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Chandrasekhar - Wikipedia

C. V. Chandrasekhar
C. V. Chandrasekhar (22 May 1935 – 19 June 2024)[2] was
C. V. Chandrasekhar
an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer, academician, dance scholar,
Born 22 May 1935
composer, and choreographer. He retired as Head of the
Simla, British India
Faculty of Performing Arts of M.S. University, Baroda in
1992.[3] Professor Chandrashekhar and wife Jaya Died 19 June 2024
Chandrasekhar were one of the best known dancing couples of (aged 89)
Bharata Natyam in India, during the 1970s and ’80s. They Occupation(s) Dancer,
performed with their daughters Chitra and Manjari. Also, his academician,
grandchildren Viraj, Dhenuka, Harshavardhan and choreographer
[1]
Amshuman were of great support to him. He now runs his Years active 1947–2024[1]
own dance institution, Nrityashree, in Chennai.[4]
Career
He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Dances Bharatanatyam
Bharatnatyam in 1993, by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's Website nrityashree.com (ht
National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama,[5] and received tp://www.nrityashre
the Kalidas Samman in 2008.[6][7] In 2011, he was honoured e.com/home.htm)
with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.

Early life and training

He did his M. Sc., and thereafter received a postgraduate diploma (Bharatanatyam),[3] after he
trained at the internationally renowned Kalakshetra in Chennai, under the mentorship of Rukmini
Devi Arundale, Karaikkal Saradambal, K.N. Dandaydhapani Pillai and others. He received training
in classical music under teachers like Budulur Krishnamurthy Sastrigal and M.D. Ramanathan.[1]

Career
Chandrasekhar started his dancing career in 1947, when there were few male dancers.[1] He served
at the Banaras Hindu University and later joined M.S. University of Baroda, where he retired as the
Head and Dean of the Faculty of Performing Arts in 1992. C.V. Chandrasekhar was a multi-faceted
personality being a dancer, choreographer, researcher, musician, academician, composer and
highly acclaimed teacher of Bharatanatyam.

He was performing for the last six decades of his life in India and all over the globe and was invited
by many dancers the world over to teach and to choreograph. He continued to perform on stage
well into his seventh decade.[8]

References
1. A tale of fortitude: C.V. Chandrasekhar and Jaya Chandrasekhar.. (https://web.archive.org/web/
20080129232207/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/01/25/stories/2008012550310200.htm) The
Hindu, 25 January 2008.
2. "Veteran Bharatanatyam dancer C.V. Chandrasekhar passes away" (https://www.thehindu.co
m/entertainment/dance/veteran-bharatanatyam-dancer-cv-chandrasekhar-passes-away/article
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68307196.ece). The Hindu. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

3. "ARTISTE'S PROFILE" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161711/http://www.ccrtindia.gov.
in/CVChandrasekhar.htm). Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) website.
Archived from the original (http://www.ccrtindia.gov.in/CVChandrasekhar.htm) on 21 July 2011.
Retrieved 15 October 2010.
4. "Professor C. V. Chandrasekhar" (https://web.archive.org/web/20210420141109/http://www.nrit
yashree.com/home.htm). Archived from the original (http://www.nrityashree.com/home.htm) on
20 April 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
5. "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sa
ngeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm). Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from
the original (http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm) on 17 February 2012.
6. "Chandrasekhar chosen for Kalidas Samman" (https://web.archive.org/web/20080826083500/h
ttp://www.hindu.com/2008/08/22/stories/2008082255281300.htm). The Hindu. 22 August 2008.
Archived from the original (http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/22/stories/2008082255281300.htm)
on 26 August 2008.
7. "With the timing of a juggler" (https://web.archive.org/web/20090107102025/http://www.hindu.c
om/fr/2008/12/26/stories/2008122651340700.htm). The Hindu. 26 December 2008. Archived
from the original (http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/12/26/stories/2008122651340700.htm) on 7
January 2009.
8. "Spirited performance" (https://web.archive.org/web/20080225190841/http://www.hinduonnet.c
om/thehindu/fr/2003/01/10/stories/2003011001140500.htm). The Hindu. 10 January 2003.
Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

External links
Nrityashree, website (http://www.nrityashree.com/home.htm) Archived (https://web.archive.org/
web/20210420141109/http://www.nrityashree.com/home.htm) 20 April 2021 at the Wayback
Machine

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