Kalakshetra Bani
The style codified by Rukmini Devi Arundale at Kalakshetra, Chennai (founded 1936). Distinguished by its geometric purity, sober costuming and staging, devotional restraint in abhinaya, and systematized teaching syllabus — the most widely taught Bharatanatyam pedagogy in the world today.
Members
Ambu Panikkar
Performer, Teacher · India
Anjali Mehr
Performer · Vadodara, India
Balagopal
Performer, Teacher
C.V. Chandrasekhar
Performer, Guru, Teacher, Nattuvanar, Choreographer · Chennai, India
Chandu Panikkar
Performer, Teacher · Chennai, India
Francisco Valiente
Teacher · Madrid, Spain
Hega
Guru, Nattuvanar, Choreographer, Performer · Arakkonam, India
Janane Sethunarayanan
Performer, Teacher · Chennai, India
Janardhan
Performer, Teacher
Kamala Rani
Performer, Teacher · Long Island, New York, India
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Performer, Teacher · Bangalore, India
Kattumannarkoil Muthukumara Pillai
Nattuvanar · Chennai, India
Khagendranath Barman
Performer, Teacher · Kolkata, India
Krishnan Nair
Performer · Athens, Greece
Krishnaveni Laxman
Performer, Teacher · Chennai, India
Leela Samson
Performer · Chennai, India
Leelavati
Performer, Teacher
Lemantha C
Nattuvanar, Performer · Kerala , India
Namitha Bhaskaran E K
Performer, Teacher, Choreographer · Kannur , India
Radha Burnier
Performer, Teacher · Chennai, India
Rukmini Devi Arundale
Performer · Chennai, India
Sanjukta Panigrahi
Performer · Bhubaneswar, India
Sarada Hoffman
Guru · Chennai, India
Shanta Dhananjayan
Guru, Performer · Chennai, India
Smt. Mahalakshmi Kameswaran
Performer, Teacher, Choreographer · Chennai, India
V.P. Dhanajayan
Performer, Teacher · Chennai, India
Yamini Krishnamurthy
Performer, Guru, Teacher · Delhi, India