Abhinayaa Centre Of Dance

An Internationally acclaimed Bharatanatyam exponent of par-excellence, an excellent Performer, Choreographer, Teacher and an Author with an experience of more than 5 decades of dance being a leading Bharatanatyam dancer of her generation. Her glorious career has seen her transmit her education in performing Arts at "Kalkshetra" Chennai– the pioneering college of fine arts envisioned by Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale, who has been a guiding vision for Jayalakshmi. Had her Arangetram at Kalkshetra on her convocation day 1st Dec 1970 under the able guidance of Smt.Rukmini Devi Arundale.
Jayalakshmi strikes a perfect blend of tradition and contemporary interpretation, without obscuring the aesthetics of the classical idiom. She has a vast range and depth of productions, having performed in Solo, group and collaborative formats extensively in India and abroad. She is the Head of the Bharatanatyam Department at the Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, apart from having her own dance group Abhinayaa. She has also enacted as the Tanjore Dancer in the National Award Winning classical Kannada film”Hamsa Geethe” of G.V.Iyer. ... ...Less