Parvathy Baul is a singer, painter and
storyteller from West Bengal. After receiving her initial music and
dance training during her childhood, she studied visual arts at the
Kala Bhavan at Shantiniketan, the university founded by
Rabindranath Tagore. Her meeting with the living tradition of Baul
prompted her to choose the path of self-training in the Baul order
rather than an institutional degree. Since 1995 she has performed
in her home state Bengal and all over India and in several
international festivals, including Transit 5, 6 and 7. In 2012
Parvathy Baul organised the first women's theatre festival in
India, Tantidhatri, in connection with The Magdalena Project. The
festival took place in Auroville and Pondicherry and was an
occasion for women of both traditional and contemporary backgrounds
to meet. In 2016 Parvathy Baul organised the second Tantidhadri
festival in Bangalore. Parvathy Baul is, since 2016, participating
in the Odin Teatret performance The Tree.
Performances
The Tree
Concerts
Achin Pakhi - The Unknown Bird