Sunayana Hazarilal - Kathak dancer

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President Droupadi Murmu presents a fellowship of Sangeet Natak Academy to Sunayana Hazarilal during the presentation of Sangeet Natak Academy Fellowships and Awards for the years 2022 and 2023 at Vigyan Bhavan, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 6.
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Monday 03, March 2025, 19:00.

Sunayana Hazarilal - Kathak dancer

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Sunayana Hazarilal: 

Born:  Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Occupation: Kathak dancer

Awards: Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Academy Award, Abhinayan Kala Saraswati: Maharashtra Gaurav Award

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Brief Biography:

Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal is an Indian classical dancer, known for her expertise in the classical dance form of Kathak and reportedly the only surviving practitioner of the Janakiprasad Gharana of Kathak, also known as Banares Gharana. The Government of India honored her in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri]

Sunayana Hazarilal, née Sunayana Agarwal, was born in Mumbai to a Railway officer and started learning classical dance from an early age. Refusing to move out of Mumbai to learn Kathak when her father was transferred elsewhere, she practised under the tutelage of Guru Hazarilal who was a known exponent of the Benaras Jankiprasad Gharana.

Sunayana is the Director of Natawari Dance Academy and heads the Kathak division of the Sangeet and Nartan Shiksha Peeth of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai. She is also a visiting faculty at many other institutions. She has conducted dance workshops in New York, San Francisco and Raleigh in the USA and has toured many countries such as Italy, Germany and Belgium. She has also been a visiting faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1990.

Sunayana Hazarilal has done research on the genealogy of Janakiprasad Gharana and has published many articles on the topic. A recipient of such awards as the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2003), Abhinayan Kala Saraswati from Bala Subramanya Sabha and the Maharashtra Gaurav Award, Sunayana was honored by the Government of India when she was included in the Republic Day Honors in 2011.

President Droupadi Murmu presents a fellowship of Sangeet Natak Akademi to Sunayana Hazarilal during the presentation of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards for the years 2022 and 2023 at Vigyan Bhavan, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 6. Credit: PTI Photo

Apat from the seven fellows, a total of 94 individuals across the fields of music, dance, theatre, traditional/folk/tribal music/dance/theatre, puppetry and overall contribution received the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.

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2. Media Report:

Pt. Sunayana Hazarilal: Doyen of the Jankiprasad Gharana of Banaras

Padma Shri Sunayana Hazarilal

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At eighteen, Sunayana Desai, the daughter of a Railways Officer, encountered Pt. Hazarilal on the steps of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Mumbai. She requested him to teach her Kathak, and he warmly welcomed her to his class. Her life was about to change forever.

Sunayanaji was enraptured by Guruji’s dance style and teaching. Within a few years she blossomed under Pt. Hazarilal’s tutelage – her lightning-fast footwork, layakari and expressiveness born of rigorous practice heralded a major new exponent of the Gharana. Her fearlessness and determination found a channel in the mission to bring this style back on stage.

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Explore:  The Jankiprasad Gharana of Banaras

The Jankiprasad Kathak style stands out with its graceful movements, delicate footwork and natural expressions. This style is unique in its use of Natawari dance bols evolved by Pt. Jankiprasadji - the dancer forms cadences of complex syllables that weave around the percussion.

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Learn Kathak:

The Jankiprasad Gharana of Banaras

Discover the timeless beauty and soulful depth of Jankiprasad Kathak. Natawari invites you to learn and engage with this century's old tradition.

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Natawari:

The Jankiprasad Gharana of Banaras

“Ban ke nacho. Don’t copy me blindly, that would make you a second grade Hazarilal; you have to be first grade of who you are.” Guru Pt. Hazarilal

Since 1969, Natawari has empowered dancers to discover and express their unique self. Today, there is a blossoming global community of teachers and students who are taking the Jankiprasad Kathak style forward.

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