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Priyadarsini Govind
Born(1965-02-01)1 February 1965
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Dancer, choreographer, director of Kalakshetra
Websitehttp://www.priyadarsinigovind.net/

Priyadarsini Govind (born 1 February 1965) is an Indian classical dancer and choreographer, and an exponent of the Vazhuvoor style of Bharatnatyam. She received the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2010 for her contribution to Bharatanatyam dance.[1] She served as the director of the Kalakshetra foundation from 2013 to 2017. [2]

Early life

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Born on in Chennai, she received her initial training in Bharatanatyam from Shrimati Usha at the age of 6. By the age of nine, she started training with Kalanidhi Narayanan, one of the best teachers of abhinaya. She went on training with Narayan regularly until 2011. [3] She was later groomed in the art under S.K. Rajarathnam Pillai of the Vazhuvoor school until his death in 1994. Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). She had her arangetram before the age of 10. [4] She has 2 children.

Career

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She has been giving recitals from the age of 16 and has performed in numerous Sabhas and academies in India and abroad. Priyadarsini is the recipient of Tamil Nadu government’s Kalaimamani award in 1998. [5] [6] [7]

References

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  1. ^ "Bio on Sangeet Natak Akademi website". Sangeet Natak Akademi. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Priyadarsini Govind is new director of Kalakshetra". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. ^ "The dance of life". India Today. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Dancing her way to success". rediff.com.
  5. ^ "Priyadarsini Govind to perform Ramayana in Chennai". The Times of India.
  6. ^ www.srmuniv.ac.in http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/cpfa/kalaimamani-priyadarsini-govind. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "Perfecting the Art of Expression in Movements Subtle and Bold". The New York Times. April 16, 2012.
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