Awards
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Title/Honour
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Conferred by
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Padma Shri Award
Kalaimamani
Nrityachoodamani
Nritya Vilas
Natya Padmam
Natya kala sarathy
Nrithya Kala Siromani
Nritya Ratna
Stree Ratna Award
For the Sake of Honour |
President of India
Sangeet Natak Akademi,New Delhi Tamilnadu
Government
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai
Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai
Bramha Gana Sabha
Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
Nungambakkam Cultural Academy Trust
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Coimbatore
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai & Nrithodaya
Sanmukhananda Delhi
Rotary Award |
Amongst several other titles and awards from national and international cultural associations all over India.
FESTIVAL
PARTICIPATION: Besides
participating IN ALL MAJOR FESTIVALS IN INDIA, CHITRA
VISWESWARAN has participated in the following IMPORTANT
FESTIVALS ABROAD:
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Autumn Festival in Paris, 1975;
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Festival of India in the U.S.A. & Bulgaria, 1985;
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Atina Festival in Italy.& Yugoslavia, 1986;
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Festival of India in the U.S.S.R., 1987;
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International Religious Conference-PAX CHRISTI in France,1988;
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International Dance Festival, Austria, 1990;
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International Festival, Montelimar, France, 1990;
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International Dance Festival, Leicester, U.K., 1991;
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Africasia Festival, Nice, 1991;
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International Dance Festival, Rouen, France, 1991
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International Dance Festival, Caen, France, 1991.
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International Dance & Music Festival, Bahrain, 1991
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International Dance & Music Performing Arts Festival,Kuwait, 1993
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International Dance & Music Festival, Dubai, 1993
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International Dance & Music Festival, Sri Lanka 1993
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International Dance & Music Festival, South of France,1994
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International Dance & Music Festival, Sri Lanka 1994
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International Dance & Music Festival, Ottowa Canada, 1995
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International Evening of Music & Dance, Toulouse,sponsored by Air France, 1995
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Bhavans International, New York, 1995
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and other festivals in 1996 & 1997 in Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and the U A E
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Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London, U K
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- Festivals
in the U K, France and Germany in 1998
- Festivals
in Germany on the occasion of India’s 50th year
of Independence in 2000
- Festivals
in England, Ireland, Japan, Australia and Middle East in
2000
- Dubai
, Abu Dhabi , Bahrain ,Muscat ,Qatar 2001
- USA
2002
- USA
2003
- Srilanka
2004
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WORKSHOPS:
Besides
workshops in India Chitra Visweswaran has conducted workshops
for senior dancers and dance teachers abroad:
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Frankfurt ,1981
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University of California at Los Angeles ,1983
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London 1987 & 1988
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Bangalore,1988
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National Centre for the Performing Arts , Bomnay, 1989
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Academy of Indian Dance , U.K, 1990
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Berlin, 1990
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Hofheim , Germany, 1991
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Berlin, Germany, 1991
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London, 1992
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The United Kingdom,1992 & 1993
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Middle East, 1993
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Sri Lanka,1993 & 1994
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Paris , 1995
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London 1996
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Sydney,Australia, 1996
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London, 1997
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University of Frankfurt, Germany, 1998
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Arnsberg,Germany, 1998
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Berlin,Germany, 1998
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U.S.A,1999
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England,Ireland, Japan, Australia and Middle East in 2000.
- USA 2002
- USA 2003
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Amongst several
others -
- Convenor
of Sri Krishna Gana Sabha’s (Chennai) Natya Kala Conference
1996 & 1997 - the only dance seminar of it’s
kind in India.
- Has co-convened Natya Darshan a dance
seminar for Karthik Fine Arts in 2002 & 2003 along with
Prof Sudharani Raghupathy and now serves the seminar in
an advisory capacity.
- Has served as Trustee , India Foundation For the Arts,
a Ford Foundation activated project.
- Member
of the Committee constituted by the Government of India
for selection of candidates for award of scholarships
and fellowships in Bharatanatyam.
- Member
of other committees relating to Art & Culture, constituted
by the Government of India
- External
Examiner in Bharatanatyam in a number of institutions
/ universities.
- Occupied
Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Fine arts
in a Professor Emeritus standing in the University
of Madras.
- Has
served as a Member of the General Council and Executive
Board of the Sangeet Natak Akademi (the apex body of performing
arts in India).
- A
government nominee on the General Council and Executive
Board of Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram, the Tamil Nadu
State Academy for Art & Culture.
- Under
the scheme of inviting a personality whose contribution
to Indian Culture has been outstanding, The Japan Foundation
invited Chitra Visweswaran to be their special guest for
the year 2000.
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Television:
- Chitra's dance has been regularly featured in the
National Programme of Dance and local programmes of Doordarshan.
- Her dance has also been telecast by Television in
Sydney (Mike Walsh Show), Si ngapore Broadcasting Corporation,
BBC Television, U.K., Portugal TV, French TV, Swiss TV, U.S.
TV, Malaysian TV.
- On the occasion of India's 50th Year of Independence
BBC invited her to present especially choreographed programme
at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham which was telecast on 15th
August 1997, internationally.
- Her recent teaching segment in the dance serial Thaka
Dhimi Tha is considered a meanigful contribution and mind-opening
exercise in the field of dance.
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