ITINERARY IN INDIA: (subject to some changes):
 

April 12-16: Intensive workshops with Urmila Nagar, the foremost doyen of Jaipur gharana Kathak.

April 12-16: Museums for Arts students; meetings with Ramani Ranjan Jena, Surendranath Jena, Madhavi Mudgal, Harekrushna Behera, and Dibakar Khuntia (Orissi); Kathak Kendra (Birju Maharaj & Saswati Sen). Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, and Manipuri gurus and their schools.

April 17-18: Jaipur (study the Rajput architecture and art).

April 19: Agra (study the Mughal art and architecture).

April 20-22: Varanasi (Hindu temples; Muslim silk weavers, and the culture around the Ganga River).

April 23-24: Delhi: visit monuments in Delhi.

April 25-30: Orissa: a) tour of the temples in Bhubaneswar, Puri, and Konarak. b) meeting with Gurus Pankaj Charan Das, Kelu Charan Mahapatra, Gangadhar Pradhan. c) meeting with musicians: Banamali Maharana, Dhanu Swain, Ghanashyam Panda, any others possible. d) Bhubaneswar and Puri museums. e) meeting with artisans in silver, costumes, etc. in Cuttack.

April 30-May 2: Calcutta: meeting with Muralidhar Majhi; possibly with Alok Kanungo & Sutapa; optional: Kalighat (for interested students); Victoria Memorial Hall & British museums (for others).

May2-June1: Bangalore: Nrityagram: for intensive study of Orissi dance as dance ethnographers/dance students.

June1-3: return to Delhi by train.

June 5: return to the US. Final presentations and evaluations.
 

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