Pandit Birju Maharaj, Kathak, Feats on Beats, God Gifted Cameras

, BirjuMaharaj, Kathak, DanceForms, Classical Brijmohan Mishra is popularly known as Pandit Birju Maharaj is the leading exponent of the Handia (Rikhipur), AllahabadKalkaBindadin gharana of Kathak dance in India. He is a descendant of the legendary Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, which includes his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj. Even though dancing is his first love, he also has an excellent command over Hindustani classical music and is an accomplished vocalist as well. He took Kathak to new heights by choreographing new Kathak dance is also the founder of kalashram. He has toured extensively around the globe, given thousands of performances and held hundreds of workshops for Kathak students. After working along with his uncle, Shambhu Maharaj at Bhartiya Kala Kendra, later the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, he remained head of the latter, for several years, till his retirement in 1998 when he opened his own dance school, Kalashra