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Prabodhan – An Awakening
Echoes of the Innermost Self in Movement
Artiste
Prabodhan – an awakening is an intimate offering of dance compositions that reflect and reveal the artist’s inner world. Each piece in this journey is a doorway to deeper presence and transformation—an awakening of the senses, the spirit, and the social conscience.
The performance opens with Madurapuri Chokkar Kauvuthuvam, a celebration of Śiva’s splendor. In Rāvaṇa – the dot that moved, the lens turns to Rāvaṇa—not as a demon, but as a devotee whose fierce love evokes Śiva’s grace, uncovering a powerful and unexpected reciprocity.
In Ganga, ecological and personal histories entwine. It becomes a meditation on legacy—on what we inherit and what we pass on. This is an awakening to responsibility and the urgent need for care.
The final piece, Chakra Alarippu, brings the journey to alignment. It is a dance of balance—between breath and movement, the self and the cosmos.
This is not performance as display, but a quiet turning toward presence—a call to awaken.
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Lakshmi Parthasarathy Athreya
Lakshmi Parthasarathy Athreya is a Bharatanatyam dancer trained for over 35 years under Guru Smt. Chitra Visweswaran at CAPA, Chennai. An architect by education (CEPT, Ahmedabad), she is the founder of Pravaaha, Centre for Dance. A recipient of the CCRT Scholarship and the Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, she has also been awarded the Sanskriti Fellowship and the Senior Fellowship by the Ministry of Culture.
Lakshmi has performed widely across India and abroad, including prestigious platforms like The Music Academy (Chennai), NCPA (Mumbai), IIC (Delhi), Surya Festival, ICCR tours, and the NMACC. Her thematic works such as Kodhai Alwar, Aprameyah Padmanabha, and Rāvaṇa – The Dot that Moved reflect her deep engagement with form and meaning. She regularly conducts workshops and masterclasses in India and internationally.
