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Geeta Chandran
Geeta Chandran is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer and vocalist. Trained in Carnatic music, she is an Indian classical Bharatanatyam artist, recognized for her work in theatre, dance, education, videos and films.
In order to expand her frontiers in the classical arts, Chandran has collaborated with dancers, musicians, authors, writers, poets, painters, theatre-personalities, academicians, philosophers, linguists, and costume & fashion designers.
She studied Mathematical Statistics at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi. Her specialization in Bharatanatyam Abhinaya began at the feet of her first Guru, Abhinaya Saraswathy, followed by Gurus Jamuna Krishnan and Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan, who helped hone her skills. Geeta’s Junior Fellowship from the Ministry of Culture was for a project on Vachika Abhinaya, which linked her dance to her training as a Carnatic vocalist. She integrated poetry and pads from northern devotional poets into the Bharatanatyam repertoire during her Senior Fellowship, which was for Haveli Sangeet.
After doing her Master's degree from IIMC in 1984, she used to work as a Course Coordinator at IIMC for one year before attending NAMEDIA Foundation, where she worked alongside renowned media luminaries Nikhil Chakravorty and N.L. Chawla, former IIMC Director. On receiving the Padma Shri, she said "What I learned at IIMC laid the groundwork for my pedagogy of social communication through dance. All of my work in environmental, gender and peace performances can be traced back to IIMC. That is something I will be eternally grateful for." Later, She worked in NTPC's public relations department before committing full-time to Bharatanatyam, her passion since the age of five.
As founder and President of the Dance Company Natya Vriksha, her areas of engagement have ranged from pure classical work and research, to intense preparation of classical soloists, creating group choreographies and also engaging with cross-over work. She is also the Professor Adjunct at Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, driven by the strong belief that dance should make a difference to life and living.
She is a nominee to the executive Board of the Central Sangeet Natak Acacdemy and she is a Member of the General Council of the SNA. She is also a Member of the General Council of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and is a Member on ICCR's Empanelment Committee.
Her commitment to Arts Education has led her to advocating incremental arts education supporting both government and private initiatives to achieve a higher level of arts learning as part of formal education. She has guided reputed national cultural institutions like SPIC MACAY and prestigious universities as their Board member. She has also served on the Advisory Boards of several reputed schools and colleges, engaging with various dance-related activities such as performing, teaching, conducting, singing, collaborating, organizing, writing and speaking to new youth audiences.
In the summer of 2013, she travelled through Poland popularizing Bharatanatyam and Indian values.
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Geeta Chandran
Geeta Chandran is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer and vocalist. Trained in Carnatic music, she is an Indian classical Bharatanatyam artist, recognized for her work in theatre, dance, education, videos and films.
In order to expand her frontiers in the classical arts, Chandran has collaborated with dancers, musicians, authors, writers, poets, painters, theatre-personalities, academicians, philosophers, linguists, and costume & fashion designers.
She studied Mathematical Statistics at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi. Her specialization in Bharatanatyam Abhinaya began at the feet of her first Guru, Abhinaya Saraswathy, followed by Gurus Jamuna Krishnan and Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan, who helped hone her skills. Geeta’s Junior Fellowship from the Ministry of Culture was for a project on Vachika Abhinaya, which linked her dance to her training as a Carnatic vocalist. She integrated poetry and pads from northern devotional poets into the Bharatanatyam repertoire during her Senior Fellowship, which was for Haveli Sangeet.
After doing her Master's degree from IIMC in 1984, she used to work as a Course Coordinator at IIMC for one year before attending NAMEDIA Foundation, where she worked alongside renowned media luminaries Nikhil Chakravorty and N.L. Chawla, former IIMC Director. On receiving the Padma Shri, she said "What I learned at IIMC laid the groundwork for my pedagogy of social communication through dance. All of my work in environmental, gender and peace performances can be traced back to IIMC. That is something I will be eternally grateful for." Later, She worked in NTPC's public relations department before committing full-time to Bharatanatyam, her passion since the age of five.
As founder and President of the Dance Company Natya Vriksha, her areas of engagement have ranged from pure classical work and research, to intense preparation of classical soloists, creating group choreographies and also engaging with cross-over work. She is also the Professor Adjunct at Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, driven by the strong belief that dance should make a difference to life and living.
She is a nominee to the executive Board of the Central Sangeet Natak Acacdemy and she is a Member of the General Council of the SNA. She is also a Member of the General Council of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and is a Member on ICCR's Empanelment Committee.
Her commitment to Arts Education has led her to advocating incremental arts education supporting both government and private initiatives to achieve a higher level of arts learning as part of formal education. She has guided reputed national cultural institutions like SPIC MACAY and prestigious universities as their Board member. She has also served on the Advisory Boards of several reputed schools and colleges, engaging with various dance-related activities such as performing, teaching, conducting, singing, collaborating, organizing, writing and speaking to new youth audiences.
In the summer of 2013, she travelled through Poland popularizing Bharatanatyam and Indian values.