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Ragini Devi and Thangamani (who married Gopinath) were Kalyani Amma's first students for Mohiniattam at Kalamandalam. |
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Sonal Mansingh performed Odissi in Madras (south India) in 1969 for the first time. She gave about 8 performances, which were attended by luminaries like Rukmini Devi and M S Subbalakshmi. |
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Kelucharan Mohapatra took to dancing at the age of 5. He did acting, singing, creating stage sets, rolling bidis and worked as a makeup man before he went on to popularize Odissi dance. |
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