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DANCE EXPONENTS

1. V Satyanarayana Sarma, a Padma Shri awardee, was recognized for which of the following dance
forms?
- Kuchipudi.
2. Surekha Punekar is a _____ dancer from the Indian state of Maharashtra.
- Lavani
3. Who won the prestigious Maharashtra State Award for Best Playback Singer and the Marathi Naty
Parishad Award for Best Actress?
- Surekha Punekar
4. Which Classical dance is Madhavi Mudgal known for?
- Orissi
5. Which classical dance is Nandini Singh known for?
- Kathak
6. Which classical dance is Radha Reddy known for?
- Kuchipudi
7. Which classical dance is Saswati Sen known for?
- Kathak.
8. Which classical dance is Yamini Krishna Murthy known for?
- Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi.
9. Who is referred to as the “torch bearer” of the Kuchipudi dancing style?
- Yamini Krishna Murthy.
10. Sharmila Biswas, who was awarded the Best Choreography Awrd in 1998 by the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting, represents which classical dance?
- Odissi.
11. Who has been honoured with the title of “Jewel of India” by the Rotary Club of India in recognition
of her contributions to Indian Classical Dance?
- Sharmila Biswas.
12. Guru Nileshwar Mukherjee is the exponent of which of the following Indian Classical dnce forms?
- Manipuri.
13. Meenakshi Srinivasan is an exponent of which of the following dance forms?
- Bharatnatyam
14. Laxmipriya Mohapatra ws associated with which of the following classical dances of India?
- Odissi.
15. The efforts of Siddhendra Yogi have brought glory to the dance form called ____
- Kuchipudi (17th century)
16. Prerna Shrimali of Jaipur is n exponent of which dance?
- Kathak.
17. Sudhan Chandran is a known actress and an accomplished _____ dancer.
- Bharatanatyam.
18. Gopika Varma is a classical dncer of ______
- Mohiniyattam. (originated in Kerala)
19. The noted dancer Ranjana Gauhar is an exponent of which of the following dance styles?
- Odissi.
20. Name some exponent of Mohiniyattam classical dance form.
- Smitha Rajan, Jayaprabha Menon, Radha Dutta
21. Padma Subhrahmanyam is the exponent of which of the following Indian forms?
- Bharatanatyam.
22. Who is the world-famous Kathak dancer, also the face of the Kalk-Bindadin Gharana of Lucknow?
- Pandit Birju Maharaj
23. Who is Elam Endira Devi?
- Classicl dancer of Manipuri (Lai Haraoba and Raas Leela)
24. Priyadarshini Govind, who was conferred the ‘Nritya Kalndhi’ title by The Music Academy in 2019, is
well-known ____ dancer.
- Bharatntyam dancer.
25. T Balasaraswati, a _____ dancer was also an actress.
- Bharatanatyam.
26. Rukmani Devi Arundale was a famous dancer of which Indian classical dance form?
- Bharatanatyam
27. Who was the first woman ever nominated to the Rajya Sabha?
- Rukmini Devi Arundale.
28. With which dance form is the noted classical dancer Shovan Narayan associated?
- Kathak.
29. Aditi Mangaldas is a leading dancer & choreographer in the classical Indian dance form of____
- Kathak.

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