This video depicts a talk by Manjari Chaturvedi discussing her life and experience with sufi kathak dancing and addressing some of the negative responses she has received due to kathak\u2019s association with courtesans. Chaturvedi also recounts her partnership with Zareena Begum, sometimes referred to as India\u2019s \u2018last living courtesan,\u2019 and the controversy she faced in working with a professed courtesan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This video depicts a talk by Manjari Chaturvedi discussing her life and experience with sufi kathak dancing and addressing some of the negative responses she has received due to kathak\u2019s association with courtesans. Chaturvedi also recounts her partnership with Zareena Begum, sometimes referred to as India\u2019s \u2018last living courtesan,\u2019 and the controversy she faced in Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[31,24,80],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance","tag-courtesan","tag-dance","tag-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t