Last summer I had been to the United Kingdoms and The Netherlands to perform and conduct small workshops for beginners.
Both the experiences were memorable.

• The most admirable quality of the audience was the patience and eagerness to know and understand this totally new form of art.
  
  
• They asked innumerable pointed questions which helped me provide them more basic information about the rhythm pattern, the origin of Kathak and importance of "Taal" and "Lay".
  
  
• They were also curious to know why performances begins with obeisance to a deity.
  
  
• At Rotterdam, I conducted a workshop in which about 25 children in the age group of 6 to 12 years participated.
  
  
• Though they found it difficult to move their bodies and adapt to different steps, they did not give up their efforts.
  
  
• During one such programme, I taught the dance steps after my performance, to school children. The parents were thrilled to see their children try the Indian classical dance.
  
  
• What I found remarkable was, though the children would possibly not get the opportunity to learn this dance again in the near future, their enthusiasm did not wan.
  
  
• At London I performed "Nandi Te Pasaydan", which traces the history of Marathi poetry of more than 700 hundred years through dance.
  
  
• The Maharashtrian audience was only too delighted to listen to old Marathi songs accompanied by the dance. For them it was a visual treat. They could experience all the scenes described in the poems, while savouring our dance.
  
  
• The Brits were enthralled by the sound of the "ghungaroos" and equally amazed at our ability to wear so heavy, such anklebells and yet move our feet so fast and for so long a time.
  
  
• I also got an opportunity to perform in front of the French in India at a show organised by the Indo-French Association.
  
  
• The French were impressed by my expressions and colourful costumes and the richness of the Indian Mythology which we presented through the dance.
  

At all these places, the audience also showed interest in the costume and music that accompanied us, while we danced.