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Erasing Borders 2009: Festival of Indian Dance
Aniruddhan Vasudevan (Bharatanatyam) |
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Aniruddhan has 20 years of training in Bharatanatyam. He began training in his hometown, Kumbakonam, in the Kattumannar Koil Paani (style) by Kalaimamani Kuttalam.M. Salvam. For further training he moved to Chennai to study with Padma Sri Smt. Chitra Visweswaran. He has several solo performances to his credit, along with duet and group productions as a company member of the Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts (CAPA). CAPA is an institution devoted to the arts and run by the well know artist-couple Smt. Chitra Visweswaran and Sri R. Visweswaran, in Chennai. For the period of 2003-2005, Aniruddhan’s dance training was supported by the National Scholarship for Outstanding Artists, offered by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Govt. of India. Along with Padma Govindan, Aniruddhan runs the Shakti Center, a non-profit collective in Chennai, India, which works with issues of gender and sexuality. In addition to exploring politics through dance, Anirudhhan is also an advocate for gay and lesbian equality in India. |
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