Mumbai, April 13 -- In the quiet precision of her footwork, and the thunderous defiance of tradition she carried in every performance, Kumudini Lakhia-often hailed as India's own Martha Graham-rewrote the language of Kathak. Her passing, early on Saturday morning in Ahmedabad, at the age of 95, marks more than the end of a luminous life steeped in dance.
A trailblazer, mentor and visionary, Lakhia founded the Kadamb Centre for Dance in Ahmedabad in 1964 and her legacy pirouettes far beyond the proscenium etched into the spirit of generations of dancers she nurtured at the institute.
Tributes poured in from across the dance world and beyond on Saturday. Born in 1930, Kumudini Lakhia entered the world at a time when women in the performing ...