Indian classical dance ( शास्त्रीय नृत्य )

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  Bharatanatyam
 
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  Kathak
 
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  Kathakali
 
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  Kuchipudi
 
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  Manipuri
 
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  Mohiniyattam
 
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  Odissi
 
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  Sattriya

Some famous Indian classical dancers are :

• Bharatanatyam - Rukmini Devi, Padma Subrahmanyam, Vyjayanthimala, Sheema Kermani, Padmini, Pt. Smt. Swati Daithankar (who was awarded the 'Nritya Alankar' by Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal)
• Kathak - Birju Maharaj, Nahid Siddiqui, Lacchu Maharaj, Gopi Krishna, Saswati Sen, Manjari Chaturvedi
• Kathakali - Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
• Kuchipudi - Mallika Sarabhai, V. Satyanarayana Sarma, Deepa Shashindran
• Manipuri - Guru Bipin Singh, Darshana Jhaveri, Jhaveri Sisters, Devjani Chaliha, Amala Shankar
• Mohiniyattam - Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma, Shobhana, Sunanda Nair, Kalamandalam Radhika, Thankamani, Kalamandalam Hymavathy
• Odissi - Sujata Mohapatra, Madhavi Mudgal, Kelucharan Mohapatra, Surendra Nath Jena, Shobana Sahajananan, Minati Mishra
• Sattriya - Jatin Goswami, Indira P. P. Bora, Ghanakanta Bora, Sarodi Saikia, Pushpa Bhuyan,