Astad Deboo passes away: He talked with every muscle in body — and with his stillness
At that Kolkata performance, Deboo synthesised Kathak with Kathakali and contemporary styles. The form would never need a name; it was just Astad Deboo’s dance. Says dancer Navtej Singh Johar, “He singularly forged his own way, had a unique vocabulary, and tread his own path diligently for decades. He was working right till the end. He was very clear in his vision about what his vocabulary was and he kept building on it. For the longest time, he was the only one on the horizon.” Choreographer Shiamak Davar, who briefly trained with Deboo, says he influenced him and others to pick up mod...
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