Indian Dance Forms and Associated Famous Personalities

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Indian dance forms are rooted from cutural heritage of Indian history.

There are various dance forms in India. There are several persons who are associated with these dance forms and put their life to revive the cultural imporatnce of India.

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Below is the list of dance forms and famous personalities associated with those

Dance Form	Persons Associated
Kathak	Birju Maharaj, Gopi Krishan, Shambu Maharaj, Sitara Devi, Prerna Shrimali, Ms. Sunayana Hazarilal, Kumudini Lakhia
Bharat Natyam	T. Balasaraswati, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Yamini Krishnamurti, Vaijayantimala, Ananda Shankar Jayant, C.V. Chandrasekhar, Guru (Ms.) M.K. Saroja, Shanta and VP Dhananjayan
Manipuri	Amubi Singh, Bino Devi, Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
Mohini Attam	Smt. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran, Dr. (Smt) Kanak Rele
Chhau	Makar Dhwaja Darogha, Pt Gopal Prasad Dubey
Odissi	Kelucharan Mahapatra, Sonal Mansingh, Geeta Mahalik, Dr. Minati Mishra
Kathakali	PK Kunju Kurup, Kalamandalam Rajan, Madavur Vasudevan Nair, Kalamandalam Gopi, Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair
Kuchipudi	Raja Reddy, Radha Reddy, Vyjayanti Kashi, Vempati Chinna Satyam
Yakshagana	Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani
Sattriya	Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan
Koodiyattam	Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
Pandavani	Teejan Bai
Kalbelia	Gulabo Sapera
Creative Dance/Choreography	Uday Shankar