Celebrating Classics with Kathak

men who listened to AC/DC were slower and made more mistakes, compared to men who listened to Mozart or the sound of an operating theatre.

It took volunteers around one minute to complete the task.

Women, however, did not seem to be distracted by the rock music, and none of the three tracks made any difference to performance or speed, showed the findings published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Generally, women took longer to remove the body parts, but made fewer mistakes.

The researchers are unsure why rock music affected men more than women. One explanation, they said, could be that rock music causes more auditory stress – a state triggered by loud or discordant music – in men. YOUNG ARTISTS at ‘Saniddhya-’ a cultural society are all set to present a two-day music and dance festivalkathak Utsav for the contribution of Indian classical music and dance in Indian cinema. The programme will begin on December 21 with some fine performances by ‘Saniddhya Repertory Artists’ under the guidance of Guru Shikha Khare on some classical songs of Bollywood.

During the Kathak Utsav, audience will witness a group presentation of ‘Saniddhya’ by young artists, solo performances by young artists- disciple of Guru Shikha Khare. Kathak exponent and disciple of Kathak Maestro Padma Vibhushan, Birju Maharaj Ji, group performance

by Rhythm society and Maa Saraswati Nritya Bharti Kalapeeth group performance.

Kamal Kumar, said, “since the year 2000, ‘Saniddhya’ is working for promoting Indian art & culture as well as working for social issues through art & culture. It also works towards social causes like environmental issues, women empowerment, child labour, girl child issues and for underprivileged children. Saniddhya also organises seminars, workshops and festivals for Indian classical music & dance frequently.