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Chitra Visweswaran is an Indian Bharata Natyam dancer who runs a dance school, the Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts, in Chennai. She was awarded the Padma Shri , one of the top civilian honours given by the Government of India , in 1992.
Eminent dancer-teacher-choreographer, Chitra Visweswaran, a legend in the field of Indian dance, has the distinction of being a scholar, thinker & seeker. Deep-rooted training in Bharatanatyam...
Eminent dancer-teacher-choreographer, Chitra Visweswaran, a legend in the field of Indian dance, has the distinction of being a scholar, thinker & seeker. Deep-rooted training in Bharatanatyam under Smt.T.A.Rajalakshmi & the doyen Vazhuvoor Sri.B.Ramaiyya Pillai, an eclectic background & inner thirst for knowledge launched her on a voyage of ...
Smt Chitra Visweswaran’s first piece of dance choreography was at the age of eleven. At thirteen, she had choreographed the life of Saint Thyagaraja in the format of a Varnam, the most demanding of pieces in the Bharathanatyam’s repertoire.
Chitra Visweswaran is amongst the leading classical dancers of India. Apart from being a marvelous dancer, she is a brilliant choreographer and an amazing teacher. She started her own dance institution with the help of her husband R. Viswesaran, called 'Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts' in Chennai, in 1975.
Eminent dancer-teacher- choreographer, Chitra Visweswaran, a legend in the field of Indian dance, has the distinction of being a scholar, thinker & seeker. Deep-
Sep 19, 2015 · “I think a dancer absorbs the experiences of life and lets it influence her art,” says Chitra Visweswaran. A conversation with Chitra meanders through books, folk art and theatre.
Sep 13, 2022 · Chitra Visweswaran is an Indian Bharata Natyam dancer who runs a dance school, the Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts in Chennai. She was awarded the Padma Shri, one of the top civilian honours given by the Government of India, in 1992.
Chitra started teaching dance at Calcutta at the age of sixteen, but it was in 1975 that she established "Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts" (CAPA) in Chennai, now an acknowledged premier institution in India.
Chitra Visweswaran. Deeply entrenched in the old Tanjore tradition of Bharatnatyam, Chitra Visweswaran’s association with dance began at a very early age. Her first Guru, at the age of three, was actually her mother, Smt. Rukmini Padmanabhan, who was an excellent dancer trained in contemporary Indian dance and Bharatnatyam but never took it ...
