About

Mythili Prakash belongs to a new generation of classical Indian dancers. She is one of the most celebrated and respected young Bharata Natyam dancers today.  Her choreographies  Jwala – Rising Flame, Stree Katha, Chandalika, and MARA are imaginative and highly accessible productions. A second generation Indian and American artist Mythili has positioned herself as a global and cosmopolitan artist through her  unique experiences and collaborations with Anoushka Shankar, Gowri Ramnarayan, Lynn Dally and her musician brother Aditya Prakash. Her repertoire is an embodiment of narratives of the many worlds that shape her.

“Mythili is an artist who truly carries us to the sublime. She embodies a spectacular combination of  narrative dimension that is  filled with deep insight and invention and a technical form that is dazzlingly impressive. She elevates the audience to a sense of wonder.” Judy Mitoma, Producer and Curator – World Festival of Sacred Music & Aratani World Series. “This is the magic of the universal appeal of Mythili’s work. Her personal understanding of the form allows her to transcend technique. Her physical beauty and athletic performance on the other hand make the audience aware that they are in the presence of virtuosic skill at the highest level. This combined with her storytelling skills bring the viewer to an emotional appreciation of the divine. It is her surrender to the art, her dedication, and her virtuosity that the audience can read and appreciate. The wonder is that she was born on American soil.”

Raised in Los Angeles, she grew up in an environment filled with dance and music, under the watchful eye of her mother and teacher dance exponent Viji Prakash. Mythili began her performing career with her solo debut in India at the age of eight and has since performed extensively in prestigious venues and festivals throughout the world. She has studied with several legendary stalwarts from India, and is now under the tutelage of India’s acclaimed artist, Malavika Sarukkai.

Mythili  has toured her own solo productions in  the United Kingdom, Scotland, France, and Singapore, the United States and Mexico. She was featured on NBC’s Superstars of Dance as a Bharata Natyam soloist, introducing her art form to all over the world. Mythili also had the honor of working with Director Ang Lee in the award winning film Life of Pi and was cast as the wife of Pi.

Mythili is recipient of numerous accolades from premiere institutions of Dance and Music in India. She is a recipient of the Creation to Performance Grant from the Irvine Dance Foundation and Artistic Innovation Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation.