Pandit Birju Maharaj - doyen of Kathak dance - had a close friendship with the late Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra - doyen of Odissi. Here, Maharaj-ji talks about this association, and the many duets they performed together in a freeflowing conversation that touches on several other aspects of dance and dance culture in India today.
Panditji was conferred the lifetime achievement award at the Natya Darshan conference at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai on 22 December 2013. This year the conference was themed 'Purush: the global dancing male', and was presented by Karthik Fine Arts and the Arangham Trust, curated by Dr. Anita Ratnam and Professor Hari Krishnan. This conversation took place on the sidelines of the conference, and was with the Purush blog team of Ranjana Dave and Vikram Iyengar.
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