Episode Notes

Parul Purohitvats – * Kathak Exponent * Choreographer and Guru * Educator * Artistic Director of "PARUL's Kathak Nritya Sansthan " * Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy "YUVA PURUSKAAR" awardee *

(0:02:07) The highlight of Parul's week

(0:02:53) The myth of the struggling artist

(0:07:05) Career Planning in performing arts

(0:13:12) The meaning of the word professional

(0:21:20) The humungous difference between a diploma and degree

(0:24:18) Finding bliss through Riyaz

(0:29:30) The beauty in stillness

(0:31:51) The importance of practicing in the slowest speed

(0:41:58) Working with artists as an Organizer

(0:44:49) The issue of punctuality

(0:48:17) Careers in Kathak if you don't want to be a performer*

(0:57:02) Career options at the World University of Design, Sonepat

(1:02:27) The importance of giving time to people

Bio

The divinely conferred talent that she holds of dance leaves a stupendous impression on one & all. A talented Kathak danseuse, choreographer and drama instructor Dr. Ms.Parul Purohit Vats has an impressive record for her age. This is evident by her three laudable accomplishments till date, being awarded the”VEER DURGA DAS MATRI SHAKTI AWARD 2017” for her contribution in field of Kathak in Rajasthan, “YUVA PURUSKAAR - 2002” by Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy, and having been conferred with a Ph.D Music degree for her thesis on Dance in 2008 by Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur.She was also awarded the Sur Sangam 2019 Excellence award for Performing Arts. Parul has been in the education field for since 2006.She started as a personality development teacher and choreographer.Slowly and steadily she entered the field of developing curriculam and child centric teaching approach for the institutions she worked for.She has not only studied the pedagogical approach required to be a complete teacher, has also developed in class strategies to felicitate personalized learning keeping the students at the core. She has worked with many prestigious educational institutions. She was the Cultural coordinator at a Swedish school, Kunskapsskolan Gurgaon where she worked very closely with the teachers in developing children through dance, as a teacher trainer and also imparted training of the KED methodology. She is also an examiner for Prayaag Sangeet Samiti,Allahbad. Parul is a registered member of International Dance Council, Paris. She was recently invited to present a lecture and perform a self-choreographed dance drama piece at the 51st World Dance Congress on Research, in Athens, Greece. She was the Principal of Sri Ram Bharatiya Kala KENDRA,an internationally reknowned colloge of music and dance in New Delhi. Parul cleared her grade 8 in performance arts from Trinity College London, with a distinction. She has been taking dance and drama workshops at the British council, New Delhi since 2011. Parul was invited by noted filmmaker Mr.Muzaffar Ali,in2016, for a performance on the death anniversary of famous Persian poet “Rumi”. Presently Dr.Parul is the Dean of School of Performing Arts in the World University of Design,Sonepat.Apart from this she is also busy giving lecture-demonstrations,workshops and performances around the globe.