Role Dancer Name Chandralekha Chandralekha | Education Wilson College, Mumbai | |
Born December 6, 1928 ( 1928-12-06 ) Wada, Maharashtra, British India Died December 30, 2006, Chennai Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Dance - Creative Dance / Choreography | ||
Chandralekha Prabhudas Patel (6 December 1928 – 30 December 2006), commonly known as just Chandralekha, was a dancer and choreographer from India. The niece of Vallabhbhai Patel, India's first deputy Prime Minister, she was an exponent of performances fusing Bharatanatyam with Yoga and martial arts like Kalarippayattu.
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- Chandralekha dance choreography i a gentleman i the right moves i saurabh sharma choreography
- Early life and education
- Career
- Awards and recognition
- References
She was conferred the highest award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2004.
Chandralekha dance choreography i a gentleman i the right moves i saurabh sharma choreography
Early life and education
She was born to an agnostic doctor father and a devout Hindu mother in Vada, Maharashtra. She spent her childhood in her native Gujarat and in Maharashtra.
Career
After completing high school, Chandralekha studied law, but quit her studies midway to learn dance instead. She started with Dasi Attam, a form of dance practiced by temple dancers in southern India, under the tutelage of Ellappa Pillai. She was also influenced by Balasaraswati and Rukmini Devi Arundale in her dance education, but her choreography shows that she was more influenced by the former. Although Chandralekha received her early training in Bharatanatyam, she went on to change her focus to postmodern fusion dances that incorporated elements from other dances, martial arts like Kalarippayattu, and performing arts.
Awards and recognition
Chandralekha is known for her infamous contribution to the dance form called Sharira.