Indian classical and contemporary dancer and choreographer
Anita Ratnam
Ratnam, 2012 in Cologne
Born
(1954-05-21) 21 May 1954 (age 69)
Madurai, Madras State, India
Nationality
Indian
Education
Kalakshetra
Occupations
dancer
choreographer
actress
Known for
Director, Arangham Interactive, Chennai
Website
www.anitaratnam.com
Anita Ratnam (born 21 May 1954) is an Indian classical and contemporary dancer and choreographer. Classically trained in Bharat Natyam, she has also received formal training in Kathakali, Mohiniattam, and tai chi and Kalarippayattu, thus creating a dance style which she has coined "Neo Bharatam".[1][2][3]
She is the founder-director of Arangham Trust, set up in 1992 in Chennai. She also founded Arangham Dance Theatre, a performance company in 1993 and in 2000 she created Narthaki.com, an Indian dance portal. Over the years, she has received numerous awards and recognition for her work in the performing arts in India and abroad as a choreographer, scholar and cultural activist.[4][5]
Narthaki.com is a dance web portal founded by Dr. Anita R. Ratnam. In 1992 (with a second printed edition in 1997), it started as a phone book with 2000 addresses, when no such data base existed, not even the government had one. It was launched on the internet in April 2000. It has been described as India's first dance portal, and also its largest, and a forum for performing artists and connoisseurs of the arts. The portal publishes Reviews, Previews, Interviews, Profiles, Articles, research articles, special columns by noted scholars, health column, snippets of dance information that is used by researchers, details of programmes, contacts of performers, dance institutions, dance musicians, dance festivals, dance spaces etc, quotes, flash news, obits and a much awaited monthly newsletter.
^"Potent rasa". Business Line. 17 August 2007.
^"Stirs the intellect: Anita Ratnam does it, with her holistic approach to choreography, the spoken word, sets, lighting design and costumes". The Hindu. 4 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008.
^"Dance diva waltzes on: Anita Ratnam has struck a fine balance between the commercial and aesthetic components of her art". The Hindu. 15 March 2005. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^Anita Ratnam Profile www.arangham.com.
^Anitha Ratnam's profile at Center for Cultural Resources and Training Archived 24 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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