SonaliKathak Exponent

Sonali, is a Kathak artist who lives dance in her soul and this is superbly reflected in her performances, which never for a moment pause to impress. She initially learned Kathak from the age of 9 years under the guidance of Guru Gitanjali Lal and was later groomed by Pandit Rajendra Gangani of the Jaipur Gharana. Kathak is her calling and she pursues it to perfection.• Exponent of the pure tradition of Bhava and Abhinaya• Expert at stylizing poetry in dance form• Innovates by creating own compositions drawing from the richness of art, literature, music and other dance forms• Indian Council of Cultural Relations and Doodarshan approved artist• President, Art and Rhythm Foundation

• Acted in the lead role as Sinoo in the Tele Film “Allah Tere Naam” for DD1, a film Directed by Prafulla Mohanty.• Performed a Dance Drama as Sindhu Jawar based on the poetry of honourable Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee

at Delhi Shri Ram Centre and at Lucknow (Umanath Bali Auditorium). • Worked in documentary movies like “Shahjahanbad” by Archeological Survey of India, “The Mughals”, “Durga” A CPC

Production, “Parshuram” & “Shiv Stuti” for Doordarshan Delhi, “Dastak’’ on DD1 and a movie on Classical Dance of India.

• Worked in Doordarshan Programme on Deepawali.• Compere Youth Programmes for Doordarshan.• Worked in documentary movie “Tajmahal-The Jewel of India Discovery” Produced & Directed by Suzanne Duroux & Barry Stoner

GLIMPSES

• Dr. S. RADHAKRISHNAN MEMORIAL AWARD at Hindi Bhavan on 06.09.2010. • Conferred the title “NRITYANGNA SHREE” from Govt. of Uttar Pradesh.• “SAVITRI KALA SANGAM” Award for being a distinguished Kathak Dancer.• “PRESIDENT’S AWARD” for meritorious services in Girl Guiding.• “UTKRIST MAHILA AWARD” in 2009. • “MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AWARD Northern railway 2011.• ASIA PACIFIC ADULT LEADER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by WAGGGS• Art and Rhythm Foundation was honoured the “Naari Shashaktikaran Award” by Guru Guruwanand Swami at FICCI

auditorium on 28th Feb 2016.• Art and Rhythm Foundation was honoured with Mahaveer Peace Award by Ethopia Embassy.

AWARD

PROFILE

BEYOND THE OCEANS• Played a key role with the Cultural delegation to

Guanczhou Grand World scenic park, China in an International Art Festival.

• Given shows in Thailand and received great applause.• Performed in Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland

and Amsterdam also.

• Choreographed “Aao Phir Se Diya Jalayen” on the com-positions of honorable Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Va-jpayee and performed before time at National Bal Bhavan on the eve of children’s day.

• Participated in major festivals of India namely, Haridas Sangeet Smiriti Sammelan (Vrindavan). Surya festival (Trivandrum), Dussehra Festival (Mysore). Spirits of unity concert ( Puttaparti, 69th Birthday of Sai Baba), Gand-hi Jayanti Samaroh (Delhi), Mahavir Jayanti (Bharat-pur) 6th Red & White Bravery Awards, Miss India con-test (Bombay), Nations March at Vijay chowk on 14th August 1997, Republic Day (Habitat Centre, Delhi, in a composition Rudra Bharata Bharatam) on 26th January 1999, Pimpri Chinchwad Mahotsav (Pune) on occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Apart from this, she has performed on other important occasions at Lucknow, Kanpur, Pat-na, Sonepat, Panipat, Meerut, Sundernagar, Jalandhar, Chamba, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ganganagar, Bom-bay, Chittor, Hyderabad, Quilon, Madras, Bulandshehar, Khajuraho and very frequently in Delhi.

• She has done some fusions of Kathak with Bharatnatyam.• Taken Dance Workshop at Hazari Bagh (Jharkhand) and

Teliamura, Tripura and at Salogara (H.P.).• She has choreographed Rajya Stariya Karyakram to

celebrate Republic Day on 25th January 2008 at Ajmer presided by Chief Guest Rajasthan Governor and Chief Minister.

• Choreographed Baba Ramdev Light and Sound Pro-gramme -2008 at “Ravan Ka Chabutary Maidan” by Government of Rajasthan.

• Choreographed Ramleela at Jodhpur Rly. Stadium.• Choreographed Independence Day Karyakram conduct-

ed by Tourism Department at Bikaner on 14th August 2008.

• Performed in Anant Yatra at Kamani Auditorium on 1st April 2009.

• • Performed at National Rail Museum on the eve of Mahila

divas.2011• Performed at Naggar(manali) for Basantutsav organised

by lalit kala Akademy.2011• Performed at kamani auditorium organised by lakshita

foundation 2011.• Anchored the programme at Vigyan Bhawan on E-Budget

dated 14th December 2013 where Honourable Ms. Dee-pa Das Munshi was the chief guest.

• Performed at Indian Habitat Cenntre on 3rd March 2015 pride of uniform inspiring lives, organized by National

STAGE EXTRAVAGANZA

Institution of gender justice. Actress Rani Mukherjeee was felic-itated with Nirbhaya Award.

• Compered the programme on 1st May 2015 at S.P. Marg Club, in which honourable Minister Railway Sh. Suresh Prabhu was the chief guest.

• Anchored the programme Incredible Madhya Pradhya Pradesh at Asoka Convention Centre by M.P. tourism on 15th May 2015. Honourable chief minister sh. Shivraj Singh Chauhan was chief guest.

• Anchored the programme at National Rail Museum “Creating the better lives, Grand campfire” on 1st July 2015.

• Anchored the programme on International Yoga Divas, Prachar & Prashhar inwhich Hon’ble Minister, Shri Shripad Naik, Minis-ter for Ayush was the chief guest on 10th July 2015.

• Performed on 28th Dec. 2015 at Kamani Auditorium and Choreographed “Sarhadein” where war widows were felicitated as veerangana presided by MP Sh. Udit Raj, BJP President, Sh. Satish Upadhyay, MP Ramesh Kaushik, DG/BSF, Chairman Air India, MS/Rly. Board.

• Choreograph the programme of IPWE seminar on the 4th Feb 2016, at Manekshaw Auditorium.

• Compared the programme at Surat the famous Mohammad Aziz night alongwith the Indian Idol winners on 28th Feb 2016.

• Compared the programme - ukjh ubZ fn’kk dh vksj at NRM on 6th March 2016.

Nationality : IndianDate and Place of Birth : December 14, 1976, Rewari, India

CONTACT INFORMATION Address : E-59, College Lane, Bengali Market, New Delhi-110001, IndiaOffice/Mobile : +91-9958886630, +91-8527070034, +91-9717630034Website : www.artandrhythm.comE-Mail : sonali.jkaran@gmail.com Gender : Female

CAREER OBJECTIVE:• Willing to enhance Cultural exchange to convey a sense of pure joy & harmony.• Special concern towards charity shows to broaden artistic horizon and globalize the ideas in the direction of reforms.• Honour outstanding achiever for their distinguished services to the nation and society through Art and Rythm Foundation.