Sunanda Nair

Dr.Sunanda Nair
Dr.Sunanda Nair
Born	Mumbai, India
Education	University of Mumbai (MA)
Dances	Mohini Attam; Bharathnatyam; Kathakali;
Website	www.sunandanair.com

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Dr.Sunanda Nair is an Indian dancer trained in Mohiniattam. She did her masters in this dance form from Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya affiliated to the University of Mumbai. She has completed her PhD from University of Mumbai for her thesis "Intrinsic Lyrical Feminism in Mohiniattam" . She was born in Mumbai, India.^[1]

Early life and Education[edit]

Nair took her initial training in Bharatanatyam at age six. She studied in Kathakali under Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Warrier.

Nair is a disciple of noted Mohiniattam exponent Padmabhushan Dr.(Smt) Kanak Rele, credited for the revival and popularization of this classical Kerala dance style.

Nair was the first student to earn a master's degree in Mohiniattam. She was a student of Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalay at the University of Mumbai where she completed her Master's. She completed a seven-year course in five years. The institution is the closest to the guru Kula Sampradaya.

She has a bachelors in Commerce from University of Mumbai, Bachelors & Masters in Performing Arts, from University of Mumbai. She also holds a PhD in dance from University of Mumbai - Research thesis in Mohiniattam titled "The Intrinsic Lyrical Feminism in Mohiniattam"

Career[edit]

After graduating, she joined the staff at Nalanda and was a lecturer at her alma mater for nine years until 1999. She passed her Net exam, a UGC requirement to continue teaching at Nalanda.

She has given many performances.

She studied from masters like Kalaimamani Kadirvelu, Kalaimamani Mahalingam Pillai, Guru T.V.Sounderajan, Shri Dipak Majumdar, and Smt.Tejiswini Rao in Kattumanar Muthukumar Pillai's bani.

In 1980, while in high school, she started the Srutilaya Institute of Fine Arts which trains students in both Mohiniattam and Bharatanatyam.

SPARC is now in its 10th year of operation in the US. At SPARC, the rich tradition of Indian Classical Dance is passed to new dancers.

Performances[edit]

Festival of India in the former USSR
Spring Friendship Art Festival in North Korea
Performances in Middle East, Singapore and U.S.A.
Khajuraho festival in Madhya Pradesh
Konark festival in Orissa
Yuva Mahotsav in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur
Nishagandhi, Kerala Tourism, Trivandrum
Kalidas Samaraoh, Ujjain
Modera Festival, Gujarat
Mysore Dassera Festival
Nrityotsava, Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, Bangalore
Indo-Indonesian Friendship Society
Vallathol Jayanti, Kerala Kalamandalam
SAARC Conference, Mumbai
Sangeeta Sabha, Poona
Swati Tirunal Sangeet Sabha, Trivandrum
Chakradhar Samaraoh, Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi
India International Centre, Apna Utsav, New Delhi
Krishna Gana Sabha, Bharat Kalachar, Bharatiya Music and Arts, Madras
The National Centre For Performing Arts, Mumbai
Haridas Sangeet Sammelan, Mumbai
Kal-Ke-Kalakar, Mumbai
Nitya Nityati And Tanmai Arohanam Festival, Bangalore
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Shree Chitra Dance Festival, Trivandrum
Natyanjali Trust, Music Academy, Chennai
National Festival of Mohini Attam, Nehru Center, Mumbai
Soorya Parampara dance festival, Trivandrum, Kerala
India Habitat Center, New Delhi
Dharini, Cochin, Kerala
Monsoon Festival Art India, New Delhi
Raindrops Festival NCPA, Samved Mumbai
Bharatam, Trichur, Kerala
Sopanam, Bombay
Kalakshetram, Bombay
Asia Pacific Heritage Festival
Kerala Sangeet Natak Academy -July 2015, Bhopal

Recognition[edit]

‘Kalarathnam’ from Kerala Kalamandalam 2016.
'Kalaasree'2011 from the Kerala Sangeetha Natak Akademi
'Global Excellence Award' 2011, from GIA, New Delhi
"Kalaasagar" 2010 in memory of Late Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Poduval
"Abhinaya shiromani" from Surya Performing Arts, Missouri, USA.
Scholarship from Central Sangeet Natak Akademi for advanced training in abhinaya and choreography
'Singar Mani' from Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai
Nelluvai Nambeeshan Smarak Award for Mohiniattam
'Natya Mayuri' Natyanjali Trust, Chennai
Best Ethnic Classical Arts Award, New Orleans, 2003
Louisiana State Artist Roster
Louisiana Touring Directory
Global Excellence Dance Award, New Orleans
Presidents Award for Community Service, Indian Assoc of New Orleans

References[edit]

↑ Srikanth, Rupa (27 December 2018). "Sunanda Nair shows the essence of the 'Nalanda Bani'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

External links[edit]

www.sunandanair.com

[1] Srikanth, Rupa (27 December 2018). "Sunanda Nair shows the essence of the 'Nalanda Bani'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

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