Kalakshetra Vilasini
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| birth_date = 1940
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| awards = Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award
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Kalakshetra Vilasini (born 1940) is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer from Kerala.{{Cite news |last=K |first=Parthan |date=5 August 2012 |title=കലാക്ഷേത്ര ശൈലിയിൽ ഭരതനാട്യത്തിന്റെ പ്രചാരക വിലാസിനി ടീച്ചർ |pages=special edition |work=Mathrubhumi}} Vilasini, who won first place in Bharatanatyam at the Kerala University Youth Festival, is also the first person from Kerala to get admission to the Kalakshetra of renowned dancer Rukmini Devi Arundale. She is the recipient of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1995.{{Cite news |date=2012-07-28 |title=Kalakshetra Vilasini honoured |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/kalakshetra-vilasini-honoured/article3695796.ece |access-date=2023-05-18 |issn=0971-751X}}
Life and career
Vilasini started practising Bharatanatyam at the age of 12. After gaining admission as a teacher at Tripunithura RLV Sangeetha Academy, she was the only artist selected by the Government of Kerala in 1958 to send to Kalakshetra in Chennai for training under Rukmini Devi Arundale. Vilasini started a dance school named Nrityasree at her home in Ernakulam to provide training in Bharatanatyam in Gurukula style. In 1995, she retired from RLV as the Head of the Department of Bharatanatyam. The same year, she was honoured with the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award.{{Cite web |title=Review - A tireless action stretches its hands towards perfection - Prof. CP Unnikrishnan |url=https://narthaki.com/info/rev11/rev1026.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=narthaki.com}}
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Category:Bharatanatyam exponents
Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award