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| Mohiniattam Dancers
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| The first dancer was Kalyaniamma. She also taught in Shantiniketan under Rabindranath Tagores invitation. The other notable teachers in Kerala Kala Mandalam were Krishna Paniker and Madhavi Amma. In 1950 Thottasseri Chinnammu Amma Joined. It was from these Gurus that new generations of dancers were born. These teachers maintained the classical patterns of teaching following text like Natyasastra and Abhinayyadarpana. As of now, Mohiniattam is a widely known and popular dance form. The contemporary well known artists, teachers are Kalamandalam Satyabhama, Ms. Kanaka Rele, Ms. Bharati Shivaji, Chinnammu Amma, Kalyani Kuttiamma, Kanak Rele, Sunanda Nair, Deepti Bhalla and Bharati Shivaji. Some of the famous Mohiniattam Dancers are
Kalamandalam Radhika
Kalamandalam Radhika started dancing at the age of three, under training of Guru Rajan. In her quest to learn the different aspects of dance she learnt mridhangam vaitharis from Guru Ponniah pillai to attain mastery over the techniques of rhythm. She then learnt Kathakali from Muttar Sri. Narayana Panicker to hone her skills and talent.
Sunanda Nair
She has been trained from the age of 6 in Bharata Natyam under great gurus and also has trained herself in Kathakali from Kalamandalam KrishnanKutty Warrier and presently under Kalamandalam Gopalakrishnan. Sunanda is the disciple of the noted Mohini Attam exponent Padmashree Dr. (Smt.) Kanak Rele.
Pallavi Krishnan
Pallavi was trained in Kathakali and Mohiniattam under Guru Kalamandalam Sanakaranarayanan at Santiniketan. She had an advanced training under Guru Kalamandalam Leelamma at Kerala Kalamandalam.
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