Pallavi Krishnan - Mohiniyattam Dancer

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Sunday 23, February 2025, 09:00.
Bharatham
Dance
Mohiniyattam
Pallavi Krishnan  
Mohiniyattam Dancer

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Introductin:

Pallavi Krishnan is a leading exponent of the dance form, Mohiniyattam. She received the Sangeet Natak Academi award for 2022 in Mohiniyattam from president Murmu.

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Early life and education:

Krishnan hails from Durgapur, Bengal but after her post-graduate studies in Kerala, she settled in Thrissur. She did her B.Sc. in Bioscience from Burdwan University of West Bengal. But she had no interest in academics and wanted to study dance. So she did a second under-graduate degree, B.Music from Shantiniketan in Kathakali, Manipuri and Rabindra Sangeeth, Viswa Bharathi University. She was spotted by guru Kalamandalam Shankaranarayanan, who felt that her abhinaya suits Mohiniyattam and initiated her into Mohiniyattam dance form. In 1992, she moved to Thrissur and did her post-graduation at Kerala Kalamandiram under Bharati Shivaji and Kalamandalam Sugandhi.

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Career:

In 1994, she started Lasya Academy of Mohiniyattam at Thrissur. In 2000, she started doing choreographies in Mohiniyattam. Her Ritu-Raga is a fusion of Bengali and Kerala forms, Rabindra Sangeeth with Kerala's Sopanam music. In February 2009, she conducted a workshop for Bangladeshi dancers at Dhaka. In September 2013, she performed at Kochi in an event organised by the Bank Employee's cultural wing ‘BEAME’ in association with Ernakulam Karayogam.

In 2018, she performed at Bharat Bhavan at Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram. In December 2018, she also performed at the Soorya dance and music fete, also at Thiruvananthapuram.

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Awards:

In 2008, she received the Kerala Sangeet Natak Academi award.

She received Sushree award of the Vichar-March, Kolkata.

On 6 March 2024, she received the National Sangeet Natak Academy award for Mohiniyattam 2022 from president Murmu.

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Media:

‘Choreography should bloom like a flower’

Updated - February 05, 2010 04:36 pm IST

Nita Sathyendran

Dancer Pallavi Krishnan. Photo: S.Mahinsha

Mohiniyattam danseuse Pallavi Krishnan has the distinction of being an alumnus of both Shantiniketan and Kerala Kalamandalam. Her passion for Mohiniyattam led this native of West Bengal to Kerala to pursue the art form. Eventually, she settled in Thrissur, where she founded the Lasya Academy of Mohiniyattam in 1994. A recipient of the Kerala Sangeet Nataka Akademi award in 2008, Pallavi leaves no stone unturned to popularise the art form in India and abroad. Excerpts from an interview when she came to Thiruvananthapuram to participate in the Nishagandhi Festival.



VIDEO: Pallavi Krishnan and Group performs Mohiniyattam: Khajuraho Dance Festival

Pallavi Krishnan and Group performs Mohiniyattam: Khajuraho Dance Festival

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