Friday, December 28, 2018

Dr. Kanak Rele, the Empress of the Mohini Attam received Guru Gopinath National Natya Puraskaram and Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar


          Celebrated Dance Exponent Received Lifetime Achievement Award




Dr. (Mrs.) Kanak Rele, the maestro of the Mohini Attam dance form of Kerala has received Guru
Gopinath National Natya Puraskaram and Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar for 2018…
Founder-Director of Nalanda Dance Research Centre and Founder Principal of the Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya (Mumbai), Dr. (Mrs.) Kanak Rele (age 81); one of the most highly recognised and honoured Indian Classical Dance Exponents, a Pioneering Dance Educationist and a Noted Dance Scholar; has once again received recognitions for her significant contribution to the Classical Dance Form – Mohini Attam, which is also known as Mohiniattam or Mohiniyattam.



According to a press note from the Nalanda Dance Research Centre, Dr. Rele has been conferred
with two prestigious awards in December 2018: Guru Gopinath National Natya Puraskaram – a
lifetime achievement award instituted by the Natanagramam on behalf of the Cultural Affairs
Department of Kerala; and Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar – instituted by the Sangit Kala Kendra headed by the Birla Group Director, Rajashree Birla.

Since time immemorial, Indian dance forms had gained popularity not only inside the country but also at different parts of the world. However, with passage of time, many of these classical art forms faded due to lack of adequate sponsorship and systematic conservation efforts. Dr. Rele, a qualified lawyer and researcher in International Law at the University of Manchester U.K., also took up the cause to promote the Mohini Attam dance form and received her Ph.D. from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Mumbai.

Around fifty years ago, when Mohini Attam had reached a point where only a few items from its once rich repertoire were remembered, Dr. Rele received a research grant (1970-71) from The
Ford Foundation and filmed the traditional dances of the surviving exponents of Mohini Attam.
She critically analysed this recorded data with diligent care in light of the ‘shastric’ (classical) tenets and arrived at an authoritative format for the technique of Mohini Attam. Thus, she revived the old and almost forgotten dance items of the Kerala tradition, and cast them in Sopana (a form of Indian classical music that developed in the temples of Kerala) mode.

With her deep knowledge of the technique of the ‘shastras’ (works of sacred scriptures) and native creative brilliance, Dr. Rele has choreographed more than 50 of these items. Thus, Mohini Attam now has a rich repertoire that it can claim all to be its own.

Erstwhile, Dr. Rele received many significant recognitions for her work including Padma Bhushan in 2013; Padmashree in 1990; Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship – Akademi Ratna in 2013; Nrityachoodamani, Madras in 1978; Nartan Vilas, Sur Singar Samsad in 1983; Gujarat State– Gaurav Puraskar Award in 1989; Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1994; Vice President’s Citation as Best Choreographers in 1995; and Sarangdev Fellowship in 1995.

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