Kathak exponent Gauri Sharma Tripathi’s most vivid recollections of being associated with the dance form, is through her mother and veteran artiste Padma Sharma. She remembers how her mother would carry a young Gauri in her arms for dance rehearsals with legendary dancer Pandit Lachhu Maharaj at CP Tank in Mumbai. “The sound of her ghungroos and this particular ittar fragrance called khus, which she wore during those sessions, became the starting point of my relationship with dance,” recalls Tripathi.

At Junoon’s upcoming Mumbai Local event, Gauri Sharma Tripathi will look back at her own life journey as a dancer