To those that aren’t strangers to Northern Indian Classical arts, the name Moksha Samarasooriya wouldn’t be at all an unfamiliar one. Her journey to the stature of Nrithya Nipun Sangeeth Visharad, founding Moksha Art of Dance, showcasing multiple Kathak Mahotsavs, began very early as a student of the classical art, under the guidance of late Nrithya Visharad Srimathi Rasadari. Then as a teenager, she travelled to India to further her dance education where she underwent rigorous and committed training for a number of years.
Despite receiving numerous amounts of requests and offers to remain in India as a kathak guru her dream and hope has always been to spread and offer the art of Kathak to the people of her own motherland. With this motivation, she has now been teaching for approximately two decades continuously and has produced many skilled and devoted dancers. An important milestone for her would be having had organised and showcased a total of five Kathak Mahotsavs in Sri Lanka that has allowed the Sri Lankan public to witness and experience this amazing art which is a rare gem to this country.
The audiences will be delighted to know that this dancer extraordinaire is now in the midst of creating the 2019 edition Kathak Mahotsav. This piece is set to be presented at the Elphinstone Theatre on March 29 at 6.30pm.
Her attempt is to show to the public the fine details which make Kathak very much a living art form and encourage viewers to have a stronger relationship with such classical arts, as a practitioner or an appreciator. The public is only a few days away from witnessing once again, a captivating edition of Moksha Samarasooriya’s Kathak Mahotsav, which is important to note, is carried out in commemoration of the 150-year mark of Great Mahatma Gandhi.
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