Mythili Maratt Anoop Mohiniyattam artist Profile

A Mōhiniyāttam artist, writer for dance and art, mother, teacher, Mythili has juggled several roles and is driven by the urge to learn constantly. Currently training under Kalamandalam Kshemavathy, she has also learnt at Nalanda (Mumbai) and has been a part of Dasyam, founded by Smt Gopika Varma as a student, instructor and performer. Mythili received her doctorate from the Humanities and Social Sciences department of IIT Bombay under the guidance of the scholar-musician Prof. Milind Malshe in ‘Semiotics of Classical Indian Dance’. She trained in Kathak at Aakruti Kathak Kendra, Hyderabad. Mythili has given several performances, demos and scholarly presentations at prestigious venues in India and abroad and has made Hyderabad her home. She recently edited a book “Scripting Dance in Contemporary India” which has been published by Lexington Books. She has started an institute, “Moham” to promote Mohiniyattam in Hyderabad.