BIO



PARIMAL PHADKE
(Bharatnatyam)


Lecturer in Dance for Graduate and Post Graduate students of Bharatanatyam at the Lalit Kala Kendra , University of Pune.

Empanelled Guru for graduate and post graduate students of Bharatanatyam at the Centre for Performing Arts, University of Pune .

B.Com and M.A. in
dance

Post Graduate Diploma in Television Production from Xaviers Institute of Communcations, Mumbai.

Empanelled as performing artiste for ICCR.



DANCE TRAINING

15 years under Rema Shrikant, (www.remashrikant.com) learning under Dr. Sucheta Chapekar, (www.kalavardhini.org) since 1998 Learning Bharata Nrityam (Style of Dr.Padma Subramanyam) from Guru Jayashree Rajagopalan, Mumbai since 2000 Taking special training in “Analysis of characters for Bharatanatyam Margam” from Guru Smita Mahajan.



OTHER ACTIVITIES


Music
under Guru Rema parthasaarthy. Earlier under Guru Srilatha Sunderrajan.
Presently learning under Guru Rajlaxmi Pichumani . Recieveing indepth training in

Mridangam
( percussion ) from Shri Chandrashekhar

 


AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2001
: Selected by the University Grants Commission for Junior Research Fellowship for further research in dance, on the basis of the National Eligibility Test (NET).

2000 : Received scholarship from Ministry of Culture for studying dance.

1998 : Honoured with the national title "Singarmani" for dance by Sur Singar Samsad, Bombay.

1998
: 1st prize and Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Trophy at the Sharada College of Music and Dance, Bombay.

1993 : Won the Junior Scholarship for dance from U. P. Cultural Academy.

 

 

 


ARTISTIC PRODUCTION

2007
Intercollaborative performance of Nritya Sangam …..New Avatar with Kathak Danseuse Shambhavi Vaze.

2006 Choreographed , Scripted and Produced an innovative ensemble dance production titled “Svarnim” on the theme of Gold

2005 Collaborated with Kathak exponent Shambhavi Vaze for our production titled “Nritya Sangam” – which blends Kathak and Bharatanatyam.

2003 Produced and choreographed “Nayaka in Bharatanatyam Margam” , an outcome of my research in the concept of Nayaka – the male protagonist and its reflection in the ancient Indian texts on dramaturgy .Several articles on this topic have been written on websites – narthaki etc.

 

 



LECTURE DEMONSTRATION

2006
Conducted Dance workshop for Amsterdance Dance Academy

2002 Lecture Demonstration for Yoga Vidya Dham on "Hand Gestures in Dance"

2002
Lecture Demonstration for the students of Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan.

2003
Lecture Demonstration for the students of MBIS- Mercedez Benz International School



ARTICLES ON DANCE

www.dance.net
,
www.danceart.com
, www.danceservice.co.uk, www.boloji.com, www.narthaki.com, www.nadanam.com, www.musicanddance.net

“Encyclopedia of Hinduism” : project of University of South Carolina, USA. http://idance.ru



PERFORMANCES


2006
Performed in the Bengali Ballet “Shyama”

2006 Performed at the Sanskrutik Mahotsava organized by Lalit kala Kendra and Tata Trust.

2003 Performed Contemporary dance piece “Tsunami” on the inaugration of Revathi’s Dance studio “ Eessha”

2003
Performed at Chembur Fine Arts , Mumbai with the troupe of my Guru Jayashree Rajagopalan on the eve of Makarsankranti.

2003 Performed solo for IITM – Indian Institute of Tropical Meterology , Pune

2003 Performed solo for “Gaanavardhan” the premiere dance and music
organization from Pune

2003 Performed at Chennai for the diamond jubilee celebrations of Nrithyodaya under the guidance of my Guru Jayashree Rajagopalan.

2004 Performed “Nayaka in Bharatanatyam Margam” at Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan , Pune

2003 Performed at Pondicherry Ashram, Auroville Theatre

2002 Performed for Youth Organization Yuvak Biradari at Ahmednagar.

2001 Won the first prize in the South Central Zone Youth festival

2001 Performed in prize winning contemporary piece "Blue, White and Red" on
the eve of French National Day for Alliance Francais de Poona. It was choreographed by Smita Mahajan.

2001 Performed with the troupe of Guru Jayashree Rajagopalan
at Chennai and Mumbai for two dance dramas. First based on Kalidasa's play "Abhignyana Shakuntalam" and Rabindranath Tagore's "Chandalika"

2000 Won the 1st prize in Bharatanatyam dance choreography competition organized by Dadar Matunga Cultural Centre.

1999 Performed in three shows of Sanskrit Ballet "Ritusamhara" of Kalidasa at Bombay.

1999 Performed on behalf of Centre for Performing Arts for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of University of Pune.

1999 Featured on a series on Indian classical Dance at Bombay Television under the direction of my Guru Dr. Sucheta Chapekar.

1996 Performed in the Ballet "Bhanwar Geet" and "Govind Birudavli"
at Kanpur and Varanasi, choreographer by renowned dancer and choreographer Prof. C. V. Chandrasekar.

1991 Given several performances on T.V. and on stage on behalf of Bhatkhande College of Music and Dance, Lucknow.



PERFORMANCES ( International)

2007
Performed all over U.S. in 20 cities with Kathak Danseuse Shambhavi Vaze with our dance production “Nritya Sangam …. New Avatar”

2004 Performed all over U.S. with Kathak Danseuse Shambhavi Vaze with our innovative dance production “Nritya Sangam” which blends Kathak and Bharatanatyam


2001 Performed in the International Dance Painting Project "The sky over my house" of NIAP Nikunja Interdisciplinary Art Project (www.nikunja.com) Geneva, Switzerland. Selected amongst the fourteen dancers from the world.



DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY ( Film)


2002
Dance Choreography for a Hindi Movie "Devi Ahilya Bai", directed by
Nachiket and Jayu Patwardhan, produced by NFDC.

2005 Dance Choreography for a commercial marathi film “Restaurant” starring Sonali Kulkarni

2006 Choreographed for Cine Star Meenakshi Seshadri at the Pune Festival.



Dance CHOREOGRAPHY ( Theatre)


2002
Dance Direction and choreography for a play based on saint poetry,
directed by theatre veteran Jyoti Subhash

2000 Dance direction and choreography for a marathi play "Mrichhakatikam"
of Sudraka, A product of Centre for performing Arts, Pune.

1999 Performed and choreographed in Bombay and Pune in "Naagmandala" based on the play written by
Dr. Girish Karnad, product of Centre for Performing Arts, University of Pune.



CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY


2006
Collaborated with French Dancer Alice Noevau for our contemporary dance production “30 minutes”

2000 “Letter , Word and sentence “ based on my concept of visual resemblance of letters of devanagri script

2001 “Dilemma” based on my poem

2002 “Twins” a choreography based on the concept of the Siamese twins.

2003 “Glances” Based on my poem

 

 

 


CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCES

2006
: Performed the lead role of Jonathan in Eesha’s contemporary ballet “Jonathan Livingstone Seagull”.

 



INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVALS


2007 Performed in Asian Festival , Columbus , Ohio .

2005
: Performed Duet at the Houston International Festival, Houston, Texas.

2005 :
Performed at the Asian Festival in Columbus, Ohio.



INTENATIONAL WORKSHOPS


2005 :
Conducted several workshops in U.S.A - Lexington (Kentucky), Omaha (Nebraska), Corpus Cristi (Texas), New York, Columbus (Ohio), Detroit.

2007 Conducted several workshops for dance institutes in Houston , Richmond , Lexington , Madison , Washington D.C. and Columbus




DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY (Theatre)


2002
: Dance Direction and Choreography for a play based on saint poetry, directed by theatre veteran Jyoti Subhash.

2000
: Dance Direction and Choreography for a marathi play "Mrichhakatikam" of Sudraka, A product of Centre for performing Arts, Pune.

1999
: Performed and choreographed in Bombay and Pune in "Naagmandala" based on the play written by Dr. Girish Karnad, product of Centre for Performing Arts, University of Pune.




DANCE FESTIVALS

2007
Performed solo Bharatanatyam at the Shaniwarwada Festival

2003 Performed solo in the Pune Festival

2003 Performed at the Natyanjali Festival at Tiruvayur, Kumbhakonam and
Nagapattinam with the troupe of my Guru Jayashree Rajagopalan

2004 Performed at Grand Festival , Chennai

2002 Performed at the 15th Yuva Sangeet Mahotsava organized
by the Department of Culture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and South Central Zone Culture Centre, Nagpur.



DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY (Dance Projects)


2002 : Choreographed “Nrrtasana” for the International Conference on Yoga held at Lonavala.

2002
: Choreographed for Dr.Kalmadi Shyamrao School.

2001 : Performed and choreographed for Kalavardhini Charitable Trust for their novel venture "Leela Daru".

2000 : My group choreography "Letter, Word and Sentence" was widely appreciated.



BEAUTY PAEGANT

2006
Performed at the PYC Princess Queen Beauty Paegant

2006 Performed duet at the RSI May Queen Beauty Paegant

2004 Performed and choreographed classical, contemporary , popular pieces for Miss Poona Club 2004.

 

DANCE PERFORMANCES (Corporate Shows)

2006
Performed and Choreographed “Unity in Diversity”
for HSBC , Nagpur

2004 Performed and Choreographed with Revati Salunke for the corporate seminar for the employees of Foseco India Ltd held at Mahableshwar.

2003 Performed contemporary piece “french wine” for the inauguration of “Palladium-. 2” of Vascon Engineering Ltd

2003 Performed “Nucleus” a contemporary choreography with Revati Salunke for the inaugration of “Nucleus” a shopping complex by Vascon Engineering Ltd



TEACHING


Have trained students for competitions who have been winners in various dance competitions .

2003Yashoda Patankar stood first in Sharada Sangeet Vidyalaya , dance competition.

2004 Trained Shweta Prachande ( winner of Balashree title for the year 2004) for various classical and folk rounds.

2005 My student Manasi Limaye stood first in National skating championship at Vishakapatnam. She also stood first in the category of dance on skates.

2006 My disciples – Manasi Phatak and Priyanka Muralidharan stood first in
Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrutik Parishad duet dance competition .

2007 Komal Surve , Vaishnavi Gire and Manasi Limaye won prizes at the Sharada Sangeet Vidyalaya , Bandra , Mumbai.

2008 My disciple Saee Shetye has been selected to perform in New York in the year 2008 November by the Vedic Heritage Organization thru a classical
dance competition held in Mumbai.


DVD

Released Dvd – Nritya sangam …new avatar in the U.S.



 

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