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Mungara Yamini Krishnamurthy (20 December 1940 – 3 August 2024) was an Indian classical dancer recognized for her contributions to Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. She was a recipient of the Padma Shri (1968), Padma Bhushan (2001), Padma Vibhushan (2016) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1977).
Alarmel Valli (born 14 September 1956) is an Indian classical dancer and Bharatanatyam-Pandanallur choreographer. [1] [2] She founded The Dipasikha Dance Foundation in Chennai in 1984, where she teaches Bharatanatyam. [3] In 1991, Alarmel Valli was the second youngest dancer to be conferred the Padma Shri from the Government of India, after ...
The accompanying music to Bharatanatyam is in the Carnatic style of South India, as is the recitation and chanting. [100] The vocalist is called nattuvanar, typically also the conductor of the entire performance, who may be the guru of the dancer and may also be playing cymbals or one of the musical instruments.
Rukmini Devi Arundale (née Sastri; 29 February 1904 – 24 February 1986) [1] was an Indian 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 history to be nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of ...
He was known to have authored several compositions for Bharatanatyam [2] [3] and trained many students; Jaya Gowri (Malaysia), Sri Vidya, J. Jayalalithaa, Hema Rajagopalan, Suganthi Sadayane, Nayana Shenoy, [4] Adyar K. Lakshman, [5] Uma Muralikrishna, [6] Vijayalakshmi Shetty-Ahuja, [7] Jayalakshmi Alva [8] and Geeta Chandran [9] are some of ...
Padma Subrahmanyam was born to Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam, the Indian film director and Meenakshi Subrahmanyam on 4 February 1943 in Madras (now Chennai). Her father was a famous Indian filmmaker and her mother, Meenakshi was a music composer and a lyricist in Tamil and Sanskrit. She was trained by Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyah Pillai.
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E. Krishna Iyer (9 August 1897 – January 1968) was an Indian lawyer, freedom-fighter, classical artist and activist. He was the follower of traditional Isaivellalar practitioners of Sadir, also known as Bharatanatyam.