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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[2][3] and she is a lecturer in dance at University of California, Santa Cruz.[4]
As founder and Director of Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose since 1980,[1][5] she has trained and presented over one hundred dancers in their solo debuts and has collaborated extensively with several multi-cultural organizations.[6] She has also taught classes at San Jose State University and Stanford University.[4]
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.[7]
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.
In 2010 she was awarded the Malonga Casquelourd Lifetime Achievement Award by San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.[6] 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.[4]
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