Pallavi Saran Mathur

Bharatanatyam Dancer

Pallavi has been a disciple of India’s legendary dancer and dance guru, Padma Vibhushan Sonal Mansingh, for over 16 years.

She started her professional career as a solo dancer in July 2003. Since then, she has steadily built up a record of scintillating performances at prestigious cultural institutions in India & the world.

The internationally acclaimed Sitar maestro, Bharat Ratna Ravi Shankar, has said “Pallavi is a wonderful upcoming artist - she is beautiful, she has all the correct guidance and possibility…”

Pallavi is a graduate in English Literature from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi. Femina Magazine has featured Pallavi among the top 45 Indian women from various fields who are “on the fast track”. She is a recipient of the Nalanda Nritya Nipuna Award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Ekta Award for contribution to Indian national integration through her excellence in dance

Pallavi’s constant endeavour is to reach out to Gen-next and make her art understood and appreciated by them. To this end she has put together a production, “In Search of the Essence of India” which attempts to explain Indian philosophy in small doses and in an easily digestible format, linking India’s rich traditions, its dance, music, art, architecture and sculpture with Life as seen on the streets of India today. It attempts to unveil Indian Temple Dance and its relation with Indian Philosophy and Mythology, aimed at the westernised Indian youth as well as foreign audiences who do not understand the language of the lyrics nor the complexity of the art form.

Pallavi is a firm believer in community service through Art. After the Tsunami tragedy, she worked as a manual labourer with teams of Rotarians from UK, USA, and Australia, to help build an orphanage for Tsunami children in South India. She then presented seven charity performances in USA and UK that helped Rotary members to raise funds for 40 permanent houses for Tsunami victims. For her efforts for community service she has also been awarded as a Paul Harris Fellow at the Rotary International Conference in Mackay in Australia in May 2007.