I got the idea while watching a performance of Reich's Clapping Music followed by a dance video of my Kathak teacher performing tatkar (kathak foot-taps). Being a kathak dancer and also a composition student, I made the connection between kathak foot-taps and the concept of Clapping Music. I asked myself, "What would if we were to tap Clapping Music instead of clapping it?" I realised that this little idea could be realised and extended in CoLab. I wrote a pitch for the project in which I also expressed my interest in choreographing Kathak on other pieces of minimalist music. I titled it Kathak Meets Steve Reich, because I wanted two very dissimilar yet two similar concepts meet before in a performance. I wanted them to be equal and influence each other. I wanted them to respond to each other in the same way two people do, when they MEET for the first time.
To see what came of this unusual "meeting", explore more of my blog!
Links to the videos/pieces that inspired this project-
Clapping music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liYkRarIDfo
Kathak tatkar performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ZU9Rwnozw
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