Pallabi Chakravorty
Stephen Lang Professor of Performing Arts
Areas of Expertise
- South Asian dance
- Art & social action
- Anthropology of Dance
- The study and performance of Kathak, a classical North Indian dance
- Bombay Film Dance
Affiliations
- Artistic Director, Courtyard Dancers
- American Anthropological Association
- Popular Culture Association
In the News
- The Philadelphia Inquirer - "Philly choreographer Kun-Yang Lin is coming out of dance retirement to perform his world premiere, ‘The Wind’"
- Pointe - "A 'La Bayadère' for the 21st Century: How Companies are Confronting the Ballet’s Orientalist Stereotypes"
- The New Indian Express - "Tracing the history and patronage of tawaifs in the history of Kathak"
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