kunjubihari

kunjubihari

kunjubihari kathak The only Japanese male kathak dancer as of 2024, composer and choreographer 41 years of experience in Kathak (from 1983 to 2024) Started Kathak in 1983 at Yakshini Kathak Center in Hachioji, Tokyo. Studied under Guru Pt.Vijay Shankar in Calcutta since 1985. In 1988, he attended a workshop of Pandit Birju Maharaj, a living national treasure of India and head of the Lucknow style of Kathak. Since 1993, he has been studying at the National Dance Academy of Kathak Kendra in New Delhi, India, under Pandit Birju Maharaj, a living national treasure of India and head of the Lucknow style of Kathak. May 11, 1997, at the Samadhi of Swami Haridas (148 to1573), Nidhivan, Vrindavan. Received Diksha from Hindu Guru and Pandit Modern Gopal Goswami of Banki Bihari Temple and was given the Hindu name Kunju Bihari. he returned Japan at the end of 2003. Since then, he has mainly been active in Japan. He is a Japanese Indian dancer who choreographs, produces music, and performs tabla himself. Original sound source and Kathak sound source are now available on iTunes, Amazon, and CDbaby.