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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).
Born on 14 July 1921 in Karaikal in French India (nowadays the Indian union territory of Pondicherry), to A. K. Natesa Pillai, a known musician, he started training initially in music under his father, but later turned to Bharatanatyam and learned under his grandfather, who was a teacher of the dance form. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
Krishna Iyer vehemently protested against Muthulakshmi Reddy's attitude towards sadir in a series of letters published in the Madras Mail and sought to give the dance form a measure of respect by proposing a resolution at a 1932 meeting of the Madras Music Academy to rename it as "Bharatanatyam" or Indian dance. [2]
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1977 – Yamini Krishnamurthy; 1979 – Pandanallur Subbaraya Pillai; 1981 – Indrani Rahman; 1982 – Vyjayanthimala; 1983 – Padma Subramanyam; 1984 – Subramaniam Sarada, Sudharani Raghupathy; 1985 – T. K. Mahalingam Pillai; 1986 – Krishnaveni Lakshmanan; 1987 – U. S. Krishna Rao and Chandrabhaga Devi, Chitra Viswaswaran; 1989 – V ...
Yamini Krishnamurthy, 83, Indian Bharatanatyam dancer. [56] Shaun Martin, 45, American musician (Snarky Puppy) and record producer, seven-time Grammy winner. [57] Antônio Meneses, 66, Brazilian cellist (Beaux Arts Trio) and academic teacher (Bern Academy of Arts), brain cancer. [58]