Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma

Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
Born1915 (1915)
Died1999 (aged 83–84)
OccupationsDancer, Teacher, Researcher
SpouseKalamandalam Krishnan Nair
Children7 including Sreedevi Rajan, Kala Vijayan, Kalasala Babu
Career
DancesMohiniyattam

Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma (1915 – 1999) was an epoch-making Mohiniyattam dancer and researcher from Kerala in southern India. A native of Thirunavaya in Malappuram district of the state, she was instrumental in resurrecting Mohiniyattam from a dismal, near-extinct state into a mainstream Indian classical dance, rendering it formal structure and ornamentation.

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