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.