Chicago Reader’s Irene Hsiao features She’s Auspicious by Mythili Prakash among her fall picks:
Copresented by Chicago’s Kalapriya, this work by Los Angeles–based Indian American choreographer Mythili Prakash uses Bharatanatyam, vocal music, and percussion to explore the contradiction within a society that venerates woman as goddess in art and myth and destroys her in female infanticide, the historical practice of sati, and continuing unequal pay, harassment, and discrimination. Within these larger themes, Prakash, trained by her mother and mentored by Akram Khan, also questions her own practice of Bharatanatyam as an upper-caste woman. Chicago will witness two performances in this work’s global tour.
