Katha

Katha explores the subtle nuances of various emotions experienced by famous women characters in Indian mythology, and expressed through the brilliantly evocative dance of Sreelakshmy Govardhanan, winner of the prestigious Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for Kuchipudi from the Government of India’s Sangeet Natak Akademi. Sreelakshmy weaves stories  within a story, drawing the audience into her narrative, and making them feel, vicariously, all the emotions that the women in the mythology experienced. In doing so Sreelakshmy herself becomes many characters, making them come alive on stage, and at the same time she also shows us how the emotions felt by those women are so relevant even today.

Katha, conceived, created and choreographed by Sreelakshmy, will be seen at the Sri Meenakshi Temple Kalyana Mandapam auditorium on Saturday, May 27, 4 pm. Sreelakshmy will be accompanied by musicians Kasi Aysola – Nattuvangam (Washington, DC), Ramya Sundaresan Kapadia – Vocal (Tennessee), Naga Srinidhi Kuruvada – Mridangam, and Abhishek Balakrishnan – Violin (Houston).

Katha is a Samskriti presentation and is made possible by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, and Dance Source Houston.