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Sruti presents JWALA: Rising Flame, a Bharatanatyam Performance by Mythili Prakash

Mythili Prakash began her career as a Bharata Natyam performer at the age of eight. She was trained by her mother, Viji Prakash, and is currently under the tutelage of Indias master dancer, Malavika Sarukkai. Mythili has performed as a soloist around the world. Her collaborations include Solea with Lynn Dally, which premiered at The Joyce, New York; Yashodhara with playwright Gowri Ramnarayan, which toured India and the U.S. Mythili is eagerly sought out as a teacher by young, aspiring students of dance.

Aditya Prakash - Music Composition and Vocal: Aditya is an award winning, American-born, Indian classical vocalist and composer. A disciple of Chennai gurus PS Narayanaswami and Palai CK Ramachandran, he also trained with Sugandha Kalamegham, Rose Muralikrishnan and Debur Shrivathsa, and studied mridangam with Neyveli Narayanan. Aditya toured with Ravi Shankar as lead vocalist in Shankars Festival of India III ensemble, and now performs solo Carnatic vocal concerts as well as collaborating with musicians like Karsh Kale, Salim Merchant and Anoushka Shankar. He has a degree in Ethnomusicology (performance/composition) from UCLA.