She has played a significant role in the reconstruction of the dance form, reorienting & revitalizing the concert format, & expanding the parameters of its technique & idiom.

Bharati's pursuit of Mohiniyattam also initiated her into other regional art forms of Kerala be it theater, music, sculpture, painting, architecture or literature. Bharati traveled extensively in Kerala thus imbibing the regional ethos & studying the DESI traditions of Kerala, interacting with several regional art forms & their characteristics.

Some of the prestigious venues where Bharati Shivaji has performed include the International Edinburgh Festival in 2002. More recently, she had the unique honour of being invited to present her new choreographic work Swan Lake in the Mohiniyattam style at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow and the Conservatory Theatre at St.Petersburgh,Russia in 2005

She has been conferred one of India's highest honour - the title of 'PADMASHRI' - for her tireless efforts, devotion & comittment to the cause of Mohiniyattam.

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