Deepti Gupta | Creative Process Blog

Self-Portraits with Amrita is a contemporary work based in Kathak, the classical dance of north India. The movement is inspired by the paintings of Indo-Hungarian painter, Amrita Sher-Gil, who lived in India, Budapest and Paris between 1913-1941. Our bodies are a storehouse of cultural memory. The dance unearths the stories of women in rural India and the way they inhabit their clothing and their bodies while reaching beyond to seek self-expression.

Choreography by Deepti Gupta

Performance by Deepti Gupta, Sukriti Sharma and Priyanka Tope

This Curiosities blog was made by Deepti Gupta, who is presenting her work “Self Portraits with Amrita” in Aeris Körper’s 2025 Here&Now festival. Tickets can be purchased here.