At IIIKDM we offer three different courses
for Kathak dance.
Degree course: - This course
is for the students who want to learn Kathak through out the
year. The complete course is divided in eight years syllabus
from prathama (first year) to nipuna (Master).
Eight years complete course is divided in four major parts namely
Prathama (Preliminary), Madhyama (Middle), Visharad (Bachelor)
& Nipuna (Masters)
Prathama: In prathama tatkar
(basic steps), Basic hand movements, Salami, amada, chakkar,
gat nikas, that, trital & Jhap Tal & practice of padant
are covered.
Madhyama: In this part Trital
(tatkar,thata,amads,parans, gat nikas & bhav),Jhap tal(Thata,tukdas
& Paran) & Dhamar (tatkar,salami,amads & chakkar
dar Paran) are covered.
Visharad: In Visharad trital
(tatkar in tigun & chougun layas, primlu, parans, Advance
gats), Dhamar (Amad, tukdas, paran, tihais), Chautal (tatkar
in fast layas Salami, amads.tukdas, chakkardar Paran & padant
of all learnt) are taught.
Nipuna: - In Nipuna Trital
(advance amads, tukdas, parans, primlu, Kavitts or Chhands)
Tatkar up to solahguna kramalaya along with jati & layabant,
Perfection of bhav chals, complete knowledge of Tals, able to
recite boles in live performance with perfection.
After Nipuna it is assumed that student is
perfect to perform & prepared to take up teaching assignments
as well.
Short course: - In this learning
is scheduled depending on the requirement of the student. For
a new student only basics of Kathak dance is taught & syllabus
depends on the duration for which admission is sought. Also
any particular style for short duration is taught under this
course only.
For Foreign students: - IIIKDM
offers a very special course for the foreign students. In this
students are taught continuously for the period for which they
stay with IIIKDM. A rigorous practice session is scheduled for
them followed by knowledge on historical back ground.
Folk Dances are being taught in between regularly
only to degree course students & the students who specifically
want to learn folk dance.
