Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Jacob’s Pillow will present Mythili Prakash July 21, 2023 as part of our 2023 summer Festival programming. A second-generation Indian and American artist, Prakash is one of the most celebrated and respected young Bharatanatyam dancer/choreographers today. Prakash developed “She’s Auspicious” in part during a Pillow Lab residency in 2022. “She’s Auspicious” blurs the lines between Goddess and Woman to examine the paradox of femininity. The piece references mythological and cultural practices surrounding the Goddess as well as societal expectations of femininity. In this piece, Prakash re-examines her femininity and the way she performs it in her various identities as a woman, a mother, and a classical Indian dancer.