Reviews
Remarkable Performance...
"Shovana, the reigning queen of Kathak................. A Soul Stirring Performer"
".........Shovana's feet not just danced and pirouetted but they spoke a hundred things........."
''............ a fiery & dynamic dancer.........."
"When her feet made music................As always, she imbues a magical, mesmerizing quality to a dance form in which she defies the barrier of gharanas with fluid ease........and finally as she made her ghunghuroos dance to the rhythm of thunderous applause, she ad Spicmacay had made a connection" (Nonika Singh, HT , CHANDIGARH)
" Dance all the Way .............It was a spiritual journey on the symbolic route of life, courtesy danseuse Shovana Narayan.........combined with the taal of the ghunghuroos which matched perfectly with expressions of turbulence of the soul on Shovana's face till her final journey to tranquillity that had a lasting impression on the minds of the viewers" ( The Times of India , Delhi)
"Words fail to describe the mind-blowing performance by Kathak Guru Padmashree Shovana Narayan. Lensman Umesh Verma of Moonlight caught the phenomenal 27-chakkar series done by the maestro. She repeated the series immediately once more after the audience requested her to do so............"
" A Swirl and Twirl............Kathak dancer, Shovana Narayan performs the dance 'Antar Yatra' based on verses of Sufi poets............."
"...........captivating..........fiery........emotionally sensitive..............."
"..........Her feet dance, her eyes and hands do the talking............fascinating experience as she executed aamad, that, tode, tukde and paranas with an electrifying display of footwork, body gestures employing the eyes, neck, chest, lips, hands in perfect coordination............through a mesmerizing dancing spell..........."( S.D.SHARMA, Indian Express, Chandigarh)