Dancing the Gods Night One: Bharatanatyam

Night One: Friday, May 16, 2025 | Mythili Prakash – Jwala (Rising Flame) | Solo Bharatanatyam with Live Music

An annual festival of Indian dance in its fourteenth and final year, Dancing the Gods is curated by Rajika Puri, acclaimed dance storyteller, and co-presented with the World Music Institute. This year’s festival features three accomplished artists highlighting dance forms from across India: Mythili Prakash (Bharatanatyam), Parul Shah (Kathak) and Bijayini Satpathy (Odissi).

Night One features Mythili Prakash in a stunning Bharatanatyam solo with live music, JWALA (Rising Flame): an intimate and resonant work exploring loss, hope, life and death in our current global moment.