Malavika Sarukkai Explained

Malavika Sarukkai
Birth Date:1959
Birth Place:Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation:Classical dancer
Known For:Bharatanatyam
Awards:Padma Shri

Malavika Sarukkai is an Indian classical dancer and choreographer specializing in Bharatanatyam.[1] [2] [3] A 2002 winner of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award,[4] she was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[5]

Biography

Malavika Sarukkai was born in 1959 in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[6] She began learning Bharatanatyam at the age of 7 and trained under Kalyanasundaram Pillai(Tanjavur school) and Rajaratnam (Vazhuvoor School).[7] [8] [9] She also learned abhinaya under Kalanidhi Narayanan and Odissi under renowned gurus, Kelucharan Mohapatra and Ramani Ranjan Jena. She made her debut at the age of 12 at Mumbai[10] and has performed at many places in India[11] [12] and abroad,[13] [14] including the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York,[15] John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts[16] and at Chicago.[17] Her life and work have been recorded by way of a documentary, Samarpanam, commissioned by the Government of India. She also features in a nine-hour television documentary by BBC/WNET under the title, Dancing. The Unseen Sequence – Exploring Bharatanatyam Through the Art of Malavika Sarukkai is another documentary made on her art which has been screened at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Mumbai.

Awards and recognitions

Sarukkai was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the Government of India in 2002. She is also a recipient of Kalaimamani title from the Government of Tamil Nadu and other awards such as Mrinalini Sarabhai Award, Nrityachoodamani title, Sanskriti award and the Haridas Sammelan award. The Government of India honoured her again, in 2003, with the civilian award of Padma Shri.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: INK Talks . INK Talks . 2015 . 8 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Kennedy Center . Kennedy Center . 2015 . 8 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Walk The Talk with Malavika Sarukkai . . February 2006 . 8 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Sangeet Natak AKademi Award . Sangeet Natak AKademi . 2015 . 8 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm . 30 May 2015 .
  5. Web site: Padma Awards . Padma Awards . 2015 . 6 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .
  6. Book: Historical dictionary of the Tamils . Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press . Vijaya Ramaswamy . 2007 . 9780810853799.
  7. Web site: Indian Arts . Indian Arts . 2015 . 8 February 2015.
  8. Web site: Bengal Foundation . Bengal Foundation . 2015 . 8 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150208202920/http://www.bengalfoundation.org/?post_type=singer&p=33886 . 8 February 2015 . dead .
  9. Interview . 2015 . 8 February 2015 . Malavika Sarukkai . Veejay Sai .
  10. Web site: Blouin Art Info . Blouin Art Info . 2015 . 8 February 2015.
  11. Web site: Malavika Sarukkai: A tribute to Thimmakka . INKTalks . 13 November 2013 . 8 February 2015.
  12. Web site: Padmashri Malavika Sarukkai Performs Bharatanatyam - Yaksha 2014 . Isha Foundation . 21 February 2014 . 8 February 2015.
  13. Web site: Canary Promo . Canary Promo . 2015 . 8 February 2015.
  14. Web site: TOI India performance . TOI . 27 June 2012 . 8 February 2015.
  15. Web site: Huffington Post . Huffington Post . 21 December 2013 . 8 February 2015.
  16. News: Stories Told With a Leap, Even a Shake . New York Times . 18 November 2012 . Brian . Seibert . 18 May 2017.
  17. Web site: Pulse Connects . Pulse Connects . 2015 . 8 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150208202800/http://www.pulseconnects.com/content/ConversationMalavikaSarukkai . 8 February 2015 . dead .

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