Imaginasia Family Program: A Meeting of Worlds July 29, 2012

The young emperor Akbar was known to dance with the Sufis until he passed out and had to be carried back to the palace. When he married a Hindu Rajput princess, she brought her temple dancers into the palace as well. The meeting of these two devotional dance traditions produced Kathak, a dance form that became wildly popular in the Rajput and Mughal courts. Dancer Bhim Dahal and his pupil Tasrit Johnson tell this story through Hindu temple, Sufi, and Kathak dance. A class for children follows the performance. Participation is on a first-come-first-serve basis. No reservations required.