Geeta Chandran
Geeta Chandran is celebrated as one of the leading
figures in Indian classical dance across the world today. She is known for
having cultivated a personal vision for the form which pushes its scope beyond
traditionally received knowledge to reflect contemporary reality and enhance
its universality.Aside from being a prolific dancer, she is a trained Carnatic
vocalist and is recognised for her work intellivision, video and film, theater,
choreography, dance education, dance activism and dance-issue journalism. Geeta
is the Founder-President of Natya-Vriksha, an organization devoted to promoting
Bharatanatyam. She is also known for using classical Bharatanatyam to amplify
gender and environmental issues. Her most recent work ‘Gandhi: Warp and Weft’
has been hailed for spotlighting minimalism in Indian dance choreography. Geeta
was bestowed with the Padma Shri by the President of India in 2007. She was
conferred the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy Award for Bharatanatyam in 2016
and was also a Tagore National Fellow (2017-2018).