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Classical Dance questions and answers

Revise Indian classical dance through its traditions, regional roots and performance features. Use the subtopics and questions below to connect dance forms with their history and repertoire.

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Saroja Vaidyanathan received Kalidas Samman for classical dance in ________.

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Saswati Sen is the proud recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2004-2005. She is recognized for which dance form?

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Who was the recipient of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2017 for Kathak?

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Ratikant Mohapatra, an awardee of 'Sangeet Natak Akademi Award', is known for which of the following classical dances of India?

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Who among the following personalities coined the term 'Odissi' for Odisha's classical dance?

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Who among the following personalities is associated with synthesising classical and modern Indian dance through a theatre group called Ranga Sri Little Ballet Troupe?

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The efforts of Malayalam poet Vallathol Narayana Menon and dancer and guru Kalyanikutty Amma brought back and gave a new life to the dance…

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Deba Prasad Das, Pankaj Charan Das and Gangadhar Pradhan are associated with which of the following dance forms?

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Who among the following is the Indian classical dancer who masters both Bharatanatyam and Odissi dancing style?

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Who among the following was the director of Kathak Kendra and also opened his own dance school named ‘Kalashram'?

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Ammanur Madhava Chakyar was best known for which of the following performing arts?

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Haripriya Namboodiri is an exponent of which Indian classical dance form?

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Padma Subrahmanyam, recipient of Kerala Tourism’s 2014 Nishagandhi Puraskaram, is an exponent of which dance form?

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Akham Lakshmi Devi was honoured with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2018 for her contribution to ______dance.

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Shovana Narayan has been honoured with the Padma Shri for her contribution to which Indian dance form?

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Pandit Acchan Maharaj was a Kathak legend of which of the following gharanas?

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Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi who received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2003, is known for her contribution to the:

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Ishwari Prasad is credited to have introduced the ______ Gharana of Kathak.

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Who among the following classical dancers is NOT related to Odissi?

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Ranjana Gauhar was awarded the Padma Shri Award (2003) for her contribution to which of the following Indian dance forms?

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The classical dance form Kathak is traditionally performed to which style of music?

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Sattriya, one of the classical dances of India, was introduced by which saint?

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In which of the following dance forms is Mati-Akhora used as the basic exercise pattern that facilitates various dance poses?

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Alarippu, Jatiswaram, Shabdam, Varnam and Tillana are regular patterns of which of the following classical dance forms of India?

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