She has been awarded a choreographic fellowship with NJPAC and an Individual Artist grant from Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and New Jersey State Council of the Arts.

Barkha was a Dance/USA Institute for Leadership mentee and fellow with Forge NYC consulting. She was named a 2022-2023 fellow with the National Arts Club and currently is in residency with Movement Research in NYC and was a Jerome Hill Artist Finalist 2023 (Jerome Foundation).

Barkha was recently awarded the 2023 Juried Bessie Award for "For elegantly and magnificently creating, educating, and sharing work that elevates classical Indian and Kathak dance. Patel is deeply rooted in her art form’s spiritual and cultural history and is a contemporary voice that will contribute to the evolution of Kathak dance and its place in the dance world at large.”

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Barkha Patel is a kathak dancer, choreographer, educator, and the Artistic Director of Barkha Dance Company based in New York City. 

 A touring artist, Barkha has performed solo and ensemble works at dance festivals in India and the U.S. Her work has had the opportunity to present at venues such as Dance Theatre Harlem, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, Joyce Theatre, Lincoln Center: Out of Doors,  Little Island Dance Festival, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NJPAC and SOPAC. She has also performed at venues in India such as Lakme Fashion Week, Modhera Festival, Chidambaram Festival, Jamshedji Tata Theatre among others.