Madhu Gopinath

Madhu Gopinath is an Indian Dancer and Choreographer. He was born and brought up in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He, along with Vakkom Sajeev Vakkom Sajeev is a Malayalam choreographer. His bi >> Read More... , founded the creative dance theatre called ‘Samudra Performing Arts’ in 1998. He is trained in classical dance forms and martial arts. He is also a Yoga expert. He and his partner developed a new form of dance called ‘Samudranatanam,’ which came from India’s great cultural ethos. For this dance style, he was honored with the ‘Kalashree Puraskaar.’ He directed four major productions called ‘ Jalam Click to look into! >> Read More... ,’ ‘The Sound of Silence,’ ‘The Cosmic Dance of Shiva,’ and Rhythm. He has performed in renowned festivals throughout the world like The International Summer Theatre Festival, Hamburg, Germany, Royal Opera House, London, The Hong Kong Asian Festival, Indian events in Spain, etc. He also performed in various festivals of India like Uday Sankar Satabdi Samaroh Festival, the Soorya Festival, Sangeeth Natak Akademi Festival, Manipur, etc. He conducts workshops throughout the world to teach various dance forms. He choreographed the five-minute Martial Dance Sequence’ of 480 dancers and martial art experts for the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi. It was based on the theme, Agni. His choreography for ‘Rathrimazha’ got him the national award in 2007.