2019

March

15th: Nimbus Dance Works: work-in-progress of Aravani

17th: Dance Theatre Harlem: kathak solo works

April

19th: New York Kathak Dance Festival

June

14th: NJPAC, Jersey Moves!: work-in-progress of Aravani

July

16th: Guru Purnima, Celebrating 40 years of Pt. Divyang Vakil (Ahmedabad, India): live music solo in 16-beat time cycle

September

14th: Guru Purnima, Celebrating 40 years of Pt. Divyang Vakil, New Jersey

November

16th: Preview of Mukta, A Woman Liberated at The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls, NY

17th-24th: Attended Akram Khan’s Classical Intensive in London, UK at Sadler’s Wells

Aravani

A new solo work-in-progress presented at the final year of Barkha’s choreographic fellowship with the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Aravani about a woman rejoicing the outlawing of section 377 of the Indian Constitution. As she sings a prayer to Bahuchara, goddess central to the hijrah community, this Aravani recalls her journey of being ostracized by her family, searching for a sense of belonging and reigniting a flame within to be her unabashed self.