Slowly but surely Mohini Attain has emerged out of its Kerala cocoon andjoined other butterflies- other classical dances- on the national arena. Shanta Rao, the first among non-Keralite exponents, was also the first enchantress to introduce the style outside Malayalam country. The credit for initiating the process which today has taken a larger dimension, namely the emergence of differences in the perceptions about what is authentic, belongs to her. The differences in perception- and therefore in the format and style ofperformancesthat have arisen in the last couple of decades encompass even the basic features of the dance. Hencetheneedhasbeen felt for an exploration of the differences from a common platform. This felt need was sought to be met recently, when Kala Ambalam, the Mohini Attam school run by Bharati Shivaji, one of the leading practitioners of the art today, joined hands with the India International Centre and the Delhi Sahitya Kala Parishad to conduct, during 24-25 October, a two-day festival, and a concurrent seminar on Mohini Attam.