Saturday, 25 May 2013

Sitara Devi - Kathak Dancer

© SATYENDRA SINGGH
'Sitara Devi', 2004 (Ball pen sketch)
Size - 11" x 14"


Ball Pen Sketch

Sitara Devi is an eminent Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style of dancing. Rabindranath Tagore described her as Nritya Samragini, meaning the empress of dance, after watching her performance when she was just 16 years old.

Awards
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1969,
  • Padma Shree in 1973.
  • Kalidas Samman in 1995
  • Nritya Nipuna.





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