Mallika Sarabhai (born 9 May 1954) is an activist and Indian classical
dancer and actress from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Daughter of a
classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and space scientist Vikram
Sarabhai, Mallika is an accomplished Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam
dancer and performer who has specialized in using the arts for social
change and transformation.Mallika Sarabhai was born in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat, India to Vikram Sarabhai and Mrinalini Sarabhai. She
completed her MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1974 and Doctorate in
Organisational Behaviour from the Gujarat University in 1976. She is a
noted choreographer and dancer and has also acted in a few Hindi,
Malayalam, Gujarati and international films.She started to learn
dancing when she was young and started her film career in the parallel
cinema when she was 15. Mallika played the role of Draupadi in the
Peter Brook's play The Mahabharata. Mallika has won many accolades
during her long career, the Golden Star Award is one of them, which
she won for the Best Dance Soloist, Theatre De Champs Elysees, Paris
1977. As well as a dancer, Sarabhai is a social activist. She manages
the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts located at Ahmedabad, a centre
for the arts and for the use of arts as a language for behaviour
change.
dancer and actress from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Daughter of a
classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and space scientist Vikram
Sarabhai, Mallika is an accomplished Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam
dancer and performer who has specialized in using the arts for social
change and transformation.Mallika Sarabhai was born in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat, India to Vikram Sarabhai and Mrinalini Sarabhai. She
completed her MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1974 and Doctorate in
Organisational Behaviour from the Gujarat University in 1976. She is a
noted choreographer and dancer and has also acted in a few Hindi,
Malayalam, Gujarati and international films.She started to learn
dancing when she was young and started her film career in the parallel
cinema when she was 15. Mallika played the role of Draupadi in the
Peter Brook's play The Mahabharata. Mallika has won many accolades
during her long career, the Golden Star Award is one of them, which
she won for the Best Dance Soloist, Theatre De Champs Elysees, Paris
1977. As well as a dancer, Sarabhai is a social activist. She manages
the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts located at Ahmedabad, a centre
for the arts and for the use of arts as a language for behaviour
change.
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