Jolly Mathew

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Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age May 25, 1968
Education I.T.I. Post Graduation in Political Science
Field of expertise Bharatanatyam & Mohiniyattom
Academic/Professional activities Jolly has been performing dance programmes in India and for the last six years in Europe.
She has the distinction of doing Bible story in Mohiniyattom and Bharatanatyam for the first time in India (1998) and also she is the first Indian dancer to have performed 108 Karanas – sholokas taken from Natyashastra of Bharatmuni. For last 20 years Jolly has been teaching classical dance in Kerala and abroad. She does choreography in Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattom
Name of the institution(s)you associated with Swathi Thirunal Kalakendra Trust, Calicut (run by Sri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboodiri) & Sarga School of Classical dance, Thiruvankulam
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc. “Gold Medal” award from Indo French Cultural Association (2002)
Books/Articles authored “Folk – Lore Arts of Kerala” (under preparation)
Any association with foreign institution(s) Indo-French Cultural Association, France
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