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'''Chandralekha Prabhudas Patel''' (6 December 1928 – 30 December 2006), commonly known as | '''Chandralekha Prabhudas Patel''' (6 December 1928 – 30 December 2006), commonly known as '''Chandralekha''', was a dancer and choreographer from [[India]]. The niece of [[Vallabhbhai Patel]], India's first deputy Prime Minister, she was an exponent of performances fusing [[Bharatanatyam]] with [[Yoga]] and martial arts like [[Kalarippayattu]]. | ||
She was conferred the highest award of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 2004. | She was conferred the highest award of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 2004. | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
She was born to an [[agnostic]] doctor father and a devout [[Hindu]] mother in [[Vada, Palghar|Vada]], [[Maharashtra]]. She spent her childhood in her native [[Gujarat]] and in Maharashtra.<ref name="Guardian obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/09/guardianobituaries.india|title=Chandralekha: Controversial Indian dancer whose ideas challenged convention|date=9 February 2007| | She was born to an [[agnostic]] doctor father and a devout [[Hindu]] mother in [[Vada, Palghar|Vada]], [[Maharashtra]]. She spent her childhood in her native [[Gujarat]] and in Maharashtra.<ref name="Guardian obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/09/guardianobituaries.india|title=Chandralekha: Controversial Indian dancer whose ideas challenged convention|date=9 February 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=30 November 2009 | location=London}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
After completing high school, Chandralekha studied law, but quit her studies midway to learn dance instead. She started with [[Dasi Attam]], a form of dance practiced by temple dancers in southern India, under the tutelage of [[Ellappa Pillai]]. She was also influenced by [[Balasaraswati]] and [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]] in her dance education, but her choreography shows that she was more influenced by the former.<ref name="Guardian obit" /><ref>{{Cite web|orig-date=May 15, 1985|date=March 13, 2014|first1=Sunil |last1=Kothari |first2=Coomi |last2=Kapoor|title=Danseuse-feminist Chandralekha: The doyenne of thinkers in Indian dance|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19850515-danseuse-feminist-chandralekha-the-doyenne-of-thinkers-in-indian-dance-770024-2013-12-09|access-date=2020-11-05|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> Although Chandralekha received her early training in [[Bharatanatyam]], she went on to change her focus to postmodern fusion dances that incorporated elements from other dances, martial arts like [[Kalarippayattu]], and performing arts.<ref name="NYT Obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/arts/07chandralekha.html|title=Chandralekha, 79, Dancer Who Blended Indian Forms, Dies|date=7 January 2007|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=30 November 2009 | first=Jennifer | last=Dunning}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/68457787.html?dids=68457787:68457787&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+21%2C+1998&author=Clive+Barnes&pub=New+York+Post&desc=HANDSOME+%27RAGA%27-BAG+OF+THESES&pqatl=google|title=Handsome 'Raga'-Bag of Theses|date=21 November 1998|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|access-date=30 November 2009 | first=Clive | last=Barnes}}</ref> | After completing high school, Chandralekha studied law, but quit her studies midway to learn dance instead. She started with [[Dasi Attam]], a form of dance practiced by temple dancers in southern India, under the tutelage of [[Ellappa Pillai]]. She was also influenced by [[Balasaraswati]] and [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]] in her dance education, but her choreography shows that she was more influenced by the former.<ref name="Guardian obit" /><ref>{{Cite web|orig-date=May 15, 1985|date=March 13, 2014|first1=Sunil |last1=Kothari |first2=Coomi |last2=Kapoor|author-link2=Coomi Kapoor|title=Danseuse-feminist Chandralekha: The doyenne of thinkers in Indian dance|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19850515-danseuse-feminist-chandralekha-the-doyenne-of-thinkers-in-indian-dance-770024-2013-12-09|access-date=2020-11-05|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> Although Chandralekha received her early training in [[Bharatanatyam]], she went on to change her focus to postmodern fusion dances that incorporated elements from other dances, martial arts like [[Kalarippayattu]], and performing arts.<ref name="NYT Obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/arts/07chandralekha.html|title=Chandralekha, 79, Dancer Who Blended Indian Forms, Dies|date=7 January 2007|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=30 November 2009 | first=Jennifer | last=Dunning}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/68457787.html?dids=68457787:68457787&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+21%2C+1998&author=Clive+Barnes&pub=New+York+Post&desc=HANDSOME+%27RAGA%27-BAG+OF+THESES&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721070127/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/68457787.html?dids=68457787:68457787&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+21,+1998&author=Clive+Barnes&pub=New+York+Post&desc=HANDSOME+'RAGA'-BAG+OF+THESES&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2012|title=Handsome 'Raga'-Bag of Theses|date=21 November 1998|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|access-date=30 November 2009 | first=Clive | last=Barnes}}</ref> Her essay 'Militant Origins of Indian Dance', originally published in ''Social Scientist'' in 1979,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chandralekha |title=Militant Origins of Indian Dance |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_98-99_003.gif |journal=Social Scientist |date=1980 |volume=9 |issue=98–99 |pages=80–86 |doi=10.2307/3516927 |jstor=3516927 |via=Digital South Asia Library|url-access=subscription }}</ref> was later reprinted in the volume ''Improvised Futures: Encountering the Body in Performance'', part of the India Since the 90s series published by [[Tulika Books]]. | ||
==Awards and recognition== | ==Awards and recognition== | ||
* 1991: [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]: Creative Dance | * 1991: [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]: Creative Dance | ||
* 2003-2004: [[Kalidas Samman]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/10/19/stories/2003101900711100.htm|title='Kalidas Samman' for Chandralekha|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 October 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204084001/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/10/19/stories/2003101900711100.htm|archive-date=4 February 2008|url-status= | * 2003-2004: [[Kalidas Samman]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/10/19/stories/2003101900711100.htm|title='Kalidas Samman' for Chandralekha|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 October 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204084001/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/10/19/stories/2003101900711100.htm|archive-date=4 February 2008|url-status=usurped}}</ref> | ||
* 2004: [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Sadasya (Fellowship)|url= http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/fellowslist.htm|publisher= [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]|access-date= 1 December 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110727235210/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/fellowslist.htm|archive-date= 27 July 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref> | * 2004: [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Sadasya (Fellowship)|url= http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/fellowslist.htm|publisher= [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]|access-date= 1 December 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110727235210/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/fellowslist.htm|archive-date= 27 July 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref> | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
Rustom Barucha. ''Chandralekha: Woman, Dance, Resistance.'' Indus. New Delhi: 1995. {{ISBN|81-7223-168-7}} | * Rustom Barucha. ''Chandralekha: Woman, Dance, Resistance.'' Indus. New Delhi: 1995. {{ISBN|81-7223-168-7}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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{{India-dance-stub}} | {{India-dance-stub}} | ||
[[Category:Experiments in Art and Technology collaborating artists]] | |||
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Chandralekha Prabhudas Patel (6 December 1928 – 30 December 2006), commonly known as Chandralekha, was a dancer and choreographer from India. The niece of Vallabhbhai Patel, India's first deputy Prime Minister, she was an exponent of performances fusing Bharatanatyam with Yoga and martial arts like Kalarippayattu.
She was conferred the highest award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2004.
Early life and education[edit | edit source]
She was born to an agnostic doctor father and a devout Hindu mother in Vada, Maharashtra. She spent her childhood in her native Gujarat and in Maharashtra.[1]
Career[edit | edit source]
After completing high school, Chandralekha studied law, but quit her studies midway to learn dance instead. She started with Dasi Attam, a form of dance practiced by temple dancers in southern India, under the tutelage of Ellappa Pillai. She was also influenced by Balasaraswati and Rukmini Devi Arundale in her dance education, but her choreography shows that she was more influenced by the former.[1][2] Although Chandralekha received her early training in Bharatanatyam, she went on to change her focus to postmodern fusion dances that incorporated elements from other dances, martial arts like Kalarippayattu, and performing arts.[3][4] Her essay 'Militant Origins of Indian Dance', originally published in Social Scientist in 1979,[5] was later reprinted in the volume Improvised Futures: Encountering the Body in Performance, part of the India Since the 90s series published by Tulika Books.
Awards and recognition[edit | edit source]
- 1991: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award: Creative Dance
- 2003-2004: Kalidas Samman[6]
- 2004: Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Chandralekha: Controversial Indian dancer whose ideas challenged convention". The Guardian. London. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ↑ Kothari, Sunil; Kapoor, Coomi (13 March 2014) [May 15, 1985]. "Danseuse-feminist Chandralekha: The doyenne of thinkers in Indian dance". India Today. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ↑ Dunning, Jennifer (7 January 2007). "Chandralekha, 79, Dancer Who Blended Indian Forms, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ↑ Barnes, Clive (21 November 1998). "Handsome 'Raga'-Bag of Theses". New York Post. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Chandralekha (1980). "Militant Origins of Indian Dance". Social Scientist. 9 (98–99): 80–86. doi:10.2307/3516927. JSTOR 3516927 – via Digital South Asia Library.
- ↑ "'Kalidas Samman' for Chandralekha". The Hindu. 19 October 2003. Archived from the original on 4 February 2008.
- ↑ "Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Sadasya (Fellowship)". Sangeet Natak Akademi. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Rustom Barucha. Chandralekha: Woman, Dance, Resistance. Indus. New Delhi: 1995. ISBN 81-7223-168-7
External links[edit | edit source]
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