Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma

Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
Born
1915
Died1999
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Dancer, Teacher, Researcher
SpouseKalamandalam Krishnan Nair
Children7 including Sreedevi Rajan, Kala Vijayan, Kalasala Babu
Career
DancesMohiniyattam

Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma (1915 – 1999) was an epoch-making Mohiniyattam dancer and researcher from Kerala in southern India. A native of Thirunavaya in Malappuram district of the state, she was instrumental in resurrecting Mohiniyattam from a dismal, near-extinct state into a mainstream Indian classical dance, rendering it formal structure and ornamentation.

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