Kuchipudi Mallika Sarabhai

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Mallika Sarabhai is one of India's leading choreographers and dancers, in constant demand as a soloist and with her dance company, Darpana Performance, creating and performing both classical and contemporary works. She has a PhD in organisational behaviour and has been the co-director of the prestigious arts institution, Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad, India for nearly 30 years.

Mallika first made a name for herself in India as a film actress but soon was recognised as an exceptional young dancer in the classical forms of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. At 18, she won the first of many awards and went on to further accolade.

She first came to international notice when she played the stage role of Draupadi in Peter Brook's The Mahabharata for 5 years, first in French and then English, performing in France, North America, Australia, Japan and Scotland

Always an activist for social education and women's empowerment, Mallika began using her work for change. In development is Mallika's latest project, Unheard Voices, based on a book of the same name by Harsh Mandar dealing with the homeless.