Dancer | Teacher | Arts Administrator
Sukanya Ravindhar has studied Bharatanatyam from Smt Chitra Visweswaran, Padmashri awardee and has been part of Smt Chitra Visweswarans’s dance institution, Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts , Chennai for over 35 years. She has chosen to specialise in dance dramas and dance theatre productions of the Academy, like Meera – The Soul Divine, Anubhuti, Panchali , Pravahaa, Nirantharahaa, Sneha , Raghuvamsa Thilakam, Dwarakanatham Bhaje, to mention a few. She has been part of these mega productions in the capacity of dancer , assistant choreographer, lighting designer, stage and logistics coordinator and research assistant.
She has recently been appointed Director of Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts, for her steadfast dedication to the academy.
Sukanya has had the privilege of learning nattuvangam (the complex art of wielding the cymbals) from her Guru, Smt Chitra Visweswaran. She has been performing nattuvangam for her Guru since 1993. She has toured, in this capacity, all over India, France, U.K, U.A.E, U.S.A, Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, Sri Lanka, Australia, Indonesia and Singapore with Smt Chitra Visweswaran.
Sukanya, in a quest to understand the multi dimensionality of art and dance , has completed a course in Healing with the Arts, from the University of Florida.
She has recently completed an intensive training focusing on Screendance , conducted by Ministry of Culture , Sports and Tourism Korea, KOFICE , Seoul Section CID
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