kathakali

A person wearing a leather skirt and thick black beads around their neck like a warrior stares intently at the camera, one arm extended towards us with the palm out. An upturned golden urn is behind them.
Photo: Steven Pisano

Ankita Sharma’s dhoka/Betrayal/: Militarization and Myth-Making

Brendan McCall

Ankita Sharma's intimate dance interrogates their relationship with India.

Photo: Mark Garvin

Kathakali Now

Lisa Kraus

An elegant sign language of mudras, like flutterings of rare birds. Bodies subtle, making the slightest weight shifts compelling.