Skip to main content

Faculty Spotlight: Hirali Shah

Hirali Shah headshot Name: Hirali Shah

Title: Lecturer Supervisor

School: School of Theatre & Dance

What classes do you teach? 
251 world dance-Indian classical dance Kathak.

What advice do you have for students wanting to take your classes, or in general, classes at the College of Creative Arts?

Kathak gives emphasis on poses, expressions, grace, hand, eye and body movements and footwork. Kathak is characterized by intricate footwork and precise rhythmic patterns that the dancer articulates by controlling about 100 ankle bells. It takes its movements from life, stylizes them, and adds the complex rhythmic patterns. Kathak is danced by both males and females; many of the dances convey moods of love.



Hirali Shah dance class in the Museum Education Center