters. With the world progressing, I believe Art, Technology and Commerce are no longer separate fields. We can advance so much by attaining knowledge in all fields and create masterpieces. Show Highlights (0:04:21) Working with Spicmacay (0:09:28) Running a Kathak club in VIT University (0:16:02) Auditioning process for the Dance Club (0:19:10) Brinigng about uniformity in movements (0:21:03) how a choregraphy comes together*- (0:26:03) What audiences like? (0:27:34) Performing in college fests/competitions (0:29:43) how Meher started dancing? (0:30:35) earliest memory (0:32:32) Kathak Training Smt Leena Malakar ji (0:34:43) Cultivating a habit of Riyaz (0:40:25) What is Meher leanring in Kathak at the moment (0:44:35) Taalvidya Classess (0:49:19) Getting over fear (0:51:24) Kathak on Reels (0:53:37) Gender Expression in Kathak (0:57:31) Future plans Title Track Audio Credit: Doug Maxwell | Bansure Raga