One of the choreographer Mark Morris’s favorite places to cook is a tiny kitchen in an almost exclusively female commune near Bangalore, India. “The girls freak out,” he said. “They can’t believe a man is cooking.” The kitchen is equipped with two gas hobs and a lone light bulb and is open to the outside, welcoming in mosquitoes. Mr. Morris insists on cooking, although the older women sometimes disapprove of his methods. “The aunties are very strict,” he said. “They come in and shake their heads. ‘Oh, you’re going to do it like that?’”