The Embassy of India, the Honorary Consulate of India, the India Council for Cultural Relations and the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic are sponsoring an evening of classic dances of India at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The performers are Shovana Narayan and the Kathak group of narrators. The performance will be on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 at 8pm at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Shovana Narayan is described in Wikipedia as one of the best Kathak choreographers and dancers in the world. In India she is regarded as a pioneer and a role model in successfully combining a full-fledged career as a senior serving civil servant in the Government of India with dance and choreography.
Shovana Narayan has been conferred with numerous awards including the Padmashri Award for excellence and outstanding contribution to dance in 1992 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1999. In addition, she has also been awarded with Rajiv Gandhi Puraskar, Indira Priyadarshini Samman, and Rotary International Award and Japan’s Oisca Award.
28 March 2017
