Sangita focuses on the intersections between media and dance as they relate to questions of cultural continuity and globalization. She studied Bharata Natyam, Charya Nrity (Nepalese Dance), Kalaripayat (South Indian martial art) and contemporary dance techniques alongside her professional training at the LSE and MIT where she received the Council for the Arts Wiesner award for her work in dance and new media. Sangita was a guest choreographer for Constanza Macras/ DorkyPark production \"Big in Bombay. Focusing on the transnational dimensions of Hindi film (Bollywood), she is a co-organizer of the annual Prague Bollywood Festival an a member of the Post Natyam Collective. Sangita is also a PhD. Candidate at the Department of World Arts and Cultures at University of California/Los Angeles.
Sangita, a dancer of Czech-Nepali origin, journeys to Kathmandu to explore how practitioners in the Himalayan Kingdom negotiate Nepal’s dance traditions in a period of rapid cultural change. In her attempts to map the current situation of dance in Kathmandu valley, she encounters her own teachers as well as younger dancers currently finding their way. Dancing Kathmandu tells stories of…