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  • CHOREOGRAPHY

    • "Mythili Prakash’s inventive approach to classicism is provocative in our contemporary environment that is becoming more hostile towards traditional arts. She revitalizes Bharata Natyam arousing the physicality, musicality, and theatricality of the dance to create a style that is distinctly her own." -Anu Kishore and Amita Sheth (ArtWallah Festival curators)

  • Her latest solo choreography (2008), Yamuna traces the significance and history of this sacred river as part of a series "Theertha Bharatham" festival of Narada Gana Sabha to be presented on August 6, 2008 in Chennai . Mythili has researched the subject and written an original script, which has been set to music by Debur Srivathsa.

  • Stree Katha -The untold stories of three tragic heroines of the Ramayana

  • Her most recent new solo choreography (2007), Stree Katha explores the undercurrent of social expectations and implications of the female through the stories of Keikeyi, Shurpanaka and Sita. Mythili has written an original script, which has been set to music by Debur Srivathsa.

  • This work premiered in Los Angeles on May 4, 5 and 6 2007, toured UK in July 2007, presented in Venice, Ca. in August 2007 and Toronto, Canada, in October 2007

  • Stree Katha will be on tour in 2008 and 2009.(click for contact information)

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  • View a clip of Mythili Prakash's Current an ensemble choreography exploring rhythm, movement, and the excitement of rhythm in movement.




  • Ensemble work

  • Her ensemble tour includes the highly acclaimed,“Current" (2006), a new choreography exploring rhythm, movement, and the excitement of rhythm in movement in the classical idiom of Bharata Natyam.

  • This work premiered at The Basant Utsav, Los Angeles in April 2006, and again by popular demand at the ArtWallah festival, Los Angeles in June 2006, and at the International Dance Alliance (IDA) Festival, Chennai in September 2007.

  • "The find of the festival however was young dancer-choreographer, Mythili Prakash. In her suave and contemporary solo and group offerings, one could see the happy blend of Western stagecraft and Indian aesthetics....it was the packaging that caught one’s attention. The style quotient dominated in the solo ‘Surya’ based on the Aditya Hridayam and in the subsequent ‘Current’ that was a truly electrifying group number..." -Rupa Srikanth, The Hindu, Chennai, Friday, July 27, 2007



  • Other Ensemble pieces

  • Inspired by the music of Anoushka Shankar from her album, Rise, Mythili choreographed and along with her ensemble recording performed “Mahadeva” (2006) a piece extolling the masculine power and grace and symbolic dualities of Lord Shiva, the God of Dance in the Artwallah Festival, June 2006.

  • "Surya Kanti Nalini" (2007) – The Blossoming Lotus. Inspired by the lotus flower (nalini) which blossoms in response to the rays (kanti) of the sun (surya), this piece explores the abstract movement aspect of Bharata Natyam, Nritta.

  • “Devi Mahathme” (2007) -Combining Dance, Drama, and Theatre, this piece creates the spectacle aspect of Bharata Natyam,

  • “Ohm Namah Shivaya”(2002) which was showcased at the prestigious San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 2002. “Ohm Namah Shivaya” has since been presented in 2003 as a part of “Anantham” a cultural festival at Zellarbach, Berkeley, and again as a part of “Samarpanam” performed by Mythili in March 2005 at the Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.

  • Ensemble Work will be on tour in 2008 and 2009.(click for contact information)

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  • Other choreographic works

  • Mythili, was selected choreographer and performer in the esteemed Natyarangam Festival of Narada Gana Sabha (September 2006), she presented a full length performance on the works of the Gujarati poet, Narsinh Mehta.

  • Mythili has been co-choreographer of “The Bhagvad Gita” ,“Meera”, “Prince to Buddha – the Journey of Enlightenment” ,"Shiva-Shakti"and"Tulsi Ramayana" major productions of the Shakti Dance Company in 2002-2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively. Some of her ensemble pieces include excerpts from these productions.





  • "NATYAM..the dance traditional, eternal and evolving..." (click to view a clip)

  • “Natyam: the dance traditional….eternal and evolving” is a vibrant and powerful dvd created by the young dancer and choreographer, which feature 3 of her solo works as well as Current.
    This DVD is available at a price of $20 plus $10 (US) shipping and handling. Please email: Mythilidance@yahoo.com if you are interested in the DVD.

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