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Sunanda Nair
Born
Mumbai, India
EducationUniversity of Mumbai (MA)
Career
Dances
Websitewww.sunandanair.com

Sunanda Nair is an Indian dancer. She is a leading exponent of Mohiniyattam or Mohini Attam (an Indian classical dance form) and one of the few performers of this dance form. She was born in Mumbai.

Early life

Nair took her initial training in Bharatanatyam at age six. She studied in Kathakali under Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Warrier.

Nair is a disciple of noted Mohini Attam exponent Padmabhushan Dr.(Smt) Kanak Rele, credited for the revival and popularisation of this classical Kerala dance style.

Nair was the first student to earn a master's degree in Mohiniattam. She was a student of Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalay at the University of Mumbai where she completed her Master's. She completed a seven-year course in five years. The institution is the closest to the guru Kula Sampradaya.

Career

After graduarting, she joined the staff at Nalanda and was a lecturer at her alma mater for nine years until 1999. She passed her Net exam, a UGC requirement to continue teaching at Nalanda.

She has given many performances.

She studied from masters like Kalaimamani Kadirvelu, Kalaimamani Mahalingam Pillai, Guru T.V.Sounderajan, Shri Dipak Majumdar, and Smt.Tejiswini Rao in Kattumanar Muthukumar Pillai's bani.

In 1980, while in high school, she started the Srutilaya Institute of Fine Arts which trains students in both MohiniAttam and Bharatanatyam.

SPARC is now in its 10th year of operation in the US. At SPARC, the rich tradition of Indian Classical Dance is passed to new dancers.

Performances

  • Festival of India in the former USSR
  • Spring Friendship Art Festival in North Korea
  • Performances in Middle East, Singapore and U.S.A.
  • Khajuraho festival in Madhya Pradesh
  • Konark festival in Orissa
  • Yuva Mahotsav in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur
  • Nishagandhi, Kerala Tourism, Trivandrum
  • Kalidas Samaraoh, Ujjain
  • Modera Festival, Gujarat
  • Mysore Dassera Festival
  • Nrityotsava, Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, Bangalore
  • Indo-Indonesian Friendship Society
  • Vallathol Jayanti,Kerala Kalamandalam
  • SAARC Conference, Mumbai
  • Sangeeta Sabha, Poona
  • Swati Tirunal Sangeet Sabha,Trivandrum
  • Chakradhar Samaraoh, Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi
  • India International Centre, Apna Utsav, New Delhi
  • Krishna Gana Sabha, Bharat Kalachar, Bharatiya Music and Arts, Madras
  • The National Centre For Performing Arts, Mumbai
  • Haridas Sangeet Sammelan, Mumbai
  • Kal-Ke-Kalakar, Mumbai
  • Nitya Nityati And Tanmai Arohanam Festival, Bangalore
  • India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
  • Shree Chitra Dance Festival, Trivandrum
  • Natyanjali Trust, Music Academy, Chennai
  • National Festival of Mohini Attam, Nehru Center, Mumbai
  • Soorya Parampara dance festival, Trivandrum, Kerala
  • India Habitat Center, New Delhi
  • Dharini, Cochin, Kerala
  • Monsoon Festival Art India, New Delhi
  • Raindrops Festival NCPA, Samved Mumbai
  • Bharatam, Trichur, Kerala
  • Sopanam, Bombay
  • Kalakshetram, Bombay
  • Asia Pacific Heritage Festival
  • Kerala Sangeet Natak Academy -July 2015, Bhopal

Recognition

  • ‘Kalarathnam’ from Kerala Kalamandalam 2016.
  • 'Kalaasree'2011 from the Kerala Sangeetha Natak Akademi
  • 'Global Excellence Award' 2011,from GIA, New Delhi
  • "Kalaasagar" 2010 in memory of Late Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Poduval
  • "Abhinaya shiromani" from Surya Performing Arts, Missouri, USA.
  • Scholarship from Central Sangeet Natak Akademi for advanced training in abhinaya and choreography
  • 'Singar Mani' from Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai
  • Nelluvai Nambeeshan Smarak Award for Mohiniattam
  • 'Natya Mayuri' Natyanjali Trust, Chennai
  • Best Ethnic Classical Arts Award, New Orleans, 2003
  • Louisiana State Artist Roster
  • Louisiana Touring Directory
  • Global Excellence Dance Award, New Orleans
  • Presidents Award for Community Service, Indian Assoc of New Orleans

See also