P. Praveen Kumar (born 25 January 1971) is an Indian dancer specialized in the classical dance form

Bharatanatyam ''Bharatanatyam'' is a Indian classical dance form that came from Tamil Nadu, India. It is a classical dance form recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas of Hinduism and Jainism.< ...

Early life and career

Kumar holds a Bachelor of Commerce and was awarded a state government scholarship to pursue dance. He learned Bharatanatyam under the dancers

S. Narmada S. Narmada (22 September 1942 – 30 March 2007) popularly known as Guru Narmada was a Bharatanatyam exponent and teacher from Karnataka, India. She received several awards including Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy ...

and C. V. Chandrasekhar. Kumar has been an 'A' graded artist on

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since 2002 and was awarded the

Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is an annual Indian award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi to outstanding artists under 40 who have demonstrated talent in the fields of music, dance and drama. The award is intended to provide national rec ...

in 2010. He serves on the panel of classical performing artists for cultural missions and festivals abroad for the

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. Kumar had been named the best dancer of the 2019 dance festival by the

Madras Music Academy Madras Music Academy is one of the earliest established music academies in South India. Before the concept of infrastructure was introduced to India in the early 1920s, it was a gathering for elite musicians simply called (and is still more ...

. He teaches at the Chithkala School of Dance in

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References

External links

Chithkala School of Dance
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