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 One
of the best-known exponents of Bharatnatyam, Chitra
Visweswaran has been trained, right from her early years,
in this traditional dance form.
She has travelled across India and also given performances
abroad. She runs a dance school – Chidambaram, in Chennai,
where students are given a holistic formation in classical
dance and music. Her husband R. Visweswaran is a Carnatic
vocalist-composer. He is the disciple of Santoor (Classical
Musical Instrument) expert Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma. Both
have dedicated their lives to teaching Indian Dance and
Music.
Chitra has bagged many laurels for her contribution towards
Bharatnatyam. She is the first dancer to be invited to
occupy the Rabindranath Tagore Chair of Fine Arts in the
University of Madras.
She was awarded the Kalaimamani award by the Government of
Tamilnadu and the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award. The
President of India conferred the Padmashri award on her in
1992.
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