Q. Tell us about INTER_RUPTED.
A. The piece emerges from the body and depicts vulnerability and inevitability. It looks to answer the question that when my skin and muscles degenerate, where does my emotion reside? In life, we try to hold on to things. This piece is 80-minute-long with a cast of seven dancers and three musicians. We have worked with some of the best collaborators in dance, including, Farooq Chaudhry (co-founder and producer of Akram Khan Dance Company) as dramaturge, Morag Deyes as mentor, Fabiana Piccioli as light designer, Kimie Nakano as costumier and Manish Kansara as the stage designer. It infuses the ancient art form of Kathak with 21st-century sound, rhythm and light. I will also conduct a masterclass series inviting senior and intermediate level students.

(From left) scenes from INTER_RUPTED

Q. What is your take on fusion?
A. I am a Kathak dancer. I also perform Contemporary dance based on Kathak. I hope my dance is not fusion as that’s confusion. That would be grafting an apple on the head of a pear. I have danced Kathak for 49 years. The sensibility is contemporary.