KALAKSHETRA FOUNDATION
- May 22, 2021
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KALAKSHETRA FOUNDATION
Subject: Culture
Context: The Central government nominated 12 eminent artistes and musicians as members of the governing board of the Kalakshetra Foundation.
Concept:
- Kalakshetra Foundation is an arts and cultural academy dedicated to the preservation of traditional values in Indian art and crafts, especially in the field of Bharatanatyam dance and Gandharvaveda music.
- It is based in Chennai.
- It was founded in 1936 by Rukmini Devi Arundale and her husband George Arundale.
- In 1994, an Act of the Parliament of India recognised the Kalakshetra Foundation as an “Institute of National Importance.”
- The Kalakshetra style of Bharatanatyam developed by Rukmini Devi Arundale is noted for its angular, straight, ballet-like kinesthetics, and its avoidance of Recakas and of the uninhibited throw (Ksepa) of the limbs.