Kalakshetra Foundation
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Kalakshetra Foundation, formerly simply Kalakshetra, is an arts and cultural academy dedicated to the preservation of traditional values in Indian art and crafts, especially in the field of Bharatanat
Kalakshetra logo
Rukmini Devi Arundale, founder of Kalakshetra
A music classroom at Kalakshetra
Bharatanatyam performance at Kalakshetra, during visit of Hillary Clinton, 2011
Rukmini Devi Arundale
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Rukmini Devi Arundale was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an activist for animal welfare.
Kalakshetra Foundation
…and crafts, especially in the field of Bharatanatyam dance and Gandharvaveda music. Based in Chennai, India, the academy was founded in January 1936 by Rukmini Devi Arundale and her husband George Arundale. Under Arundale's guidance, the institution achieved national and international recognition for its unique style and…
Office of Kalakshetra Academy at Besant Nagar, Chennai
Rukmini Devi on a 1987 stamp of India