Kathak artists Fiana Kawane, Puneet Singh, and Akshaya Surve featured in Dance As Blessing: ‘Subham Bhavatu’
Charlie Smith
November 15, 2025
The Sanskrit blessing “Shubham Bhavatu” translates into “May Good Happen”.
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Charismatic performer Puneet Singh reveals how a TV clip led him to devote his life to kathak dancing
Charlie Smith
May 13, 2025
Singh will perform kathak on May 24 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre and on June 15 at Scotiabank Dance Centre.
ਆਕਰਸ਼ਕ ਨਰਤਕ ਪੁਨੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਟੀਵੀ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਕਲਿੱਪ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣਾ ਜੀਵਨ ਕੱਥਕ ਨ੍ਰਿਤ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਰਪਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ
Harpreet Sekha
May 13, 2025
ਸਰੀ (ਕੈਨੇਡਾ) ਦੇ ਰਹਿਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਪੁਨੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਆਕਰਸ਼ਕ ਕੱਥਕ ਡਾਂਸਰ ਹਨ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਸਕ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਅਤੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਨ। ਪਰ ਜਦੋਂ ਸਿੰਘ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਪਿੰਡ ਗੜ੍ਹਸ਼ੰਕਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਡੇ ਹੋ ਰਹੇ ਸਨ, ਉੱਥੇ ਕੋਈ ਕੱਥਕ ਡਾਂਸ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ ਕਰਦਾ। ਫਿਰ ਵੀ, ਗ੍ਰੇਡ 7 ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਇਸ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰੀ ਨ੍ਰਿਤ ਦੇ ਦੀਵਾਨੇ ਹੋ ਗਏ ਜਦੋਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਟੀਵੀ ‘ਤੇ ਮਹਾਨ ਕੱਥਕ ਡਾਂਸਰ ਬਿਰਜੂ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ Birju Maharaj ਨੂੰ ਡਾਂਸ ਕਰਦੇ ਦੇਖਿਆ।
Monsoon Festival recruits first-class dancers to choreograph moves for Bhangra and Kathak beginners
Charlie Smith
August 18, 2023
Bhangre Da Raja and Krystal Kiran will be at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University campus in Surrey for the Monsoon Festival’s “Sunday Funday”.
Indian classical dance expert Usha Gupta coming to Burnaby to share her extensive knowledge of Kathak
Charlie Smith
March 14, 2023
Gupta says that her search for insights never ends, pointing out that this artform is a hybrid of storytelling and technical excellence.
Kathak artists Fiana Kawane, Puneet Singh, and Akshaya Surve featured in Dance As Blessing: ‘Subham Bhavatu’
Charlie Smith
November 15, 2025
Charismatic performer Puneet Singh reveals how a TV clip led him to devote his life to kathak dancing
Charlie Smith
May 13, 2025
Monsoon Festival recruits first-class dancers to choreograph moves for Bhangra and Kathak beginners
Charlie Smith
August 18, 2023
Indian classical dance expert Usha Gupta coming to Burnaby to share her extensive knowledge of Kathak
Charlie Smith
March 14, 2023
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.