Priya Amit Kumar is a disciple of Guru Vidushi Urmila Sharma and Pt. Jai Kishan Maharaj Ji. She completed her Kathak Praveen and Prabhakar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti and earned her Kathak Visharad from Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapeeth.
Priya has won numerous Kathak competitions, including those organized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi. She is a gold medallist in the All-India Kathak Praveen examination. She has performed at many prestigious venues across India, the UK, and internationally. For the past eight years, Priya has been nurturing the art of Kathak through her institute in the UK, where she imparts pure, traditional Kathak training to students aged 5 to 65. Her dedication to preserving and promoting Kathak has made her a respected figure in the dance community.
Kathak Festival London is an initiative by Vishwam Kathak Kendra, created to showcase emerging Kathak artists from the UK alongside established Kathak artists from around the world. This year, renowned Kathak artist Rudra Shankar Mishra of the Banaras Gharana—recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Ustad Bismillah
Khan Yuva Puraskar—will be presenting a solo performance. In addition to his presentation, students of Vishwam Kathak Kendra—Rakshika Chaudhry, Baani Nagpal, Navya Kuthoria, and Ishwari Kotecha—will present a group performance.