Yarn: A Festival of Storytelling through Dance. Day 1. Panchkanya by Harshita Sharma Dadheech. A powerful Kathak production exploring the lives and inner worlds of the five Panchkanyas—Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara and Mandodari. Conceptualised & Choreographed in Dadheech Shaili by Dr. Puru Dadheech. Followed by Draupadi: The Revolutionary Woman by Shanti Mohanti Dave. Conceptualised & choreographed by Guru Dr. Sandhya Purecha. A Bharatanatyam presentation portraying Draupadi as a woman of courage, dignity, intellect and agency. The performance explores her questioning of injustice in the Dyuta Sabha and presents her as a timeless symbol of women’s empowerment. Collab. Natavari Kathak Nritya Academy.
