Frequently Asked Questions :
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How do you select the organisations for collaboration?
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We have following selection criteria:
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The organization should have a track record of working with under-served girls/kids in its region.
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The organization should have a proper accommodation facility for conducting the workshop.
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The organization should have a good reputation with its local community from where the girls would be coming.
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2. Is this initiative only for girls, what if boys also wish to learn Kathak?
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The workshops are open for boys to attend to and we have had several boys participate over the years. Please note that none of these workshops are exclusively designed for any specific gender and will always be accommodating to children identifying with any gender. But we are primarily talking about girls as they have usually been high in numbers during our previous workshops.
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3. What is the age criterion for your workshop participants?
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We usually work with children of 8-16 years of age.
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4. How does a session of your workshop look like?
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A two hour long session for 25 participants consists of Yoga, Meditation and Kathak Dance. The training is imparted in its pure form while keeping the classical essence of Kathak Dance intact.
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5. How do you assess the impact of your workshops?
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We make it compulsory for workshop participants to deliver a stage performance on the last day of the workshop to a larger audience that includes their parents and local community members. This stage performance not only helps the facilitator to evaluate herself but it also helps the girls to improve their event management skills as they themselves organize this whole event while also demonstrating their Kathak expertise. Many of these children continue to learn Kathak from Annu on a regular basis with some of them pursuing a professional path in this dance form.
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6. How does a stage performance at the end of your workshop look like?
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The stage performance starts with a live Kathak performance given by workshop participants followed by a performance that Annu give so as to deepen audience’s understanding of Kathak further. In the end, the workshop participants share about their workshop experience, the organization-in-collaboration shares about its experience of hosting the workshop, audience shares about its experience of witnessing the performances and the facilitator share about her experience of working with girls. The participants also receive certificates for their participation in the entire workshop. It is usually a two hour long event that is mostly organized by the children themselves.
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7. How will you communicate about the progress of your workshops?
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We will document all the workshops and share about the on-goings, photographs and videos on our social media handles:
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annu.kathak/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kathakanubhuti
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kathakanubhuti5224
Website: https://www.annukathak.in
