You can always spot an Indian classical dance exponent from afar. The elegant poise, the crisp saree, and the doe eyes highlighted with kohl. Prateesha Suresh, Sattriya dancer and choreographer, walks into a city coffee shop where the writer is waiting to bombard her with questions on her dance festival at YB Chavan Auditorium on March 30.

(Left to right) Mohini Attam dancer Mandakini Trivedi, Odissi dancer Jhelum Paranjpe followed by Sattriya dancer and organiser of the festival Prateesha Suresh and Bharata Natyam dancer Anushree