2004
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Carnatic
musician M S Subbalakshmi, known popularly as the 'Nightingale of India,'
passed away on December 11, 2004 at Chennai, India. |
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Damayanti
Joshi, one of the legends of Kathak, passed away on 19th September 2004
at her Mumbai residence after a long protracted period of illness.
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Bharatanatyam
dancer, teacher and choreographer Krishnaveni Lakshmanan passed away at
62 years of age, in Chennai on Sunday 29th August 2004 at 5.45am. She was
suffering from cancer. She joined Kalakshetra, Chennai at the age of 5
and was a principal dancer in many of the Kalakshetra productions choreographed
by Rukmini Devi. She taught at Kalakshetra and also served as Principal.
She received many awards including the Nritya Choodamani, Kalaimamani,
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Rukmini Devi Medal, instituted by the
Centre for Creative Dance in December 2003.
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Krishnaveni
- my stage partner for almost two decades - V P Dhananjayan
Krishnaveni
- my childhood friend - Shanta Dhananjayan |
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Born
in 1925 in Kuchipudi village, Kuchipudi exponent Pasumarthi Krishnamurthy
passed away in August 2004. He has choreographed for many popular Telugu
films. |
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Noted
Kathakali dancer and choreographer K Chellappan passed away on August 10,
2004 at Kottayam, Kerala. He was 92. Chellappan was a student of his uncle
and legendary choreographer Guru Gopinath. |
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Bharatanatyam
guru Vazhuvoor R Samraj, aged 66, passed away in Chennai on July 17, 2004.
He was the son of noted guru Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai. |
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A Narasimhachar, senior musician from Bangalore, passed away on the 7th
of July. He was the recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for the
year 2003. His student / daughter-in-law Ranjini Jayasimha, a Bharatanatyam
dancer based in Singapore, can be contacted at jayasimha@pacific.net.sg |
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Malaysia
based Bharathanatyam vocalist Padma Subramaniam passed away on June 13,
2004. She was 56. |
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Prof. V Subramaniam,
Research Professor at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, passed away
in Chennai at the Sri Ramachandra Hospital on May 28, 2004. Cremation takes
place on Wednesday June 2, 2004 at 3.30pm at Kannammapet electric crematorium,
T Nagar. Prof. Subramaniam has rendered significant service to Buddhism,
as well as Indian music and dance, through the many dance-dramas he has
composed on Buddhist themes over the last 25 years. These encompass about
700 songs, which he has himself composed and set to music. Prof.
Subramaniam is the first composer of dance-drama in Carnatic music on Buddhist
themes. It was a revelation for people since Buddhist themes were usually
not done in Bharatanatyam.
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Legendary Odissi dancer
and guru Kelucharan Mohapatra passed away at Care Hospital, Bhubaneswar,
on Wednesday April 7, 2004. He was 78.
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Dance
patron and promoter Rupa Lal, of Natya Ballet Centre, Delhi passed away
on January 8, 2004.
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S P Subramanian, the
eminent writer and author of several books passed away suddenly on Monday,
January 4, 2004 around 4pm at his residence at Vashi, a suburb of Mumbai.
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