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Nationality
  
India Indian

Website
  
www.padmadance.com

Citizenship
  
Indian

Name
  
Padma Subrahmanyam


Known for
  
Role
  
Dancer

Religion
  
Hindu

Education
  
Annamalai University

Padma Subrahmanyam Bharatanatyam dance by Legendary Dr Padma Subrahmanyam

Full Name
  
Padma Subrahmanyam

Occupation
  
Dancer, Choreographer, Music composer, Musician, Teacher and Author

Parents
  
Meenatchi Subramaniam, Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam

Siblings
  
S. V. Ramanan, Balakrishnan Subrahmanyam

Movies
  
When the Gods Dance: Bharatanatyam, Kathakali: Parts 13 & 14

Awards
  
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Dance - Bharatanatyam

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Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam (born 4 February 1943, in Madras), is an Indian classical Bharata Natyam dancer. She is also a research scholar, choreographer, music composer, musician, teacher and author. She is famous in India as well as abroad: several films and documentaries have been made in her honor by countries like Japan, Australia and Russia. She is well known as the developer and founder of the dance form Bharata Nrithyam. She is a devotee of the Paramacharya of Kanchi.

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Biography

Padma Subrahmanyam Margadarshi Padma Subrahmanyam Indian Classical Bharata

Padma Subrahmanyam was born to Director Subrahmanyam and Meenakshi Subrahmanyam on 4 February 1943 in Madras (now Chennai). Her father was a famous Indian filmmaker and her mother, Meenakshi was a music composer, and a lyricist in Tamil and Sanskrit. She was trained by Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiah Pillai.

Padma has a bachelor's degree in Music, a Master's degree in Ethnomusicology, as well as a Ph.D. in Dance. She has authored many articles, research papers, and books and has served as a non-official member of the Indo-Sub-commission for education and culture. She has designed the sculptures of the 108 sculptures of lord nataraja and goddess parvathi in black granite for the nataraja temple at satara , an undertaking she took on bidding by the Kanchi Paramacharya . She has given lectures at various universities in south east Asia, on the subject of cultural links between India and other countries.

Awards

Dr. Padma has received many awards and honors to her credit including Padma Shri in 1981, Padma Bhushan in 2003, which are among the highest civilian awards of India. During her dancing career, she has received several awards, including:

Padma Subrahmanyam Celebrated interdisciplinary performer and scholar Padma

  • 'Sangeet Natak Akademi Award' (1983)
  • 'Padma Bhushan' (2003)
  • 'Kalaimamani Award' from the government of Tamil Nadu
  • 'Kalidas Samman' from the federal government of Madhya Pradesh,
  • 'Nishagandhi Puraskaram' by the Government of Kerala in 2015,
  • 'Nada Brahmam' from Narada Gana Sabha in Chennai,
  • 'Bharata Sastra Rakshamani' from the Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Kanchipuram .
  • 'Nehru Award' (1983) from the Soviet Union
  • Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize from Japan, for "her contribution to development and harmony in Asia"


  • References

    Padma Subrahmanyam Wikipedia