Amazing Aditi… I watched another icon Aditi Mangaldas… as she twirled,
lunged, crouched and navigated the vast Music Academy stage for her
command performance in Chennai… In an ensemble work called UNWRAPPED,
Aditi and her marvellously trained dancers and musicians delivered a stand out
show to a rapt audience… Her intellectual curiosity shone through at many
sections, pushing the socially elite Chennai audiences to sit up and lean into
the work… The well knit, impeccably dressed and trained musician ensemble
were totally at ease during the performance… ‘Ageless’ is a quality that is easily
applied to her.
Anita Ratnam, Narthaki.com, February 2025
The honesty that Aditi Mangaldas brings to her works is very much a part of
her persona too… One of the most influential proteges of Kathak legends
Kumudini Lakhia and Pt Birju Maharaj, Aditi always had a sense of what she
wanted to achieve as a dancer. Like her gurus, she believes in looking at the
wider world, never allowing herself to be boxed in by conventions.
Chitra
Swaminathan, The Hindu | January 2025