Kathak
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Kathak
Bengali: narrator, from Sanskrit kathayati he tells
Example Sentences
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Jiayin “Tokie” Wang, a recent graduate of the California Institute of the Arts whose work is more contemporary and multimedia by utilizing video and visual arts, paired with Barkha Patel, a Kathak dancer and choreographer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2023
Divya Saxena, 24, who has grown up in Sydney, wants to make Indian classical dances like Kathak and Bharatnatyam more mainstream in Australia.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2023
As she tells it, growing up in India, she spent her free time studying European classical music and Indian Kathak dance.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023
The floor itself was almost a performer in “Can We Dance Here?” from the brilliant trio Soles of Duende: the flamenco dancer Arielle Rosales, the Kathak dancer Brinda Guha and the tapper Amanda Castro.
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022
Her movement reminds me of a Kathak dance step.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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