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Mythili Prakash - Through my dance practice, I want to blur the lines between a Goddess on a pedestal and a human woman

Mythili Prakash - Through my dance practice, I want to blur the lines between a Goddess on a pedestal and a human woman

Update: 2025-04-16
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In this episode, Shana is in conversation with renowned Bharatanatyam dancer, Mythili Prakash.

Bharatanatyam is one of India’s oldest dance forms. Through distinctive hand gestures, movements and facial expressiveness, its dancers convey ancient stories from Hindu texts. In performing these stories, we also perpetuate patriarchal social norms about a woman and a goddess’ place.

Mythili’s choreography probes these norms, rewriting ancient stories and writing new ones in which women are represented in their full humanity and without the need for a pedestal. 

 

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CREDITS:

Host and Creative Director: Shana 

Head of Visual Design: Minal Jadeja

Visual Designers: Akshat Agarwal, Shaumik Kanvinde

 

This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Junior Producer: Quoyina Ghosh

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni, Lakshman Parsuram, Nihar Temkar

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Mythili Prakash - Through my dance practice, I want to blur the lines between a Goddess on a pedestal and a human woman

Mythili Prakash - Through my dance practice, I want to blur the lines between a Goddess on a pedestal and a human woman

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