Please note: Mekhala has left the "Asian & Middle Eastern Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.
Office Location: | 306 Alexander Avenue |
Office Phone: | 919 660 4360 |
Email Address: | |
Web Page: | http://www.duke.edu/web/aall/oldsite/hindi/faculty/natavar.html |
PhD | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1997 |
MA | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1991 |
BS | Northwestern University | 1989 |
Her dissertation New Dances, New Dancers, New Audiences: Shifting Rhythms in the Evolution of India's Kathak Dance explores the effects of changing patterns of patronage on 20th century dance forms in North India and the lives of Kathak performers, teachers, and students.