Sunanda Nair
A leading exponent of Mohini Attam, Sunanda Nair has emerged as
one of the few practising luminaries of this style of classical Indian dancing.
She is considered to be "the prima ballerina among Mohini attam dancer's" and
also one of the outstanding performers of the younger generation in India today.
Vastly gifted with an attractive demeanour suitable
for Mohiniattom, Sunanda indeed casts a spell on her onlookers while
performing. She exudes vitality,warmth and endows her dance with an added
dimension,and she enchants the initiated and the uninitiated alike. It is her
ability to infuse beauty in whatever she creates and give joyousness to her
movements and expressions that set her apart from other practitioners.The
movements are full of life and endowed with sensitive lyricism.
Sunanda is the disciple of the noted Mohini Attam exponent
Padmashree Dr.Kanak Rele. She has the proud privilege of being the first student
to earn a Master's degree in Mohini Attam from Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalay
affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Sunanda has prepared for her vocation
both as a professional dancer and a teacher of dance, through rich and
multifaceted experiences in higher academics, stage performances, classroom
instruction and choreography.
She has been trained from the age of 6 in Bharata Natyam under
great gurus and also has trained herself in Kathakali from Kalamandalam
KrishnanKutty Warrier and presently under Kalamandalam Gopalakrishnan.
She is the founder director of Srutilaya Institute of Fine Arts,
Mumbai where she imparts intensive training in both Mohini Attam and Bharata
Natyam. Sunanda has performed widely in national and international festivals
,and has won high acclaim from both the critics and conossieurs of dance for her
impressive dancing.
