Kathak + Beatboxing = Kathakbox!
I was one of the lucky few to get a brief preview of the upcoming Kathakbox performances that will be taking place in the UAE this week. Kathakbox (pronounced Katak) is a mixture of Kathak, an Indian classical dance, and beatboxing. Put the two together and you’ve got Kathakbox!
Here is more info on the production, but in brief, it’s an awesome modern artistic production, by Sonia Sabri and Company, that combines “movement, gesture, expression, music and the spoken word”.
I managed to take the following video during their kick-off press conference at the Abu Dhabi Women’s College two days ago, where some members of the band gave a sneak preview of what they will be offering audiences in both cities. Very cool stuff if you ask me and much more than what I had expected. The first segment of the video shows Sonia Sabri, followed by Shan Bansil, the awesome beatboxer (who surprisingly majored in Mechanical Engineering!), and finally a Shan Basil and Marcina Arnold duet.
The production will be showing in Abu Dhabi on the 26th of Feb at the Abu Dhabi Theater and in Dubai on the 28th of Feb at the Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre. The show will also be traveling to Jordan in March, and you can follow them on twitter.
Related posts:
February 23rd, 2011 at 1:17 am
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Husain AlTamimi, Husain AlTamimi and Karen Kiely, kathakbox. kathakbox said: A great post by @imht about #kathakbox with a video featuring Sonia, Shan and Marcina http://bit.ly/e17T82 [...]
April 15th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
hello
April 15th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
i lovvvvvvvvvvvv arabs got talents
May 11th, 2011 at 4:25 pm
[...] spoken word”… Very cool stuff if you ask me and much more than what I had expected.” Whose-sane, Abu [...]
May 11th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
[...] spoken word”… Very cool stuff if you ask me and much more than what I had expected.” Whose-sane, Abu [...]