Dr Maya Rao Kathak & Choreography Conference 2022

The fourth edition of the Dr Maya Rao Kathak and Choreography Conference this year examines rejuvenescence in the arts. As the world still tries to make sense of being catapulted into a pandemic two years ago and waits for Covid to completely fade away, we collectively long for rejuvenescence. On one hand, we need to rejuvenate from illness and loss. On the other hand, we rethink our modes of living and wonder whether the pandemic pause helped in some way. Was there an opportunity for the earth to recover? Did the interregnum allow our minds a reset?

Dance was Maya ji’s life and choreography, her “Sanchari”. She was a scholar, researcher, writer, curator, Guru to thousands but considered herself an eternal student. As someone very aptly put it, “Maya ji was a passionate explorer, a relentless adventurer and a keen cultural excavator”. Maya ji founded the Natya Institute of Kathak…