Skip to content
The Path Breaking Firsts
You are here:
- Home
- The Path Breaking Firsts
- Participated as a solo dancer with a Jazz band ‘Glimpse’, led by Trilok Gurtu.
- Inclusion of silent dance pieces as ‘visual poetry’, in ‘Nishabda Bhed – Exploring Silence’.
- ‘Peed Parayi Jane Re’: A production on the life story of Kasturba Gandhi, with Kathak Dance idiom, with live Jazz Orchestra.
- ‘Kathak Infinite’: A quest to find infinite possibilities in the Kathak repertoire, along with a team of 60 dancers.
- Incorporation of old, original recorded tracks of Bharat Ratna Lataji Mangeshkar, and Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Ji to weave a dance score in ‘Chala Vahi Des’ and ‘Nirakar Sakaar’ respectively.
- A meld of 7 classical dance styles to tell the story of Mahabharata, in ‘Mahabharata Reinterpreted – Ateet Ki Parchhaiyan’.
- Use of Choreographic Tools like Kathak curtains to demarcate different locales, time zones ; a memory box/cubicle to establish the past ; graphic projections – ‘Ateet Ki Parchhaiyan’
- A story of Samson and Delilah: A story from the Hebrew Bible with the Jerusalem Philharmonic symphony orchestra and Nadroop Kathak ensemble.
- ‘Pratibimb’ (Chavni Project- Orissa) A Choreography to bring together the classical sensitivity of Kathak and the abundant vibrancy of Chhau.
- A stage in the shape of ‘Chaupal’ (Ludo) for traditional Kathak presentation, in ‘Chaturang Ki Chaupal’.
- A movie as narrative to establish contemporary context for ‘Echoes of inner voice’ – Exploration of five mythological/social significant characters.
- Conducted workshops on Indian rhythms for Western musicians in Europe and India 1999 onwards.
Go to Top