An unspoken and overlooked love story

Two internationally renowned kathak choreographers & dancers here come together to present a brand-new work.
Birmingham-born Aakash Odedra and New Delhi-based Aditi Mangaldas have joined forces to create and perform Mehek, a work which explores the power of love, memory, desire, attraction and resilience.
The show focuses on the often taboo subject of love between an older woman and a younger man.  
“I guess one thing we would like with this piece is to gently remind ourselves that we needn’t be judgmental,” explains the project’s dramaturg, Karthika Nair. “And that we can just let ourselves be happy that others are happy; that who you love is a personal thing. And also that we should be so lucky, whatever our age, to find someone to love us or to find someone to love. Life is short and  horribly unpredictable. Love, for all the messiness that it brings, is also salvation.”