MEDIATHEK

Chitra Visweswaran is a Bharatnatyam dancer. She learned dance from her mother Rukmini, and later she took training in Western Classical Ballet in London. She trained under T.A Rajalakshmi for 10 years. She received the National Scholarship for advanced study in Bharatanatyam from the government of India. She went for further training under Vazhuvoor Ramaiyya Pillai. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1992, which is one of the top civilian honours given by Government of India. Visweswaran now runs a dance school, the Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts, in Chennai, India. (Quelle: Wikipedia)