Nahid siddiqui biography graphic organizer
Nahid siddiqui biography graphic organizer
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Nahid Siddiqui: A ‘katha’ of this life
Iconic kathak dancer shares her passion for ancient dance form and how it has been lost in the “ugliness” of...
KARACHI: “As a child, I didn’t know why I would get this compulsion, this urge to dance,” says Nahid Siddiqui, one of Pakistan’s most iconic kathak dancers.
“Even at the age of four or five, I really liked to move. I didn’t know what dance was back then, but I was very expressive in my body language.
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I wouldn’t hesitate when asked to dance. In fact, I wished someone would ask me to dance. It hit me later on that I was actually doing kathak.”
As the eldest daughter of renowned yesteryears actor Talat Siddiqui, Nahid has been performing for decades now and been a disciple of two great teachers: Baba Maharaj (also known as Mahajar Ghulam Hussain Kathak) and Birju Maharaj.
Of course, as someone with very little knowledge of ancient dance forms, I only found this out upon meeting her. I went into the interview with a layma