It was in the 1980s that the German artist Siegward Sprotte first saw danseuse Aditi Mangaldas, then a part of the legendary Birju Maharaj’s dance troupe, perform at a show in Paris. Taken in by her performance, he created a series of paintings dedicated to her, called ‘For Aditi/Aditi Dancing’. Now, on the occasion of his centenary, Mangaldas pays tribute to the artist through her contemporary dance performance titled Now Is.

“Now Is is dedicated to the artist whose work spans 75 years of work. Sprotte had a unique way of looking at the world,” says Mangaldas. “It is a quest to see whether it is possible to live creatively in the present. It is a dialogue between dance, music and visuals,” she says.