Sudha Rao Originally from South India, Sudha migrated to Dunedin with her parents and is a University of Otago graduate. Sudha has trained in Classical South Indian dance and moved to Wellington to establish Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ). In 2017, Sudha completed her MA from IIML, Victoria University. Since 2012, Sudha’s poems have appeared in More of Us published in March 2019; Landfall, (2018); in the UK anthology Poets’ Quest for God (2017), Sunset at the Estuary (2015); and Blackmail Press (2012 and 2014); prose work in Turbine (2018) and essays were read in two sessions on national radio RNZ (2018). In 2019, Sudha participated in the International Bengaluru Poetry festival, Bengaluru, India. Her poem will appear in Ko Aotearoa Tatou in October 2020.

Verb Festival 2020 Appearances
6pm, Nov 5: Supper Club
8.30pm, Nov 6: Show Ponies: The Return

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