Sufi Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi recalls how she was completely written-off when she founded the dance form and started performing in 1999 in Lucknow.
For the next fortnight, on Dec. 7-17, the city of Konya will come alive with a 10-day festival commemorating the Sufi poet Rumi, making it the best time of.
She fused her mathematical knowledge with minimalist sounds and global spiritual traditions, most notably in her 1976 composition “The Electric Harpsichord.”