Selected Presentations & Appearances
Moderator, Conversation with Odissi artist Bijayini Satpathy.
· December 6, 2021
Interview
Duke Performances,
Duke University Rubenstein Arts Center
Paper, “Poetic Expressions in Kathak Dance"
· August 4, 2021
International Meeting or Conference
Association for Asian Performance Conference,
(virtual)
Moderator, “Ballet, Pedagogy, Body Image and Flow States"
- Talk by Courtney Liu, In Conversations: Fridays at Noon
· March 26, 2021
Interview
Duke Arts and Duke Performances,
Duke University (virtual)
Panel discussion, “Learn Arts Funding from the Pros"
- In Conversations: Fridays at Noon
· February 12, 2021
Other
Duke Arts, Rubenstein Arts Center,
Duke University (virtual)
Panel discussion, “Pedagogy and Parampara, Choreography and Aesthetics in Kathak Dance"
- Kathak Dance Symposium / Dance Festival
· April 19, 2019
- April 21, 2019
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
New York
Paper, “Feminine Voice: Poetics of Thumri in Kathak Dance"
- Suspension: Poetry and Time at the Edge of the Secular Symposium
· February 6, 2015
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Duke University
Plenary Talk, “The Future of Kathak Dance: Where do We Go from Here"
- International Kathak Dance Conference
· September 12, 2014
- September 14, 2014
International Meeting or Conference
University of Chicago / A.S. Foundation,
Chicago
Paper, "Dancing with the Goddess: Tradition and Social Transformation of Garba Dances of Gujarat"
· June 2013
International Meeting or Conference
Society of Dance History Scholars Conference,
University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Panel discussion, “Kathak Dance in a Global Context”
- Arts Weekend
· April 2013
International Meeting or Conference
Swarthmore College
Panel Chair, “Social Transformation: The Legacy of Pauli Murray
- Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being, Healing Conference
· March 2, 2013
International Meeting or Conference
Duke University
Panel Chair, “Arts as a Means of Social Transformation"
- Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being, Healing Conference
· March 2, 2013
International Meeting or Conference
Duke University
Paper, “Dancing with the Goddess: Survival of Traditions"
- Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being, Healing Conference
· March 1, 2013
- March 3, 2013
International Meeting or Conference
Duke University
Lecture, "Concepts of Shaivism and Vaishnavism in Indian dance and theatre"
· August 21, 2010
Lecture
J. G. College of the Arts, Ahmedabad (India)
Lecture, “Bhakti Genre of Indian Dance Theatre: Bhaktirasa and Madhurabhava"
· August 12, 2010
Lecture
B. J. Institute of Learning and Research, Ahmedabad, India
Folk dance forms in Gujarat
· January 1, 2010
Lecture
B.J. Institute of Learning and Research, Ahmedabad, India
Lecture, “Notions of heightened femininity in the role of the Onnagata in Kabuki dance-theatre"
· November 13, 2009
Lecture
Department of Ethnomusicology, UNC Chapel Hill
Notes on fieldwork research
· August 22, 2009
Lecture
Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar (India)
Devadasi Traditions in India and the impact of Colonization
· July 16, 2009
Lecture
J. G. College of the Arts, Ahmedabad, India
Research Methods in Dance
· December 8, 2008
Lecture
Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad India
Fieldwork for Garba Dance Book Project
· September 11, 2008
Lecture
Mansa Arts and Science College, Mansa, India
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Instructor - DukeEngage in India - Ahmedabad
· 2017
Service Learning
SAATH
, Ahmedabad
India
Students work with the nonprofit organization SAATH, dedicated to freeing deprived children of rural migrant families from the urban labor market, nourishing and educating them; providing profession-based skills to slum dwelling youth; assisting women of very low income families in acquiring financial independence.
India
Students work with the nonprofit organization SAATH, dedicated to freeing deprived children of rural migrant families from the urban labor market, nourishing and educating them; providing profession-based skills to slum dwelling youth; assisting women of very low income families in acquiring financial independence.
Service to the Profession
Reviewer Theatre Journal
·
November 27, 2013
Other
Reviewer : Czech Society for Science Research funding
·
November 27, 2013
Other
Chair : Selma Jean Cohen Award Committee, Society of Dance History Scholars
·
June 1, 2013
Other
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Planning Committee, Call for papers and Conference Program Co-coordinator : Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being, Healing
·
February 28, 2013
- March 3, 2013
Event/Organization Administration
Duke University
Planning Committee, Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being, Healing Symposium
·
April 3, 2010
Event/Organization Administration
Duke University
Planning Committee
- Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being and Healing Symposium
·
April 3, 2010
Event Attendance
Duke University
Planning Committee, Call for Papers and Conference Program Co-coordinator : Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being, Healing Conference
·
March 1, 2009
Event/Organization Administration
Duke University
Planning Committee : Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being, Healing Symposium
·
December 30, 2008
Event/Organization Administration
Chair, Nominations Committee : Society of Dance History Scholars
·
November 27, 2008
Other