Meera - Fanny Marquet presents Kathak recital

Fanny - Meera performs for shows and demoonstrations, from 10 minutes to an hour. She gives solo performances but can also organise duet shows. The content of the demonstration is adapted to the public (Adults, teenagers, children). 

Since 2008, Fanny-Meera has proved her capacity on the Indian stage by performing in various renowned festivals and  institutions (Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh (Varanasi), ICCR (Kolkata),  Sangeet Natak Academy (Lucknow) and many more). Mostly performing with her duettist Gauri, they surprised the audience of Banaras Hindu University’s Faculty of Performing Arts with their ease in the unusual “kali taal”, a 6.5 beats time cycle developed by their guru.

Since the age of 12, Fanny is fond of the beautiful art of Kathak dance.

For 14 years, Fanny has been learning its subtleties with her dance master (guru) Pt. Ravi Shankar Mishra, one of the most active exponent of Banaras Gharana (Banaras style). She thus developed a surprising grace and ease in the interweaving of complex rhythms and graceful movements of Kathak.

Next to this education, she has also been trained for many years in various western dance styles such as hip-hop, jazz, ballet and modern dance, in the “Académie de danse de Genève” (since 2000) and in “Dance Area” (since 2009).

Since 2006, she goes regularly to India in her adopted home, where she lives in a traditional family of musicians and dancers passing their knowledge from one generation to the next. She became thus a trustee of the secular tradition of Banarasi Kathak (Kathak style of Banaras). Various stays of 5 to 6 months also allowed her to show her capacities on Indian stages, in different shows for the Maharaja of Banaras or for the association of late Pt. Kisan Maharaj : « Sangeet Sabha Kashi ». This is when she received her Indian artist name from her guru: Meera.

Since then, she is performing in Switzerland and in France for various festival such as  Poussière du Monde» in Geneva (2008) and the festival of Durga Puja organised by the Indian community of Geneva (2010). She also took part in the projects of the association …CulturAll.. : The Swiss and French tour of the dance theatre « Geet Govind » (2009) and « Beyond Skin » (2010).

She then came back to India to continue learning Kathak, from September 2011 to march 2012, and finally in the winter 2012-2013, again in the house of her Guru and could perform in the Faculty of performing arts in Banaras Hindu University and for Pt. Mahadev Prasad Mishra, with Priscilla Brulhart, her Gurubhain. In January 2013, they had the chance to perform in Rashtri Kathak Sansthaan, receving recognition from the local media.

She created the « Compagnie Sapana » with Annjali Shah, a young Kathak dancer as well. Joined by Priscilla Brülhart - Gauri in 2012, they created and presented their choreography around Switzerland. "Le Duel": meeting between their respective gharanas, Lucknow and Banaras. 

Meera now lives in Banaras since summer 2013. Above her regular work with her guru, she now works with other Indian artists (Pt. Arjun & Anuj Mishra Dance Company, Shri Vishal Krishna). 

Inhabited by the love for dance, Fanny is involved in the promotion of this art by performing on stage as well as by teaching in various schools, in India and Europe.