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    Bharatanātyam is an Indian classical dance form that originated in Tamil Nadu, India. It is a classical dance form recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    appointed as an Assistant Professor of Bharatanatyam at the Kerala Kalamandalam. Ramakrishnan is the first male Bharatanatyam teacher in the history of the Kalamandalam...
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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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    Shobana (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    March 1970); known mononymously as Shobana, is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who works predominantly in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films...
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    Divyaa Unni (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    children in her first marriage.[citation needed] Divyaa started her Bharatanatyam dance training at the age of three, thereafter she was trained in Kuchipudi...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    films, in addition to Kannada and Telugu films. She is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer, and has worked as a composer, lyricist and voice actress. Sukanya...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • trained Bharatanatyam dancer from her childhood, got her entry into the film industry when Bhasker Hegde, one of the judges of a Bharatanatyam competition...
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    (12 June 1932 – 24 September 2006) was an Indian actress and trained Bharatanatyam dancer, who acted in over 250 Indian films. She acted in Tamil, Hindi...
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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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    and dance teacher from Telangana. She is an exponent in Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam. She has received the Ugadi Vishishtha Award and the Hamsa Award from...
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  • Sheela Rajkumar (category Bharatanatyam exponents)
    Rajkumar is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer who has worked predominantly in Tamil films. Sheela is a Bharatanatyam dancer and a trainer. She joined...
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