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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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    (thavil) Other L. S. Ramamirtham (tamil literature) Malavika Charukkai (bharatanatyam) Sundararaj naidu (karagam artiste) The individuals listed below were...
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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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    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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    actress who appears in Malayalam films. Niranjana is also a trained Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dancer. Niranjana Anoop made her acting debut through...
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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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    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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  • done ten to twelve years after a dancer begins learning Bharatanatyam. A traditional Bharatanatyam dance performance follows a seven to eight-part order...
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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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  • 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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  • Delna Davis is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer who works in the Malayalam and Tamil film and television industries. She had roles in You Too...
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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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    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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  • and contributed to the development of Bharatanatyam and Carnatic music. They excelled in the art of Bharatanatyam. The brothers were employed in the courts...
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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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    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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  • classically trained in Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Kathak dance forms. A trained classical dancer with the Natya Kalanithi award for Bharatanatyam in 1990, Kala...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    highlights the richness of the Indian classical dance styles such as Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Manipuri and Kathakali with performances of some...
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  • Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award is an award given by the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, an autonomous organisation for the encouragement, preservation...
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    Geeta Chandran (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    Indian Bharatanatyam dancer and vocalist. Trained in Carnatic music, she is a visionary and celebrated artist in Indian classical Bharatanatyam, recognized...
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    currently confers classical status on eight Indian classical dance styles: Bharatanatyam (Tamil Nadu), Kathak (North, West and Central India), Kathakali (Kerala)...
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