This PaR component in performance recreates Mahari historical ritual praxis in the Hindu temples of Odisha through a solo performative investigation.
Name: Meena-Danda (2017)
Date of Creation: September 2016 – May 2017
Venue: Department of Dance, The Ohio State University, Ohio
Length: 7 minutes
Description: In this performance, I give an overview of Mahari performativity and its relationship to Odissi technique. I creatively deploy the pure dance and expressional elements of Mahari ritual performance contesting the received notions of unskilled dancing by the Mahari.