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{{short description|Bharatnatyam dancer, research scholar and social worker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}{{Use Indian English|date=December 2020}}
[[File:Sangeeta Isvaran Casa FdE.jpg|right|thumb|Sangeeta Isvaran visits Casa Fora do Eixo, Brazil, in 2012]]

'''Sangeeta Isvaran''' is an Indian [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer, research scholar, and social worker.<ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news|last=Sivashankar|first=Nithya|date=30 November 2011|title=Making a song and dance of it|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/making-a-song-and-dance-of-it/article2674583.ece|url-status=live|access-date=30 December 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She has been awarded with the [[Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar]], the highest national award for young dancers.<ref name="thehindu"/><ref name="ncf-india">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sangeeta Isvaran|url=https://www.ncf-india.org/author/659745/sangeeta-isvaran|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=30 December 2020|website=[[Nature Conservation Foundation]]}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Isvaran graduated with a degree in mathematics from the [[Madras Christian College]] (MCC) in [[Chennai]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Devika|first=V. R|date=21 March 2019|title=Where Koothu makes village girls liberated|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/where-koothu-makes-village-girls-liberated/article26598757.ece|url-status=live|access-date=31 December 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She received formal training in Bharatanatyam from the age of five,<ref name="thehindu" /> becoming one of the first students of Abhiyana Sudha, the dance school founded by [[Kalanidhi Narayanan]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Srikanth|first=Rupa|date=30 May 2013|title=Ode to Muruga|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/ode-to-muruga/article4766041.ece|url-status=live|access-date=31 December 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She was also trained in the fine arts of [[Nritya]], [[Abhinaya]], [[Kalaripayattu]], [[Kuchipudi]], [[Carnatic music]] and the instrument of Nattuvangam.<ref name="thehindu" />

==Career==
Isvaran is a founder of the Katradi NGO,<ref name="thenewsminute">{{Cite web|last=Shekar|first=Anjana|date=30 May 2020|title=In Chennai, migrant crisis made more difficult with the language barrier|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/chennai-migrant-crisis-made-more-difficult-language-barrier-125574|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=31 December 2020|website=[[The News Minute]]|language=en}}</ref> and is noted for developing the ''Katradi Method'' which utilises [[fine arts]] for the purpose of conflict resolution, imparting education and empowering marginalised and underprivileged communities.<ref name="ncf-india" /><ref name="deccanherald"/> Isvaran has worked with abused children, victims of natural disasters, street children, drug addicts and commercial sex workers, among others, using dance and theatre in an effort to bring about social reform.<ref name="thehindu" /><ref name="deccanherald" /> Katradi is operated by her along with the American [[financial analyst]] turned social worker Liz Haynes.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shivram|first=Praveena|date=23 March 2019|title=Disc dance revolution with Bharatanatyam and Ultimate Frisbee|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/disc-dance-revolution/article26606678.ece|url-status=live|access-date=31 December 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She also founded the Wind Dancers' Trust, which utilises folk arts for educating children,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Subramanian|first=Lakshmi|date=6 December 2015|title=Touch and feel|url=https://www.theweek.in/webworld/features/heroes/touch-and-feel.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 January 2021|website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]}}</ref> working in association with the [[Koothu]] artist [[Thilagavathi]].<ref name=":0" />

Isvaran collaborates with therapist and awareness platforms in her projects, because of to which she has been described as a "thinking dancer" and has been credited for bringing classical dance beyond a limited scope of [[aesthetic]] appeal.<ref name="deccanherald" /> She was the co-ordinator of [[UNESCO]] initiative called Youth For Peace and held workshops in countries such as [[Mexico]], [[Brazil]] and the [[United States]] and has collaborated with various [[Non-governmental organization|non-governmental organisation]]s (NGO) including [[Handicap International]], [[World Vision International]] and [[Oxfam]].<ref name="thehindu" /><ref name="deccanherald" /> She was also associated with the NGO called Desh, working to improve the living conditions of [[HIV/AIDS]] patients,<ref name="deccanherald" /> and was a volunteer with the Chennai Migrant Task Force during the [[Indian migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 migration crisis in India]].<ref name="thenewsminute" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ashok|first=Sowmiya|date=2 June 2020|title=No space on trains, no rented homes to go back to: From Chennai to Gurugram, workers left in limbo|url=https://scroll.in/article/963527/no-space-on-trains-no-rented-homes-to-go-back-to-in-chennai-and-gurgaon-workers-left-in-limbo|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=31 December 2020|website=[[Scroll.in]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

She has held a fellowship at the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] since 2008 as well as a fellowship at [[The Asia Foundation]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sangeeta Isvaran|url=https://www.iccr.gov.in/cultural/list-of-empanelment-artist/sangeeta-isvaran|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=31 December 2020|website=[[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]]}}</ref><ref name="deccanherald">{{Cite web|last=Vijay|first=Hema|date=21 January 2012|title=With society as stage|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/221040/with-society-stage.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231071235if_/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/221040/with-society-stage.html|archive-date=31 December 2020|access-date=|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|language=en}}</ref> for which she has conducted workshops in [[Thailand]], [[Myanmar]], [[Cambodia]] and [[Indonesia]] as part of the programme.<ref name="thehindu"/><ref name="deccanherald"/>

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