Ever since it was set up, the Trust has been keen on holding Workshops & Seminars on the different components of Mohiniyattam and commemorating the contributions of Leelamma in the field of Mohiniyattam. The Trust also stages Mohiniyattam Dance Productions under its aegis.
A Mohiniyattam dance production based on renowned Sanskrit scholar Sri Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiripad's masterpiece, Narayaneeyam - a devotional composition in praise of Guruvayurappan (Krishna).
This Mohiniyattam dance production associates Pancha Kanyas - Ahalya, Draupadi, Sita, Tara and Mandodari, with the five primodial elements (Pancha Bhutas) - Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether. The dance portrays the Pancha Kanyas, not merely as legendary women who went through extraordinarily complex circumstances, but as manifestations of the five elemental forces.
Please contact the Trust for more information on staging these dance productions.
28 March 2024
The Workshop held on 28th March 2024 was aimed at sharing with the young dancers the adavus created by Leelamma as part of enriching the repertoire of Mohiniyattam. The trainers included several colleagues of Leelamma and a few of her distinguished disciples. Attended by a little above two hundred dancers, the Workshop turned out to be a grand success.
17 & 18 December 2024
The Trust, in collaboration with the Dance Faculty of Kerala Kalamandalam, organized a Workshop in which the theory and aesthetics of the different dance-forms were analyzed at a practical level. A good number of dance-students and aspirants attended the sessions led by Kutiyattam actor and scholar G. Venu, Dr. Geetha Sivakumar, Dr. Radhakrishnan (Radhu) and Arakkal Nandakumar.
21 February 2025
Kalamandalam Harikrishnan and Karthika Harikrishnan led a workshop on Nattuvankam which was very well received. The Workshop consisted of Modes of executing Panchanata in Nattuvankam, Theermana Adavus, Panchajaathi thathikinathom and its diversities, Avadhaanas & Yathis, Korvais & Theermanams and Composition of Korvais in the talas viz. Aadi, Roopakam, Mishrachappu & Khandachappu
20 February 2025
One Day Workshop on Pararaksha (Saving the Other) and Art Injury was held at the Lasyaleela Kalari, Cheruthuruthy. Dr. Gayathri Sreekumar, Pararaksha Resource Person of the Daya Hospital and Shri. Keerthi Kumar is the founder and Chief Trustee of the Shree Swamy Vaidya Gurukulam, based in Ernakulam, conducted the Workshop.
1 May 2025
The Trust conducted a Workshop free of cost for children in the age group of 10 – 15 in order to inculcate in them an awareness of Mohiniyattam. The workshop was at Kerala Kalamandalam Koothambalam.
TBA
Fourteen-day online Workshop is shortly to be held on Sadhakam (Theory & Practice) on topics covering relevance of Sadhakam, process of Sadhakam, The Kriyas of the Angopanga etc...
