Poorva K.

Poorva Kavathekar is a Kathak dancer from Maharashtra. Her hometown is Sangli and work is spread across Pune and Sangli region. She has taken her initial training from Ms. Swati Mule at Sangli for three years. Now she is learning Kathak from eminent kathak artist Ms. Astha Godbole-Karlekar following the Guru-Shishya parampara. Ms. Astha karlekar is disciple of Smt.Savita Godbole who is disciple of Acharya Lachhu Maharaj ji.
Poorva is working in the field of kathak for almost 10 years by now. Initially for 3 years she learnt from her guru Swati Mule in Sangli. That time she performed at many dance and drama festivals happening around her city. She won prizes for her solo and duet performances in Lathe Festival which is intercollege competition. She also participated in many drama competitions and won best actress awards in one act play competition organized by Sakal group of media. She won certificate for her acting in state level drama competition.
She gave all her efforts to learn the specialities of Lucknow Gharana of Kathak from her guru following Guru Shishya Parampara. During this time she completed her diploma in Kathak and BA in Kathak from Tilak Maharashtra University, Pune. She also participated in many Kathak recitals happening in the city. She accompanied her guru in choreographies and performances.
She has also gave performances at Indore and Ujjain(Sinhastha 2015).She played a vital role of Rani Laxmi bai in the dance drama called “Naari Shakti” which was choreographed by Astha Karlekar. The shows of this dance drama were held at Parner and Kesari Wada Pune on the occasion of Ganeshotsav in 2019.
Currently she is working with Matoshree National School, Warje, Pune which is English Medium CBSE school teaching basics of Kathak to primary students. She is also helping her guru to run her dance academy named “Layashala Lalit Kala Foundation, Pune” Poorva takes the basic batches and keeps an eye on all the management, correspondence of the institute. She designs the curriculum for different batches according to the student’s age, experience and the exams they are appearing for. She is an active part of the managements committee of the music festivals arranged by their Institute. One National level music festival was arranged in Oct 2019 by them which was named as “Pandit Lachhu Maharaj Dance and Music Festival. This festival was supported by the South Central Zone Cultural Centre(SCZCC).She also performed in this festival. Poorva has total experience of 8 years of teaching kathak and choreographing performances.


Educational Qualifications
Bachelor of Computer Science, 2012 Smt.KWC,Sangli(Shivaji University,Kolhapur
Padavika Kathak 2014 Tilak Maharshtra University,Pune
BA Kathak 2017 Tilak Maharshtra University,Pune

Performances

-Sharadiya Navaratra Nrutya Utsav ,2020 (Online Performance) Online
Maharashtra Solo
-Gokulashtami Performnace with Nritya Madhu(Facebook Live) Online
West Bengal and Maharashtra Group
Dhundhur Maas mahotsav Pune January 2020 Maharashtra Group
-International Mothers Conference organized by holistic society of India and VIT college Pune Pune December 2019 Maharashtra Duet
-Performed, participated in management of Pt.Lachchu Maharaj Dance and Music Mahotsav 2019 Pune November 2019 Maharashtra Duet
-Performed vital role in Dance Drama Naarishakti at Parner Parner June 2019 Maharashtra Group
-Performed kathak at Sinhasth Mahakumh Mela Ujjain May 2015 Madhya Pradesh Group