List of Indian women in dance
Indian women in dance | |
|---|---|
 Shobana, performing classical dance | |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, Choreographer, Music composer, Musician, Teacher and Author |
| Known for | Bharatanatyam |
This list of Indian women in dance includes women from India or of Indian parentage who are notable for their involvement with modern or traditional Indian dance, as dancers or choreographers. This list is not for women whose involvement with dance is not central to their careers, as is the case with many Bollywood actresses.
Choreographers
- Rukmini Devi Arundale
- Saroj Khan
- Chitra Visweswaran
- Oopali Operajita
- Farah Khan
- Vaibhavi Merchant
- Kala
- Geeta Kapoor
- Brinda
- Pony Verma
- Gauri Jog
- Chandralekha[1]
- Savitha Sastry
- Kruti Mahesh
- Shakti Mohan
Dancers
- Jaishree Dudi
- Alarmel Valli
- Anila Sunder
- Baisali Mohanty
- Balasaraswati T
- Bhanupriya
- Charlotte Moraga
- Deepti Omchery Bhalla
- Esha Deol
- Gauhar Jaan
- Hema Malini
- Jugnu Ishiqui
- Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
- Kumari Kamala
- Kanak Rele
- Kasturi Pattanaik
- Leela Samson
- Madhavi Mudgal
- Mallika Sarabhai
- Mamata Shankar
- Manisha Gulyani
- Manju Bhargavi
- Manju Warrier
- Medha Yodh
- Meenakshi Seshadri
- Meenakshi Srinivasan
- Mrinalini Sarabhai
- Mallika Sarabhai
- Mukti Mohan
- Mumaith Khan
- Murugashankari Leo
- Mythili Kumar
- Mythili Prakash
- Nora Fatehi
- Oopali Operajita
- Padma Subramanyam
- Padmini
- Pali Chandra
- Prachi Shah
- Prerana Deshpande
- Protima Bedi
- Rajee Narayan
- Rekha Raju
- Rohini Banerjee
- Rukmini Devi Arundale
- Sanjukta Panigrahi
- Saroja Vaidyanathan
- Saswati Sen
- Savitha Sastry
- Shakti Mohan
- Sharada Srinivasan
- Sharmila Biswas
- Shashi Sankhla
- Shobhana Chandrakumar
- Shobha Naidu
- Shovana Narayan
- Smitha Rajan
- Sneha Kapoor
- Sonal Mansingh
- Sreelakshmy Govardhanan
- Sudha Chandran
- Sujata Mohapatra
- Sunanda Nair
- Swati Bhise
- Tanusree Shankar
- Vasundhara Doraswamy
- Vibha Dadheech
- Viji Prakash
- Vartika Jha
- Vyjayanthimala
- Yamini Reddy
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Female dancers from India.
- ^ Massey, Reginald (8 February 2007). "Chandralekha". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
