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'''Mythili Kumar''' is a [[dancer]], [[teacher]], and [[choreographer]]. She performs the [[Bharatanatyam]], [[Kuchipudi]], and [[Odissi]] styles of [[Indian classical dance]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/04/09/san-jose-south-indian-dancer-and-teacher-honored-for-lifetime-of-service/|title=San Jose South Indian Dancer and Teacher Honored for Lifetime Service|work=KQED Arts|access-date=2017-09-07|language=en-us}}</ref> Founder of Abhinaya Dance Company of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] and she is a lecturer in dance at [[University of California, Santa Cruz]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://theater.ucsc.edu/faculty/mythili-kumar|title=Mythili Kumar|website=UC Santa Cruz, Theatre Department|language=en|access-date=2017-09-07}}</ref>

== Biography ==
As founder and Director of Abhinaya Dance Company of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] since 1980,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2011/07/15/passions-mountain-view-woman-is-software-engineer-also-classical-indian-dancer/|title=Passions: Mountain View woman is software engineer, also classical Indian dancer|date=2011-07-15|website=The Mercury News|access-date=2017-09-07}}</ref> she has trained and presented over one hundred dancers in their solo debuts and has collaborated extensively with several multi-cultural organizations.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiacurrents.com/custodians-of-tradition/|title=Custodians of Tradition - India Currents|date=2010-08-05|work=India Currents|access-date=2017-09-07|language=en-US}}</ref> She has also taught classes at [[San Jose State University]] and [[Stanford University]].<ref name=":2" />

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2010/03/29/dance-company-kicks-off-its-30th-anniversary-season-celebration/|title=Dance company kicks off its 30th anniversary season celebration|date=2010-03-29|website=The Mercury News|access-date=2017-09-07}}</ref>

Collaborative performances include:

* ''The Guru'' with Kathak maestro [[Chitresh Das]] and his dance company,
* ''In the Spirit'' (1993) with [[Japan]]ese 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 of San Francisco|Asian Art Museum]] in [[San Francisco]].

== Awards ==
In 2010 she was awarded the Malonga Casquelourd Lifetime Achievement Award by [[San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival]].<ref name=":1" /> 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]].<ref name=":2" />

==See also==
*[[Indian women in dance]]
*[[List of people from San Jose, California]]

==References==
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== Notes ==
*{{citation|title=Dancer enlivens Indian culture|journal=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|date=April 13, 1990}}.
*{{citation|title=Dance teacher to get award from Cupertino|journal=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|date=September 16, 1992}}.
*{{citation|title=The muse that makes her dance: Mythili Kumar keeps her Indian heritage alive in a land of pop and pizza|journal=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|date=February 15, 1998}}.
*{{citation|title=Los Gatans honored as women of achievement|url=http://www.community-newspapers.com/archives/lgwt/11.11.98/LosGatansHonored.html|journal=Los Gatos Weekly-Times|date=November 11, 1998}}.
*{{citation|title=Dramatic Gesture: Mythili Kumar shares Indian traditions with the art of the dance|first=Shari|last=Kaplan|journal=Saratoga News|date=January 27, 1999|url=http://www.svcn.com/archives/saratoganews/01.27.99/CoverStory.html}}.
*{{citation|title=Nurturing an Indian tradition in the Bay Area: how three teachers used varied approaches to an art form that takes years to master|journal=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|date=November 15, 2003}}.
*{{citation|title=Keeping classical dance traditions alive - the Abhinaya Dance Company|url=http://waternoice.com/2008/11/15/keeping-classical-dance-traditions-alive-the-abhinaya-dance-company/|journal=Water, No Ice|date=November 15, 2008}}.

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