Bharatnatyam (daasi attam)

Dance forms

(First woman dancer to become

a member of Rajya Sabha)

1956 : Padma Bhushan

Rukmani Dev

1957 : Sangeet Natak Akademi

Fellowship Award

Kathak
Leela Samson

Charkula
Dance forms Geeta Chandran Sangeet Natak Akademi
Raslila, Jaita, Mayur Nritya, Nautanki
Vaijayanti Mala

Real name : Brijmohan Mishra Tamil Nadu

Anand Shankar Jayant Padma shri

His father & Guru : Achhan Maharaj

Pandit Birju Maharaj 1957 : Padma Bhushan
belongs to Lucknow Gharan
1977 : Padma Vibhushan
Tanjore Balasaraswati
1986 : Padma Vibhushan
U.P
first woman dancer to receive the
End with Maharaj Padma Vibhushan

1970 : Padma shri 1981 : Padma Shri

Padma Subrahmanyam
1969 : Sangeet Natak Akademi Sitara Devi 2003 : Padma Bhushan

1994 : Kalidas samman

2001 : Sangeet Natak Akademi

Student of ‘Pandit Birju Maharaj 2004 : Padma Bhushan

Dancers Dancers Alarmel Velli

1992 : Padma Shri Shovana Narayan 2004 : Chevalier of Arts and Letters award
from France
2000 : Sangeet Natak Akademi

1968 : Padma Shree

1970 : Padma Bhushan Kumari Kamala

Yamini Krishnamurthy 2001 : Padma Bhushan

Kumudini Lakhia
2016 : Padma Vibhushan

Padma Bhushan awardee Uma Sharma

Mallika Sarabhai French Palme D' by French Government in 1977

1959 : Sangeet Natak Akademi Pandit Sunder Prasad

Sonal Mansingh MP of Rajya Sabha

Meenakshi Srinivasan 2011 : Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar

Odissi

Ghumura Dance forms Herambanathan 2013 : Sangeet Natak Akademi

( origin in temples )
Savari, Chhau
Shobana Chandrakumar recipient of Padma Shri

1966 : Sangeet Natak Akademi

C V Chandra Shekhar Padma Bhushan

1974 : Padma Shri

Guru MK Saroja Padma Shri
1988 : Padma Bhushan Kelucharan Mohapatra

2000 : Padma Vibhushan

Odisha
Mohiniyattam
1993 : founded Odissi dance school SRJAN
Kathakali
Dance forms
1992 : Padma Bhushan Krishna attam

2003 : Padma Vibhushan

Sonal Mansingh 1965 : Padma Shri
1987 : Sangeet Natak Akademi
Mrinalini Sarabhai 1992 : Padma Bhushan
MP of Rajya Sabha
Dancers
1994 : Sangeet Natak Academy Fellowship

Guru Debaprasad Das Awardee Durga Charan Ranbir

Krishnan Kutty

2006 : Padma Shri awardee Krishna Nair

Ileana Citaristi
Italy born Indian
1989 : Padma Shri

Padma Shri awardee Guru Gangadhar Pradhan Kerala 2013 : Padma Bhushan

Dancers Kanak Rele (Mohiniyattam)

1994 : Sangeet Natak
Padma Shri Kum Kum Mohanty Akademi Award

2006 : Kalidas Samman

Dance
Manipuri
Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma (Mohiniyattam)
Dance forms
Nupa
Kalamandalam Rajan (Kathakali) 2009 : Sangeet Natak Akademi

Jhaveri sisters
Manipur
Jayaprabha Menon (Mohiniattam) 2013 : Devadasi National Award
End with Singh

Dancers Soorya Classical Dance Festival

Guru Bipan Singh
Other (Thiruvananthapuram)

Nirmala Mehta

Kuchipudi ( thal )

Sattriya
Lambadi
Dance forms
Bihu Dance forms Kolattam
( Vaishnava monasteries )
Naga

Vempati Chinna Satyam

(Master of Kuchipudi style) 1998 : Padam Bhushan
founder of Satriya Assam
dance form Srimanta Sankardev
Andhra Pradesh Swapan Sundari

Ramkrishna Talukdar
Dancers Bhavana Reddy

Krishnaakshi Kashyap
Lakshmi Narayan Shastri

V.Satyanarayana Sarma 1970 : Padma Shree

Dancers
Kathputali

Ghumar Asthana Narthaki (‘Resident Dancer’)

Yamini Krishnamurthy by Tirupathi Devasthanam

Ghoomar Dance forms

Mallika Sarabhai 2010 : Padma Bhushan

Banjaara, Kalbelia
Rajasthan
Haleem Khan (Kuchipudi)
Singer : Allah Jilai Bai
famous for ( Folk songs )
Dancers
Yakshagana
Dance forms

Pandawani
Dance forms
Karnataka excellent vocalist in Khayal style
Mallikarjun Mansur
Chhattisgarh
Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
Teejan Bai
Dancers
Dancers
Chittani Ramachandra Hegde Padma Shri awardee

Bamboo
Dance forms Mizoram
Lavani & Tamasha

Maharashtra Dance forms Pavri Nach, Koli dance

Nati
Dance forms Himachal Pradesh

Jump & Rauf

Uday Shankar Jammu Kashmir Dance forms

Father of Modern Dance in India Fusion

Dandiya

Gujarat Dance forms Garba

Bardo Chham, Ponung

Lion & Peacock dance Dance forms Arunachal Pradesh

Chhu Phat

Sikkim Dance forms Sikmari

Fugdi
Goa Dance forms