The Dance Lens Podcast · WHERE DANCE MEETS ART, HISTORY, POLITICS & SOCIAL (RE)EVOLUTIONS
INTERVIEW: The Rhythm of Memory & Kathak in The Modern Age
·55 min·5 clips
Rachna Nevas reveals how being a 'radical traditionalist' forces her to constantly interrogate Kathak's relevance in today's world.
As heard by us
A clear case for Kathak as a living, evolving practice.
Kathak's history under British rule gives this conversation real weight, but what makes it stick is the way Rachna Nevas and Rukmani Mehta treat it as something alive rather than sealed off in the past.
Why you'd press play
Press play for a conversation with two artists shaping Kathak's present and future.
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