Pratibha Prahlad
Prathibha Prahlad is a Bharata Natyam dancer, educator, choreographer, arts administrator, and author. She was the founder director of the Delhi International Arts Festival.
Personal life
Prathibha Prahlad had her early training in dance under U..S Krishna Rao, Kalanidhi Narayanan and V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai and in Kuchipudi under Vempatti Chinna Satyam. By the time she was 20, she was an established professional dancer. Her career has taken her to platforms all over India and to festivals in over 50 countries.[citation needed]
Prahlad has a post-graduate degree in Mass Communications and has contributed articles to newspapers as well as producing, directing and acting in television serials. She has also authored books on dance and related subjects.[citation needed]
Contributions
Prahlad founded both the Prasiddha Foundation and the Forum For Art Beyond Borders.[citation needed] She is artistic director and choreographer for the Prasiddha Dance Repertory[citation needed] and founder director of the Delhi International Arts Festival.[citation needed] She has sat on several government cultural committees and was the convener of the Culture Committee of the Commonwealth Games 2010 that designed the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games.[citation needed]
Prahlad has been the subject of an Indian Postal Department stamp.[citation needed]
Awards and titles
Prahlad is the recipient of numerous awards and titles. The Government of India awarded her the Padma Shri in 2016. She is the youngest recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for dance (2001). She has also received the Karnataka State Government Award (2001), Sangeet Nritya Academy Award of Karnataka (1997).
References
- ^ "THE RHYTHM CONNECTS". No. 10 Oct 2015. Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Living Dance, Loving Life". No. 4 March 2011. The Hindu. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Prathibha prahlad". Indiansarts.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Prathibha prahlad". No. 6 December 2008. Tribune India. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Bhartanatyam by Prathibha Prahlad". Spicmacaydoon. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
- 1962 births
- Artists from Mysore
- Indian women choreographers
- Indian choreographers
- Indian classical choreographers
- Bharatanatyam exponents
- Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- Living people
- Dancers from Karnataka
- 20th-century Indian dancers
- 20th-century Indian women artists
- Women artists from Karnataka