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About Sucheta Bhide Chapekar
- Sucheta Bhide Chapekar (born 6 December 1948) is an Indian classical dancer and choreographer.
- She is an exponent of Bharatnatyam.
- She is the founder of "Kalavardhini", a trust supporting the teaching and propagation activities in classical dance, where she also teaches Bharatnatyam.
- She has been a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2007). Born in 1948, Chapekar had her arangetram in 1963.
- She was trained under Acharya Parvati Kumar and K.
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- Kittappa Pillai.
- In the subsequent years, she performed at many local concerts, including one at the Madras Music Academy in 1974.
- Post marriage, she moved to Pune.
- Encouraged by JRD Tata, who called her "blue-eyed beauty?", she performed outside India for the first time in 1982.
- During the tour, she performed in London, Paris, and Rotterdam.
- During the 1980s, she performed various concerts in her home state of Maharashtra.
- It was at this time, she realised that Bharatanatyam did not have a great following in the state.
- She then came up with the idea of mixing Marathi and Hindi songs in her concerts.
- This eventually led to the formation of "Nritya Ganga", a Bharatanatyam concert which has about 80 compositions, all based on Hindustani classical music.
- Chapekar is the founder of "Kalavardhini", a charitable trust that supports the teaching and propagation activities in classical dance.In the year 2008, filmmaker Amrita Mahadik directed Vyomagami, a documentary on the life and work of Chapekar.
- As a part of Chapekar's 60th birthday celebration, Vyomagami was produced by "Kalavardhini" and shown at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch, Pune, Maharashtra.
- Nrityatmika, a book penned by Chapekar was also released at the event graced by Padma Vibhushan Sonal Mansingh and other dignitaries.Chapekar is married and has a daughter named Arundhati Patwardhan, who is a trained dancer.
- In 2007, Chapekar was awarded with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contributions to classical dance.
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