Parimal Phadke


( Indian Classical Dancer and Choreographer )


B.Com and M.A. in dance


Post Graduate Diploma in Television Production .



E-mail : parimalphadke@hotmail.com


Web Site : parimal.xp.com




Dance Training


15 years under Rema Shrikant, (www.remashrikant.com)


learning under Dr. Sucheta Chapekar (www.kalavardhini.org) since 1998


Jayashree Rajagopalan, Mumbai since 2000




Other Activities


Articles on dance :


dance.net, danceart.com, danceservice.co.uk, boloji.com,

narthaki.com www.nadanam.com,www.musicanddance.net, “Encyclopedia

of Hinduism” project of University of South Carolina , USA.


music :Guru Rema parthasaarthy. Earlier under Guru Srilatha Sunderrajan.


Freelance compere and anchor for several classical music


programmers.Undergone theatre training under Rajashree Wad. Learnt


Latin American Dance from Ewa Maria Cherukuru , Pune.




Dance Choreography ( Film)


2002 Dance Choreography for a Hindi Movie "Devi Ahilya Bai", directed


by Nachiket and Jayu Patwardhan, produced by NFDC.




International Tour


2005 Toured U.S. for a period of two months with kathak danseuse Shambhavi Vaze .




Special Event


2001 Performed in the International Dance Painting Project "The sky


over my house" of NIAP Nikunja Interdisciplinary Art Project

(www.nikunja.com) Geneva, Switzerland. Selected amongst the fourteen


dancers from the world.




Beauty pageant


2004 Performed and choreographed classical, contemporary , popular


pieces for Miss Poona Club 2004.




Dance Choreography ( Theatre)


2002 Dance Direction and choreography for a play based on saint poetry,


directed by theatre veteran Jyoti Subhash


2000 Dance direction and choreography for a marathi


play "Mrichhakatikam" of Sudraka, A product of Centre for

performing


Arts, Pune.


1999 Performed and choreographed in Bombay and Pune in "Naagmandala"


based on the play written by Dr. Girish Karnad


, product of Centre for Performing Arts,University of Pune.




International Dance Festivals


2005 Performed Duet with Shambhavi Vaze at the Houston International Festival , Houston,


Festival , Houston,Texas



2005 Performed at the Asian Festival in Columbus , Ohio.




Dance Festivals


2003 Performed solo in the Pune Festival


2003 Performed at the Natyanjali Festival at Tiruvayur, Kumbhakonam


and Nagapattinam with the troupe of my Guru Jayashree Rajagopalan


2003 Performed at Grand Festival , Chennai


2002 Performed at the 15th Yuva Sangeet Mahotsava organized


by the Department of Culture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and South

Central Zone Culture Centre, Nagpur.




Dance Choreography ( Dance Projects)


2002 Choreographed “Nrrtasana” for the International Conference on


Yoga held at Lonavala


2002 Choreographed for Dr.Kalmadi Shyamrao School


2001 Performed and choreographed for Kalavardhini Charitable Trust


for their novel venture "Leela Daru"


2000 My group choreography "Letter, Word and Sentence" was widely


appreciated.




Dance Fusion


2004 Performed fusion with Bharata Nrityam ( style of Dr. Padma


Subramanyam) on Latin American Dance with Latin American


dancer and teacher Ewa Maria Cherukuru.


2004 Choreographed and performed for Maharashtra Times Awards 2004




Dance Performance(Corporate Shows)


2005 Performed at the Lintas Training Centre, Khandala for Foseco India Ltd.


2003 Performed and Choreographed with Revati Salunke for the corporate


seminar for the employees of Foseco India Ltd held at Mahableshwar.


2003 Performed contemporary piece “french wine” for the inauguration


of “Palladium- 2” of Vascon Engineering Ltd


2003 Performed “Nucleus” a contemporary choreography with Revati


Salunke for the inaugration of “Nucleus” a shopping complex


by Vascon Engineering Ltd.




Awards And Scholarships


2001 Selected by the University Grants Commission for Junior Research


Fellowship for further research in dance, on the basis of the National

Eligibility Test (NET)


2000 Received scholarship from Ministry of Culture for studying


dance.


1998 Honoured with the national title "Singarmani"


for dance by Sur Singar Samsad, Bombay.


1998 1st prize and Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar trophy


at the Sharada College of Music and Dance, Bombay


1993 Won the Junior Scholarship for dance from U. P. cultural Academy






Performances


2004 Performed Contemporary dance piece “Tsunami” on the inaugration of
Revathi’s Dance studio “ Eessha”


2005 Performed at Chembur Fine Arts , Mumbai with the troupe of my Guru

Jayashree Rajagopalan on the eve of Makarsankranti.


2003 Performed solo for IITM – Indian Institute of Tropical


Meterology , Pune


2003 Performed solo for “Gaanavardhan” the premiere dance and music


organization from Pune


2003 Performed at Chennai for the diamond jubilee celebrations of


Nrithyodaya under the guidance of my Guru


Jayashree Rajagopalan


2003 Performed “Nayaka in Bharatanatyam Margam” at Bhartiya Vidya


Bhawan ,Pune


2003 Performed at Pondicherry Ashram, Auroville Theatre


2002 Performed for Youth Organization Yuvak Biradari at Ahmednagar.


2001 Won the first prize in the South Central Zone Youth festival


2001 Performed in prize winning contemporary piece "Blue, White and

Red" on the eve of French National Day for Alliance Francais de

Poona. It was choreographed by Smita Mahajan.


2001 Performed with the troupe of Guru jayashree Rajagopalan


at Chennai and Mumbai for two dance dramas. First based on Kalidasa's


play "Abhignyana Shakuntalam" and Rabindranath Tagore's "Chandalika"


2000 Won the 1st prize in Bharatanatyam dance choreography competition

organized by Dadar Matunga Cultural Centre.


2000 Topped in the M.A. exams at the University of Pune


1999 Performed in three shows of Sanskrit Ballet "Ritusamhara" of


Kalidasa at Bombay.


1999 Performed on behalf of Centre for Performing Arts


for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of University of Pune.


1999 Featured on a series on Indian classical Dance


at Bombay Television under the direction of my Guru Dr. Sucheta Chapekar.


1996 Performed in the Ballet "Bhanwar Geet" and "Birudavli"


at Kanpur and Varanasi, choreographer by renowned dancer and choreographer

Prof. C. V. Chandrasekar.


1991 Given several performances on T.V. and on stage on behalf


of Bhatkhande College of Music and Dance, Lucknow.


Lecture Demonstration


2002 Lecture Demonstration for Yoga Vidya Dham on "Hand Gestures in


Dance"


2002 Lecture Demonstration for the students of Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan.


2004 Lecture Demonstration for the students of MBIS- Mercedez Benz


International School




Workshops ( International)


2005 Conducted several workshops in u.s.a -- Lexington ( Kentucky), <


Omaha( Nebraska) , Corpus Cristi ( Texas), New York , Columbus ( Ohio),

Detroit .