Kattam Katti

Kattam Katti transports you to Uttarayan, the world-famous kite festival in Gujarat, where millions of people from different cities, religions, and social classes come together to fly kites, marking the transition from winter into spring. Tapping into the competitive chaos, creativity, and colour of the event, the show brings to life the excitement of Uttarayan with lyricism, drama, and exquisite technique. It illustrates the highs and lows, loves and losses of the lives that are lived out among the festivities. Kite flying becomes a metaphor for the injustice of unevenly distributed privilege, in both the corporate world and society more generally.

About Pagrav Dance Company

Pagrav Dance Company was originally established by CEO and Artistic Director Urja Desai Thakore's mother, Abha Desai, in Ahmedabad. She re-established it in the UK in 2005, as a platform for a contemporary, female-led vision of Kathak dance, as well as a vehicle for education, talent development, and nurturing future generations of professional artists.

Pagrav invigorates the classical form of Kathak within a modern British context, design, and presentation. Tracing our roots back to the traditional stories, we celebrate the power of dance and dance making to empower people and to change lives and communities.

Through a commitment to collaboration, and working closely with artists from other theatrical disciplines, Urja and her team have built a company that encourages new thinking about the discipline of Kathak. It is a company that honours the values of the past alongside the hopes and dreams of the future. Pagrav Dance Company aims to encourage South Asian communities to embrace their creativity and culture, and to share that creative culture with people all around the world.