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    Bharatanatyam (Tamil: பரதநாட்டியம்) is an Indian classical dance form that originated in Tamil Nadu, India. It is a classical dance form recognized by...
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    by professional Bharatanatyam dancers. Popular Indian dancer Anita Ratnam wrote on Aishwarya's Facebook, "This is what Bharatanatyam becomes... A caricature...
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    Indian arts preservation, the Sangeet Natak Academy recognizes eight: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Kathakali, Sattriya, Manipuri and Mohiniyattam...
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  • Yamuna Srinidhi is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer and actress who works in Kannada films and serials. She is also a social worker and NCC...
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    Yamini Krishnamurthy (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    was an Indian classical dancer recognized for her contributions to Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. She was a recipient of the Padma Shri (1968), Padma Bhushan...
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    Akkineni (née Mukherjee) (born 12 September 1967) is an Indian actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, and activist. She has predominantly worked in Tamil films, in...
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  • from the town of Thanjavur. It is the origin of the Melattur style of Bharatanatyam founded by Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer and a series of dance-drama performances...
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    (thavil) Other L. S. Ramamirtham (tamil literature) Malavika Charukkai (bharatanatyam) Sundararaj naidu (karagam artiste) The individuals listed below were...
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  • choreographer, trained in Bharatanatyam. He also holds a degree in engineering. Sridhar is married to Anuradha, also a Bharatanatyam dance performer; both...
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    dancing at the young age of six in the Melattur style of Bharathanatyam (Bharatanatyam). Critics and connoisseurs have applauded her for bringing depth, passion...
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  • dance forms when she was very young. She had four years of training in Bharatanatyam and eight years in Kathak. Kapur holds a degree in fashion design from...
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  • Vazhuvoor (or Vizhuvur) is one of the original styles of Bharatanatyam, a major form of Indian classical dance. The main distinctive features include:...
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    Saroja Vaidyanathan (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    September 2023) was an Indian choreographer, guru, and notable proponent of Bharatanatyam. She was conferred the Padma Shri in 2002 and the Padma Bhushan in 2013...
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    Shobana (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai (born 21 March 1970) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer. She acts predominantly in Malayalam films along with Telugu...
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    Leela Samson (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    Leela Samson (born 6 May 1951) is a Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, instructor, writer and actress from India. As a soloist, she is known for her...
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    education, between France and India. In France, she started training in Bharatanatyam with Armelle Choquard (disciple of Sri V.S. Muthuswami Pillai and Smt...
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  • College, Besant Nagar, Chennai. Sangeetha is a Bharatanatyam dancer as she had learned Bharatanatyam during her school days. She started her acting career...
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    Rukmini Vijayakumar (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    Rukmini Vijayakumar is an Indian choreographer, Bharatanatyam dancer, and actress. Along with her performances on stage, she has appeared in films such...
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  • Mythili Prakash (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    in Bharatanatyam, a classical dance form originating in Southern India. Recognized as one of the world’s leading young exponents of Bharatanatyam, her...
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    past performing practices, invoking multicultural memories of Sadir (Bharatanatyam). This series opens with Stories from the Attic, a lecture on the dance...
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  • E. Krishna Iyer (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    follower of traditional Isaivellalar practitioners of Sadir, also known as Bharatanatyam. Krishna Iyer was born on 9 August 1897 in a Tamil Brahmin family of...
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    into classical arts under the tutelage of Padmashree Leela Samson in Bharatanatyam and Pandit Partho Das on the sitar. G. V. Iyer spotted her at a dance...
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    these women also learn and practice classical Indian dances such as Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, and Odissi. Their status as dancers, musicians...
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    express practically anything and everything to an attentive audience. In Bharatanatyam, the classical dance of India performed by Lord Nataraja, approximately...
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  • is also the founder and artistic director of Nritya Moksh School, a Bharatanatyam dance school. She has a law degree from CMR Law School. All films are...
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    artist. She has worked in many television serials and is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. French version of Dil To Pagal Hai, voice of Madhuri Dixit Hindi...
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    Devasena (2001). "Bharatanatyam and Yoga". Archived from the original on 23 October 2006. He also points out that these [Bharatanatyam dance] stances are...
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  • Kalamandalam Saraswathi (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    Mohiniyattam, Bharatanatyam and Kuchupudi. Saraswathi is a recipient of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1983 for Bharatanatyam. She is the...
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    to Kannada and Telugu films. Apart from acting Sukanya is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer, music composer, lyricist and voice actress. She was one of the...
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    Rukmini Devi Arundale (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an activist for animal welfare. She was the first woman in Indian...
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