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词条 Mythili Kumar
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  1. Biography

  2. Awards

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. Notes

Mythili Kumar is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer. She performs the Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, and Odissi styles of Indian classical dance.[1] Founder of Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose and she is a lecturer in dance at University of California, Santa Cruz.[2]

Biography

As founder and Director of Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose since 1980,[1][3] she has trained and presented over one hundred dancers in their solo debuts and has collaborated extensively with several multi-cultural organizations.[4] She has also taught classes at San Jose State University and Stanford University.[2]

Kumar's two daughter's, Rasika and Malavika are active in the dance company and have been trained in classical Indian dance since age 4.[5]

Collaborative performances include:

  • The Guru with Kathak maestro Chitresh Das and his dance company,
  • In the Spirit (1993) with Japanese drumming corps San Jose Taiko, with Margaret Wingrove and her modern dance company;
  • The Ramayana (1997) with the Balinese music and dance ensemble Gamelan Sekar Jaya and
  • Vande Mataram - Mother, I bow to thee (1997) featuring three different Indian classical dance styles;
  • The Power of Saturn (1999) with Shadow Master Larry Reed and Shadow Light Productions
  • Gandhi - the Mahatma (1995) for the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.

Awards

In 2010 she was awarded the Malonga Casquelourd Lifetime Achievement Award by San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.[4] Kumar received the choreographer's fellowships from 1989 until 1993 and a teacher's recognition certificate in 1998 from the National Endowment for the Arts.[2]

See also

  • Indian women in dance
  • List of people from San Jose, California

References

1. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/04/09/san-jose-south-indian-dancer-and-teacher-honored-for-lifetime-of-service/|title=San Jose South Indian Dancer and Teacher Honored for Lifetime Service|work=KQED Arts|access-date=2017-09-07|language=en-us}}
2. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://theater.ucsc.edu/faculty/mythili-kumar|title=Mythili Kumar|last=|first=|date=|website=UC Santa Cruz, Theatre Department|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-09-07}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2011/07/15/passions-mountain-view-woman-is-software-engineer-also-classical-indian-dancer/|title=Passions: Mountain View woman is software engineer, also classical Indian dancer|date=2011-07-15|website=The Mercury News|access-date=2017-09-07}}
4. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.indiacurrents.com/custodians-of-tradition/|title=Custodians of Tradition - India Currents|date=2010-08-05|work=India Currents|access-date=2017-09-07|language=en-US}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2010/03/29/dance-company-kicks-off-its-30th-anniversary-season-celebration/|title=Dance company kicks off its 30th anniversary season celebration|date=2010-03-29|website=The Mercury News|access-date=2017-09-07}}

Notes

  • {{citation|title=Dancer enlivens Indian culture|journal=San Jose Mercury News|date=April 13, 1990}}.
  • {{citation|title=Dance teacher to get award from Cupertino|journal=San Jose Mercury News|date=September 16, 1992}}.
  • {{citation|title=The muse that makes her dance: Mythili Kumar keeps her Indian heritage alive in a land of pop and pizza|journal=San Jose Mercury News|date=February 15, 1998}}.
  • {{citation|title=Los Gatans honored as women of achievement|url=http://www.community-newspapers.com/archives/lgwt/11.11.98/LosGatansHonored.html|journal=Los Gatos Weekly-Times|date=November 11, 1998}}.
  • {{citation|title=Dramatic Gesture: Mythili Kumar shares Indian traditions with the art of the dance|first=Shari|last=Kaplan|journal=Saratoga News|date=January 27, 1999|url=http://www.svcn.com/archives/saratoganews/01.27.99/CoverStory.html}}.
  • {{citation|title=Nurturing an Indian tradition in the Bay Area: how three teachers used varied approaches to an art form that takes years to master|journal=San Jose Mercury News|date=November 15, 2003}}.
  • {{citation|title=Keeping classical dance traditions alive - the Abhinaya Dance Company|url=http://waternoice.com/2008/11/15/keeping-classical-dance-traditions-alive-the-abhinaya-dance-company/|journal=Water, No Ice|date=November 15, 2008}}.
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