A Dark Tale for a Dark Time, Told Through Indian Classical Dance
It was at a residency held in 2022 in Kumbakonam, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, that he met the dancers he would cast in “Gigenis.” Four of the seven, including Khoo, specialize in Bharatanatyam, perhaps the most commonly practiced classical form. The youngest, Sirikalyani Adkoli, 18, is an Odissi dancer, a student at…