Aunusthan
Pagrav Dance Company
About Aunusthan
An exhilarating 60-min kathak ride
Donald Hutera
This celebration of Indian classical dance will brighten any day, no matter the weather, with an energising and dazzling display of bell-jangling footwork, dazzling spins, and tight technique. The show enfolds you in the powerful and mood-lifting sounds and colour of South Asian culture to create an hour of pure delight: the soaring melodies and riotous beats of the music carry your mind to far-off places and bring you home again, exhilarated.
This showcase performance features some of the best homegrown talent, who have performed this show at cultural capitals around the UK, and can’t wait to share the brilliance of Kathak dance with you - whether you’re familiar with the dance style or not
This show is touring as part of the Rural Touring Dance Initiative, a national project which supports dance artists and rural promoters to make great dance performance events happen in rural spaces. This version of Aunusthan has been adapted specifically for rural touring.
About Pagrav Dance Company
Pagrav Dance Company promotes kathak, invigorating the form with modern context and renewed presentation, while encouraging new thinking and understanding of the discipline. Established in 2005 by Artistic Director, Urja Desai Thakore, Pagrav has toured the full-scale works Baharan, Hats, Anant-Endless, I, Within, Detox and Kattam Katti, nationally.
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Cast And Creatives
Choreography: Urja Desai Thakore
Music: Alap Desai and Atul Desai
Costume: Urja Desai Thakore and Abha Desai
Executive Producer: Lia Prentaki
Performed by:
Dancers: Ishira Shah (she /her), Meera Patel (she/her), Mira Salat (she/her), Parbati Chaudry (she/her), Shyam Dattani (he/him), Vishesh Mehta (he/him)
Music recording features: Gurdain Singh Rayatt (he/him), Hiren Chate (he/him), Kaviraj Singh (he/him), Satwinder Pal Singh (he/him)
