
Guru Prerana Shrimali exclusive interview part 02 only on Raaggiri. Guru Prerana Shrimali is an eminent Kathak Maestro from Jaipur Gharana of Kathak. She received her training in dance from Guru Shri Kundanlal Gangani Ji and has been honored with many titles, such as Rajasthan Yuva Ratna, Rashtriya Ekta Award, Shrikant Verma Rashtriya Puraskaar, Raza Puraskaar and Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi award etc. Having mastered the grammar and the complexities of the Jaipur style with her grace, innovativeness, and imagination, she ranks among the most illustrious and reputed classical dancers of India today. Equally competent in pure dance and Expression, Prerana Ji has endeavored to expand the Kathak collection by choreographing new and highly acclaimed compositions based on ancient, medieval, and modern poetry by exploring verses of Kalidas, Amaru, Meera, Kabir, Padmakar, and Ghalib, and French poets, etc.