About the Artist
Barkha Patel is a touring kathak artist, choreographer, educator and Artistic Director of Barkha Dance Company. She has trained in kathak with Guru Rachna Sarang and continues her training with Swati Sinha and Dheerendra Tiwari.
Barkha’s work has been presented at venues such as Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, Little Island, 92Y, and Chelsea Factory among others. barkha has been recipient of the 2023 Juried Bessie Award through which she received support from the New York State Dance Force in 2024, to tour a full-evening work ahaM | Maha to the Reg Lenna Center, 171 Cedar Arts, and Rochester University.
Barkha was awarded the Princess Grace Dance Award ‘24, selected as a finalist for NEFA’s NDP Finalist ‘24, and was a Harlem Stage WaterWorks Fellow ‘24. She has been a recipient of residencies with Movement Research, NYS Choreographic Institute, and Topaz Arts. She completed her first India tour in ‘25 in collaboration with Canadian based kathak artist Tanveer Alam presenting at venues such as Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center in Mumbai, India Habitat Centre (Delhi), Medai (Blr), Hyderabad Literature Festival and Aadhyam Textiles (Hyderabad). Barkha and Tanveer recently premiered a new work for Toronto’s Fall For Dance North.
Barkha currently is a recipient of the Special Projects Grant from the Princess Grace Foundation through which she is developing a new evening-length work set to premiere in 2026.
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