The 8th Youth Performing Arts Festival of the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop (RPTW) kicked off on Thursday, 3rd December to 7th December at the Peeru’s Café, Lahore. This was the first time that the youth festival wass being organized at Peeru’s Café instead of the Alhamra Cultural Complex due to the non-availability of sponsors.
Every year institutes and bands from across Pakistan participate in the festival. However, this year the majority of the participants are from Lahore. This year there was no formal opening ceremony for the festival and no bigwigs …

Umair Arif is a famous young kathak dancer & choreographer, He teaches all forms of eastern dances. He is also into yoga. He is the disciple of famous names in the field of classical dance Ustad Sajjad Hussain kathak kalawant patyala gharana, madem aimi minwala, Bina Jawwad & have taken workshops from renowned kathak dancer Nahid Siddiqui.
He is award winner as best solo dancer & best choreographer in “International youth Performing Festival 07″ & Best performer in “National Youth Performing arts Festival 08″ . He is working as a head …

Masumeh is a multi-talented personality. Besides having thoroughly mastered the traditional Kathak dance from gurus like Roshan of Jaipur gharana, Viru Krishnan of Lucknow gharana and Sunaina Hazarilal from the Banaras gharana, the actress has been equally well versed with the dance art form of the West viz; Salsa and other Latin American dances.
“I have also mastered the art of Jazz and Tap dance and have been trained under the guidance of Oscar Fernendez,” Masumeh says smiling.
Masumeh is currently mastering the art of belly dancing. She is taking lessons from …

A discipline of Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak, Fasih-ur-Rehman has been carrying on the legacy of the great Kathak maestro through sheer hard work, self-discipline and dedication for the last 25 years.
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I feel life is the way you see and take life to be. Life is what you want to do with it and if you get to do what you love and your intention is true, then that is what life is all about. Intention something, not necessarily in the field or arts, but in whatever …

For a quiet man, Asim Reza has a lot to say. His work speaks for him, whether in the mythical setting of an advertisement or in the documentation of a dancer’s synchronized footwork. The quest for artistic greatness influences his life and though he doesn’t blow the trumpet on his own work, it shouts for itself. But when credits are mismatched and his achievements ignored, Asim becomes verbose. He turns away from his creative pursuit very briefly, and lodges his displeasure in minimum words, careful not to contaminate his creativity …