| 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 |
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.
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