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{{short description|Indian dancer and choreographer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sucheta Bhide Chapekar
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|12|6}}
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| nationality = Indian
| other_names = Sucheta Bhide
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| known_for = [[Bharatnatyam]]
| awards = Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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'''Sucheta Bhide Chapekar''' (born 6 December 1948) is an [[Indian classical dance]]r and [[choreographer]]. She is an exponent of [[Bharatnatyam]]. She is the founder of "Kalavardhini", a trust supporting the teaching and propagation activities in classical dance, where she also teaches Bharatnatyam.<ref>{{cite web|title= Dr. Smt. Sucheta Chapekar|url=http://www.kalavardhini.org/Dr.%20Smt.%20Sucheta%20Chapekar%20.htm|publisher=Kalavardhini|accessdate=31 July 2014}}</ref> She has been a recipient of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (2007).

Born in 1948, Chapekar had her [[arangetram]] in 1963. She was trained under [[Acharya Parvati Kumar]] and [[K. P. Kittappa Pillai]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Sucheta Bhide Chapekar: 60th birthday celebrations at Pune|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/rev09/rev688.html|publisher=[[narthaki.com]]|accessdate=16 March 2016|date=5 January 2009}}</ref> In the subsequent years, she performed at many local concerts, including one at the Madras Music Academy in 1974.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sreevalsan|first1=T K|title=Juicy ragamalika cocktail|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article261026.ece?|accessdate=16 March 2016|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=21 March 2010}}</ref> Post marriage, she moved to Pune. Encouraged by [[JRD Tata]], who called her "blue-eyed beauty", she performed outside India for the first time in 1982. During the tour, she performed in London, Paris, and Rotterdam.<ref name=Debjani>{{cite news|last=Paul|first=Debjani|url = http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/blueeyed-girl-6/|title=Blue Eyed Girl|newspaper=[[Indian Express]]|location=[[Pune]]|date=15 June 2013|accessdate=31 July 2014}}</ref> During the 1980s, she performed various concerts in her home state of Maharashtra. It was at this time, she realised that Bharatanatyam did not have a great following in the state. She then came up with the idea of mixing Marathi and Hindi songs in her concerts. This eventually led to the formation of "''Nritya Ganga''", a Bharatanatyam concert which has about 80 compositions, all based on Hindustani classical music.<ref name=Debjani /> Chapekar is the founder of "''Kalavardhini''", a charitable trust that supports the teaching and propagation activities in classical dance.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vaid|first1=Ridhi|title=In praise of rain|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/in-praise-of-rain/|accessdate=16 March 2016|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=9 July 2011}}</ref>

In the year 2008, filmmaker ''Amrita Mahadik''<ref>http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/a-classic-gathering/390793/</ref> directed ''Vyomagami'',<ref>http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/2894/Vyomagami
</ref> a documentary on the life and work of Chapekar. As a part of Chapekar's 60th birthday celebration, ''Vyomagami''<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4567652/</ref> was produced by "Kalavardhini" and shown at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch, [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]]. ''Nrityatmika'', a book penned by Chapekar was also released at the event graced by [[Padma Vibhushan]] [[Sonal Mansingh]] and other dignitaries.<ref>TNN,[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Dance-festival-to-mark-Sucheta-Chapekars-60th-birthday/articleshow/3757015.cms "Dance festival to mark Sucheta Chapekar's 60th birthday"], ''Times of India'', 26 November 2008</ref>

Chapekar is married and has a daughter named Arundhati Patwardhan, who is a trained dancer. In 2007, Chapekar was awarded with the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for her contributions to classical dance.

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[[Category:Bharatanatyam exponents]]
[[Category:Teachers of Indian classical dance]]
[[Category:Marathi people]]
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[[Category:Performers of Indian classical dance]]
[[Category:Indian classical choreographers]]
[[Category:Artists from Pune]]
[[Category:Indian female classical dancers]]
[[Category:Indian women choreographers]]
[[Category:Indian choreographers]]
[[Category:Women educators from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Educators from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian dance teachers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]
[[Category:Dancers from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Women artists from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women artists]]

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