[Mitai-announce] Birju Maharaj concert: you are invited!

[Leonid Chindelevitch]

Dear fellow MIT Amnesty members,

AID-MIT/Boston chapter presents the world renowned exponent of Kathak, Birju
 Maharaj <http://www.aidevents.org/> in concert with his troupe featuring
stalwarts such as Saswati Sen, Deepak Maharaj and Luna Poddar on Oct 7th at
the Kresge Auditorium in MIT. Hurry up and reserve seats before the tickets
sell out! All the details about the concert can be found below and at
http://www.aidboston.org/events/BirjuMaharaj2012/event.html. All proceeds
from the concert go towards supporting grassroots developmental projects in
India.

Thanks, and hope to see you on Sunday!

Leonid, on behalf of AID-MIT.

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  	ASSOCIATION FOR INDIA'S DEVELOPMENT		
	     MIT & BOSTON CHAPTERS			
		    PRESENT				
							
            PANDIT BIRJU MAHARAJ
           CONCERT OF THE LEGEND	
		                       			
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 DATE: Sunday, October 7, 2012 (Door open: 6pm;
       Concert starts at 7pm)		
 LOCATION: MIT, Kresge Auditorium	
           Opposite 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
 BUY TICKETS: http://www.aidevents.org	
              ARALA SECTION   : $90
              CHATURA SECTION : $75
              MUKULA SECTION  : $50
              PATAKA SECTION  : $35 (General)
              PATAKA SECTION  : $20 (Student - w/ Student
                                    ID at door)
              CHILDREN UNDER 8: Free
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ABOUT PANDIT BIRJU MAHARAJ:
The most extraordinary artist in the history of Kathak
dance, Pandit Birju Maharaj, the artistic director of
his company, is internationally recognized as the greatest
living exponent of North Indian classical dance "Kathak".
Birju Maharaj was born in 1937 into a family of Kathak
dancers. His father first taught him the form and then,
after his father's death, by his uncles. He is now
recognized as the foremost master of Kathak dance,
having long ago earned the distinguished social title
of "Pandit", reserved for those who are supreme masters
of their art form. He has helped to re-popularize Kathak,
marrying elements of both the ancient, holy style and
the secular, dramatic style of later years, and pioneering
the use of multiple dancers in his choreographies.
Filled with technical virtuosity and flamboyance,
Kathak is characterized by elaborate rhythmic footwork
(tatkar), graceful spins (chakar), hand gestures
(mudras) and subtle expression of moods and emotions
(bhava-abhinaya). An extraordinary artist, Birju Maharaj
integrates pure classical movements and style with a
distinctly contemporary use of space in his choreographies.

Among many awards, Pandit Birju Maharaj has received the
Sangeet Natak Academy Award (the highest civilian arts
award) and the Padma Vibhushan (the highest presidential
award for achievement) from the government of India.
He was the invited choreographer at the American Dance
Festival in Durham, North Carolina in 1991, and was
honored with a special award at the prestigious
Avignon Festival in Paris, France in 1995. He was the
chief guest and performed at the international Kathak
festivals at Chicago and at San Francisco. Pandit Birju
Maharaj, a vocalist, percussionist, composer, poet,
choreographer and dancer is a versatile artist. Not
only on India, he is familiarly known abroad, nearly
all over the world. He has extensively toured all
over the world, i.e. USSR, USA, Japan, UAE, UK,
France, Germany, etc.

His company has a galaxy of well-groomed artists including
dancers and musicians. Choreographic compositions of
Pandit Birju Maharaj have been presented in most of
the prestigious dance festivals in India, USA,
Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy,
Austria, Czechoslovakia, USSR, China, Japan, Burma,
Ceylon, Malaysia, Australia and Indonesia.

ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT OUR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTAL
PROJECTS IN INDIA.  	
							
						
 MORE DETAILS: www.aidevents.org
 CONTACT US: events at aidboston.org		
	
 ABOUT AID: www.aidboston.org or www.aidindia.org	

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