A two part presentation which commenced with a traditional Kathak recital with all its intrinsic components of rhythmic accuracy, graceful turning, poised stances, technical clarity, hand gestures (mudras) and subtle expression (bhava-abhinaya) shaded with its influences by theater dance progressing to the second part portraying the life of devadasis (temple and court artists from India) and exploring their multifaceted identities. Using a contemporary movement vocabulary rooted in Kathak technique along with original music and spoken word, History of Unforgetting explores the hierarchy and exploitation inherent in the tradition of temple-court dancing along with the displacement suffered by these artists during colonization.