Episode Notes

Bio Mitali Sonar, a forever student of Kathak, received her M.A. in performing arts administration from NYU Steinhardt in 2020. Currently, she is the Marketing person for Navatman Inc., and also a Kathak teacher. Mitali received formal Kathak training under Rajendra Chaturvedi of the Gopi Krishna lineage of Kathak (Benaras Gharana) and completed her Visharad in 2016. She performed at various stages like Kala Ghoda, NCPA and Sur Shringar in her homecity, Mumbai, and most recently played the role of Kunti in the Navatman's dance theater version of the Mahabharata in New York City. She has been dedicated to the art form since the past 22 years and has been an active member of various New-York based events like  the New York Kathak Festival, Drive East & Kathak Meet-ups. She has previously worked with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater & NYU Skirball. She is passionate about bringing communities together through the medium of arts (and about coffee, photography and dogs!)

Links to social Instagram - @itsitsymitsy

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitalisonar/

Email - [email protected]

YouTube - https://youtu.be/bIIQZlLkPmo

Timestamps 0:02:51 Dream Job 0:05:39 Performing Arts Degree 0:09:32 Working at Navatman 0:13:49 Marketing for Navatman 0:16:41 Instagram vs Fb 0:19:28 What does the youth like about Kathak? 0:25:06 How to go about Marketing 0:28:58 Budgets for Marketing and Ads 0:30:29 Kathak @Navatman 0:32:19 Uniformity in Teaching 0:36:34 Teaching Online 0:38:29 Teaching and Training in India 0:41:10 Benaras Gharana 0:41:55 Gopi Krishna Gharana 0:47:08 Navatman Podcast 0:53:02 NYKF Experience 0:56:51 Dreams for Navatman 0:59:04 Future events and Plans 1:01:08 Ending Comments