sapna govindan
Sapna Govindan is a committed practitioner and performer with extensive training in the dance form of Mohiniyattam, a classical dance from Kerala, in southwestern India. Her initial training was in the Kerala Kalamandalam tradition of Mohiniyattam supported in part by a scholarship from the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, a center established to preserve and patronize music and dance. Sapna continues her advanced training in Mohiniyattam under Dr. Neena Prasad, a world-renowned artist, choreographer, and educator in this genre. Her recent performances in the United States include venues such as the Mayo Street Arts in Portland, Maine, Symphony Space in New York, Geeva Arts Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, and Kalashraya Festival in Richmond, Virginia, and TriNethra Dance Festival in Lexington, MA.
Sapna is also a practitioner of Kathakali, a highly stylized traditional theater genre from Kerala. She is also a student of Carnatic music, the South Indian genre of classical music. In 2024, Sapna co-founded Rasik, a performance platform for presenting live Indian classical dance in the Greater Boston Area.
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Dance in the Boston Ethos
Panel Discussion