She began learning classical dance when she was eight while in Canada, and after performing in Canada and Delhi for many years, Dali Basu is now in Mumbai for her first solo performance, this Saturday.

The performance is titled Rasanubhuti, which she explains means the experience of expressions. “I will be opening with a Saraswati vandana and then move on to an abhinaya piece in Oriya language. It is about mother Yashoda’s adoration for her son Krishna,” explains 31-year-old Basu.