Saw a great Kathak performance by Radhika Sathe and her student Rachit Kumar yesterday at Jain Temple in Milpitas, organized by IISc AANA and NIT. The energy and stamina of the dancers were mesmerizing! She did 50 turns effortlessly (as one can see in this old video). When we asked her how she managed to do it, she replied she does 100 turns everyday for practice. That's a WOW! Her Abhinay (acting) of Seeta Swayamvar was out of the world! And I just loved Rachit Tiwari's graceful and strong dance poses! He started learning Kathak when he was an engineering student. That leaves me give with a great hope and inspiration of learning some classical dance one day!

Joy was the official photographer for the event. As usual he did a great job capturing the momenets.