TKP 003: Dr Pallabi Chakravorty

Dr Pallabi Chakravorty is a noted Kathakar, dance artist, choreographer and anthropologist. She's also the author of "Bells of Change" , "This Is How We Dance", and the Chair of Dance at Swarthmore college. We discuss th

Show Notes and Timestamps

18:12 Doing Fieldwork as a Shy person 20:30 Being True to your convictions 24:20 Courtyard Dancers 25:12 Beginning of courtyard 33:00 Culture of the courtyard dancers 44: Riyaaz and the Twilight zone 46:34 Kathak and Dance History 49:40 Line 52:18: Kathak as A syncretic dance form 52:30 Can you "define" Kathak? 54:44 The multiplicity of voices in Kathak 55:55 Sufi Kathak, Hindu Kathak, Contemporary Kathak 56:21 Why are you doing a "foreign" dance? The othering of Kathak 59:00 Subhashgram 1:05:00 Unsung Arrival with courtyard dancers, and subhashgram 1:06:00 The feeling on seeing them 1:08:00 Future Projects 1:11:00 Legacy