Step Into My World
Exploring the Wonderful world of dance
I've been dancing ever since I can remember!
Indian classical dance, escpecially Mohiniyattam, Bharatnaytam, Kuchipudi and Kathakali are dance forms I've been training on and performing for years. I continue to learn, teach and perform dance.
This is a space I'm creating to further voice out my thoughts about the joy of dancing!
Hope you will come around to know what I'm up to and what are the things I've in mind to share about the art of dancing!
My Path and My Work
An insight into my journey of Indian classical dance!
Being an artist isn’t something you learn - it’s something you’re born into. Early on in my life I realized that I had to express myself through art, and I’ve been performing ever since. My work has been featured everywhere from temples to Natya Nrithya Sabhas worldwide, and I hope to dance more!
Doordarshan A Grade Artist
ICCR Artist
Mohiniyattam l Bharatnatyam l Kuchipudi l Kathakali
Milestones
Member of a renowned theatre group, Lokadharmi since 1994
Acted and Choreographed for productions, 'Tempest' 'Puranadi' 'Karnabharam' 'Nandan Katha'
Recipient of National scholarship for acting in 1998
Lecture and demonstration in Mohiniyattam and Bharatnatyam at Inter-University Cultural Programme held at Indore in 1995
Participated in International Dance & Theatre Festival (Cuttack & Patna) organised by International Amateur Theatre Association (Denmark) & NAtional Institute of Performing Arts (Delhi) with the support from UNESCO in 1996
Won 'Kalamandalam Kalyanikutti Amma Trophy' for three consecutive years in 1998,1999 & 2000, awarded by Tripunithura Municipality
Titled 'Kalathilakam' at M.G.University Youth Festival in 1999
Performed Mohiniyattam at the professional dance festival conducted by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy in 1999
Attended a week's workshop in Bharatnatyam and Mohiniyattam conducted by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy in 1999. Workshop was ledy by Dr. Vasundhara Duraiswami and Smt. Padmashree Kalamandalam Kshemavathi. Training by Dr. Padma Subramaniam. Guru Chandrashekar and Shri. Kavalam Narayana Panicker
Milestones
Represented Mahatma Gandhi University to perform Bharatnatyam and Mohiniyattam as part of National Intergration Programme in Kathmandu in 1999
National Seminar led by Smt. Kalamandalam Leelamma in Trichur in 2001
Trainer in Mohiniyattam for a workshop led by Smt. Kalamandalam Sumathi at Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy in 2006
Lecture, demonstration and performance of Mohiniyattam as Cultural Ambassador, being a member of Rotary International 3201 District in the UK in 2010
Performed Mohiniyattam at Vailopilli Samskruthi Bhavan for an ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) programme in Trivandrum in 2011
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul”
Martha Graham
Contact me
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