1. EDITORIAL
2. The Making of an American Kathak Dancer- Introduction
3. Childhood – Dance & Music
4. Swarthmore College- 1962 to 1966- Russian Language
5. Kathak Kendra- 1967 to 1969- Kathak, Tabla, Hindustani vocal
6. Chicago – 1969 to 1971
7. New York City – Dance Capital of the World
8. The 1980s - Return to India with Baby Lela
9. The 1980s and 1990s - Back Home in New York City
10. Arts - in - Education
11. Performing in the 21st Century - A selection
12. Recent Recognition
13. Afterword
14. HARIKATHA: Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dās' Era in Indian Classical Music and Dance traditions- Introduction
15. Harikatha: An Ancient Tradition
16. The Art Form in Maharashtra
17. The Tradition of Harikatha in the Southern States
18. Harikatha, The Era of Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dās
19. Harikatha: A Divine Art
20. References of Harikatha as Yakshagāna
21. ‘Harikathā Pitāmaha’ Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dās
22. Harikathaka lakṣaṇamu
23. Harikatha Vaggēyakāra-s
24. Disciples of Nārāyaṇa Dās
25. Harikatha-s of Nārāyaṇa Dās
26. Purpose of Harikatha
27. Bibliography
The 1980s and 1990s - Back Home in New York City
Between trips to India in the 1980s and 1990s I was also steadily performing, choreographing and teaching in New York City. During the 1990s I also embarked on a formal language studies program at Columbia University, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
## Language Studies during the 1990s
In 1988 and 1989 in the process of researching my Fulbright Fellowship topic - Poetry in the Kathak Repertoire, I realized that I needed to improve my language skills. Consequently, I enrolled in the Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Department at Columbia University in Fall 1992. Over the next eight years I studied Sanskrit, Brij Bhasha, Avadhi, Urdu and Hindi. Some of the outstanding language and literature professors with whom I studied include Professor John Stratton Hawley – Brij Bhasha, Avadhi and the poetry of the 16th Century poet saint Surdas; Professor Theodore Riccarde, Jr. – Sanskrit; Professor Frances
To continue reading "The 1980s and 1990s - Back Home in New York City", login now.
This page has been protected for subscriber only and it is free to subscribe.