MUMBAI
Kathak and Thumri will come together to take Mumbaikars on an odyssey of dance, poetry and music at the Mumbai Sanskriti Festival, which commences on January 11 on the steps of the Asiatic Library across Horniman Circle.
The inaugural performance at the three-day festival, an initiative of the Indian Heritage Society and the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), will feature renowned Kathak exponent Aditi Bhagwat and Thumri exponent-with-silken-voice Dhanashree Pandit-Rai in a collaboration that will bring both the genres together.
Bhagwat told dna, “It’s a great honour for any artiste to be performing at a heritage venue like the iconic Asiatic Library steps.”
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