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Kanak Rele (11 June 1937 – 22 February 2023) was an Indian dancer, choreographer, and academic best known as an exponent of Mohiniyattam. She was the founder-director of the Nalanda Dance Research Centre and the founder-principal of the Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya in Mumbai.
Feb 23, 2023 · Known as one of India’s most inventive classical dancers and pioneering dance educationists, Mohiniyattam exponent Kanak Rele, who played a significant role in bringing a systematic structure, academic veracity and much currency to Mohiniyattam, besides propagating female roles in Kathakali, died morning in Mumbai.
Kanak Rele, the award-winning classical dance legend passed away on Wednesday in Mumbai after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 85 (HT ARCHIVE) Kanak Rele lost her father at four,...
Feb 23, 2023 · Kanak Rele, who passed away on February 22, spent her whole life fighting for a cause; re-envisioning Mohiniyattam, the rich lasya dance heritage of Kerala, which she felt was impoverished in...
Mar 11, 2024 · I would have done this on February 22, the first death anniversary of Padmabhushan Dr Kanak Rele whose contributions for the revival and propagation of Mohiniyattam are monumental. She strode like a colossus for more than four decades totally dedicating herself for the lasya-rich dance form of Kerala origin, though she was not a Malayali.
Feb 22, 2023 · Classical dance legend Kanak Rele passed away on February 22, 2023. The Mohiniyattam exponent, who was awarded the first Guru Gopinath National Puraskaram of the Government of Kerala, died at...
Feb 22, 2023 · MUMBAI: Renowned Mohiniattam dancer and Padma Bhushan award winner Dr Kanak Rele breathed her last at age 85 after suffering cardiac arrest Wednesday. She was awarded a state funeral at Vile Parle crematorium. The consummate artiste had an illustrious career spanning 60 years and was founder-director of The Nalanda Dance Research Centre in Juhu.
