Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Creative Dance/Choreography

The first recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Creative Dance or Choreography was conferred to Uday Shankar in 1960. And in 2016, Anita Ratnam was awarded this award.

Year Creative Dancers /Choreographers Year Creative Dancers /Choreographers
2009 Daksha Sheth 1991 Chandralekha
2008 Yogsunder Desai 1989 Maya Rao
2006 Gorima Hazarika 1984 R. K. Singhajit Singh
2005 Th. Chaotombi Singh 1981 Parvati Kumar
2002 Sambhu Bhattacharya 1980 R. K. Priyagopal Sana
2001 Gul Bardhan 1979 Prabhat Ganguli
1999-2000 Malika Sarabhai 1976 Narendra Sharma
1995 Astad Deboo 1970 Mrinalini Vikram Sarabhai
1993 Manjusri Chaki-Sircar 1960 Uday Shankar
1992 Sachin Shanker    


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