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'''Swapnasundari''' is an [[India]]n dancer, an exponent of [[Kuchipudi]] and [[Bharata Natyam]], a choreographer and a vocalist.

She is a recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]], given [[Government of India]] in 2003,<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/back-in-time/article2455871.ece|title = Back in time|access-date = 22 January 2015|newspaper = The Hindu}}</ref> as well as the [[Sahitya Kala Parishad]] and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]. Her album ''Janmabhoomi Meri Pyaari'' was well received.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/article1536758.ece|title = Natyam with more of abhinaya|access-date = 22 January 2015|publisher = The Indian Express}}</ref> She has written books like ''The World of Koochipoodi Dance'' and ''Tracing the roots of the classical dance''. She is the founder-director of Koochipoodi Dance Centre in [[Delhi]].

Born in [[Chennai]] she has lived in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and Delhi.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/indian-culture-will-become-global-culture-in-some-years/article5456846.ece|title = ‘Indian culture will become global culture in some years’|access-date = 22 January 2015|newspaper = The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/voice-of-vilasini-natyam/article5581922.ece|title = Voice of Vilasini Natyam|access-date = 22 January 2015|newspaper = The Hindu}}</ref>

== Works ==
* ''Vilasini natyam: Bharatam of Telugu temple and court dancers'', by Swapnasundari. Swapnasundari, 2010. {{ISBN|8184651473}}.

== References ==
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2000–09}}

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