SHOVNA NARAYAN- Kathak, Born on 2nd September, 1950 in West Bengal, Kathak Maestro ‘Shovana Narayan’ needs no introduction. Student of ‘Pandit Birju Maharaj, she is a renowned Kathak dancer but also served as an officer with Indian Audit and Accounts Services.
She is even a ‘Choreographer-Performer’ and has produced international collaborative works with leading dancers of Western Classical Ballet, Spanish Flamenco, Tap dance, Buddhist chants with Buddhist Monks as well as to the compositions of western Classical composers. She even organises annual festivals which are focussed on classical performing arts.
She has even researched and discovered 8 Kathak villages near Gaya with documentary and official records. With over 80 articles with in-depth research have been published in several national newspapers and recognised journals and she has even authored 9 books based on Kathak and performing arts.
She received ‘Padma Shri’ in the year 1992 and ‘Sangeet Natak Akademi Award’ in the year 1999-2000.
