Documentary on the history, technique, themes, and music of Kathak dance. The dancers Saswati Sen, Daksha Sheth, Jai Kishan, Shovana Narayan, and Birju Maharaj talk about and demonstrate their art; further commentary is provided by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan. Dance themes represented include episodes from the Mahābhārata and the legends of Radha and Krishna.
Motion picture filmed by Satish Pande, Rajiv Mehrotra, and William Heick. Producer/director: Robert S. Gottlieb. Narrator: Zakir Hussain. Distributed as a videotape by University of California Extension Media Center, Berkeley, California.