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Download Solution PDFIleana Citaristi is the first classical dancer of foreign origin who was conferred the Padma Shri Award in 2006 for her contributions to ______.
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Ileana Citaristi
- Ileana Citaristi is an Odissi and Chhau dancer and dance teacher from Italy who currently resides in Bhubaneswar, India.
- Citaristi founded her own dance school in 1994 after studying Odissi under Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.
- She is a master of the Mayurbhanj Chhau, which she studied under the guidance of Guru Hari Nayak.
- She has received the designation of acharya of Chhau from the Sangeet Mahavidyalya of Bhubaneswar.
- She won the Best Choreography prize at the 43rd National Film Awards in 1995 for Yugant.
- In 1996, she established the Art Vision Academy, a place for ideas sharing amongst various artistic mediums like theatre, music, dance, and painting.
- In 1992, she received the honorary title "Leonide Massine for the art of dance.
- In 2006, she became the first dancer of foreign origin to be conferred the Padma Shri for her contributions to Odissi.
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