Author: Arpita Bajpeyi

I am a faculty member at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, based out of the Center for Public History. I recently co-directed a performance-based event, Staging Our Histories, that explored the expression of history off the page. I hold a degree in Public History from Carleton University. My Research Project, which was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, explored the post-colonial history of the South Asian middle class in hill stations.

Writing

Art for Art’s Sake?

My first piece for the newly launched kaur.space magazine, where I am a contributing author. This piece, which takes up the question of responsible representation in two ‘classical’ dance forms — ballet and bharatanatyam — is a member article. Continue reading Art for Art’s Sake?

Arpita BajpeyiFebruary 17, 2019August 16, 2021Leave a comment

Writing

“Entanglements of Brass and Thread and Skin” – Canthius Journal

This non-fiction essay was published in Canthius Issue 6. Canthius is a feminist literary magazine printed in Ottawa and Toronto, Canada. You can pick up the latest issue of Canthius online, or subscribe to the journal, here. If you are in Ottawa, you can find Canthius at Possible Worlds, The Art House Cafe, Birling Skateboard Shop, and Kindred Shop + Studio. Canthius is available in Toronto … Continue reading “Entanglements of Brass and Thread and Skin” – Canthius Journal

Arpita BajpeyiFebruary 9, 2019Leave a comment

Writing

“Dancing Between Worlds”- Intermission Magazine

You can read my piece on Bageshree Vaze’s dance-theatre piece The World of Jahanara, published by Intermission Magazine, here. Continue reading “Dancing Between Worlds”- Intermission Magazine

Arpita BajpeyiNovember 16, 2018March 6, 2019Leave a comment

Projects

New Histories/Old Roots

Staging Our Histories is returning to Goderich in 2019 with New Histories / Old Roots. Join us on March 23rd for histories of home, off the page and on the stage. Tickets are available here. Find out more about New Histories / Old Roots at the Staging Our Histories website. Continue reading New Histories/Old Roots

Arpita BajpeyiNovember 13, 2018February 17, 2019Leave a comment

Performances, Projects

Mehfil

Mehfil is a series of free, intimate performances that bring together kathak, its history, and my own history with the dance. Each Mehfil is an intimate performance that uses the North Indian dance form kathak and history to ask how the past and identity intersect. In this hour-long conversation, I explore how diasporic experiences can sit between worlds — of past and present, centres and margins, and home and … Continue reading Mehfil

Arpita BajpeyiNovember 11, 2018August 11, 2026Leave a comment