Kanak Rele - A Total dancer Kanak Rele is today one of the most distinguished dancer – scholars of India. The President of India has honoured her as “A pioneering dance educationist and top most Mohini Attam exponent.” For the past 35 years she has ceaselessly strived to rejuvenate the classical dance art Mohini Attam of Kerala. Today her name is synonymous with Mohini Attam. A highly acclaimed exponent, she has performed singly and with her troupe all over India as well as many parts of the world. She is a qualified lawyer who has done research in International Law at the University of Manchester U.K. Her Ph.D. at the faculty of Fine Arts, University of Mumbai was on Mohini Attam. Trained initially from a very young age in another Kerala art Kathakali under the late guru ‘Panchali’ Karunakara Pannikar, who is regarded as one of the greats for “stree-vesham” in kathakali, kanak has won high acclaim for her rendition of kathakali as well.