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…watching the Bharatanatyam dancer Mythili Prakash on Saturday at Symphony Space, I had the luxurious experience of losing track of time, of forgetting about the future. What causes this rare phenomenon? Is it the dancer’s immersion in her own present moment, so strong as to pull us in?

The New York Times, 2016

Mythili Prakash belongs to a new generation of classical Indian dancers. She is one of the most celebrated and respected young Bharata Natyam dancer/choreographers today. A second generation Indian and American artist, Mythili has positioned herself as a global and cosmopolitan artist through her unique experiences and collaborations 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 trained and mentored by of India’s iconic dancer/choreographer 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.

Nominated by celebrated dancer/choreographer Akram Khan as “choreographer of the future” for UK-based Dance Umbrella’s “Four by four commissions,” Mythili premiered her solo work “HERE and NOW” at their 2019 Festival.

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. In 2021 she received the National Dance Project Touring Grant from NEFA for She’s Auspicious, which previewed in Hamburg at the “Reflektor Festival” curated by musician Anoushka Shankar.

She has been commissioned by Jacob’s Pillow to create a piece on Identity for “American (a)- I am” the Pillow’s 90th anniversary Festival in the summer of 2022. Mythili is a principal dancer in Akram Khan Company’s currently touring production Outwitting the Devil.

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

UNITED STATES

Asia Society, Houston

Asia Society, IAAC Festival New York

McCallum Performing Arts Center (educational outreach)

Museum of Instrumental Music, Phoenix

Getty Center, Los Angeles

Joe’s Public Theatre, New York

Symphony Space, World Music Institute, “Dancing The Gods Festival,” New York

Yerba Buena Arts Centre, “Traditions Engaged Festival,” San Francisco

Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., presented by Sivam Arts

World Festival of Music, Chicago

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls

American Folk Festival, Bangor

National Folk Festival, Lowell

National Folk Festival, St. Louis

National Folk Festival, Greensboro

National Folk Festival, Richmond

Montana Folk Festival, Butte

SINGAPORE

“Kalaa Utsavam” – Esplanade Theatres on the Bay

EUROPE

Darbar Festival, Saddlers Wells, London UK

Saddlers Wells, “Svatantrya” in collaboration with Anoushka Shankar, Svapnagata Festival

The Lowry, Manchester, presented by Milapfest

Unity Theatre, Liverpool, presented by Milapfest

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London

Nehru Centre, London

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Musee Guimet, Paris

Mandapa, Paris

INDIA

Rashtrapathi Bhavan (command performance for President Venkataraman), New Delhi

India International Center, New Delhi

Habitat Center, New Delhi

Ravi Shankar Institute of Music and Performing Arts, New Delhi

National Center for Performing Arts, Mumbai

Chembur Fine Arts, Mumbai

Shanmughananda Sabha, Mumbai

Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai

Nalanda Arts Festival, Mumbai

Music Academy Dance Festival, Chennai

Kalakshetra Arts Festival, Chennai

Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai

Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

Karthik Fine Arts Sabha, Chennai

Mylapore Fine Arts Society, Chennai

Kinkini Nrityotsav Festival, Bangalore

Bangalore Habba Festival, Bangalore

Rasavikalpam Festival, Palakkad and Calicut

Soorya Parampara Festival, Trivandram

Dharini Festival, Ernakulam

Swaralaya Festival, Palakkad

Darpana Arts Festival, Ahemdabad

Pune Theatre festival, Pune

Devadasi Festival, Bhubaneshwar

MEXICO

“Festival of Dance,” Chihuahua

“Festival of Dance,” Juarez

ACCOLADES

INDIA

Natya Kala Vipanchee – Vipanchee Fine Arts, Chennai

Nadanamaamani – Karthik Fine Arts, Chennai

Chandrasekharan Endowment – Chennai

Devadasi National Award – Devadasi Festival, Bhubaneshwar

Sanskriti Yuva Puraskar – Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti, Delhi

Vasanthalakshmi & Narasimhachari Endowment – Natyarangam Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

Yuva Kala Bharati – Bharat Kalachar, Chennai

MGR Best Dancer Award – Music Academy, Chennai

Natana Bhava Padmam – Brahma Gana Sabha

USA

CHIME Mentorship Program – Margaret Jenkins Dance Company

Artistic Innovations Grant – Center for Cultural Innovation

Creation to Performance Grant  – James Irvine Foundation

Young Arts Award – Young Arts Foundation

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

Having accompanied her mother on educational outreach performances starting in the late 80’s through the Performing Tree and Intercultural Awareness Program (ICAP), Mythili is passionate about bringing her art form to schools for students of all ages. She believes “experiencing an art form that does not speak their verbal language but speaks a common language of the heart instantly creates the feeling of connection. In this age that is becoming increasingly more digital and a world where differences have become the excuse for violence, cruelty, and de-humanization, this connection is so important.”

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Dynamic young artist Mythili Prakash is making waves in the field of Bharata Natyam worldwide. Born and raised in the US, she grew up in an ...more

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