# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vajira-chitrasena
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:59:40.762Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vajira-chitrasena"
name: "Vajira Chitrasena"
slug: "vajira-chitrasena"
description: "Deshamanya Vajira Chitrasena was a Sri Lankan traditional dancer, choreographer and teacher. Vajira is regarded as Sri Lanka's first prima ballerina. She is the first Sri Lankan woman to practise the traditional Kandyan dance which was traditionally performed only by men. Vajira is credited with creating brand for a female style of Kandyan dancing and setting the tone for women to become ritual dancers. She was married to Chitrasena who was a well known legendary dancer and dance guru."
tagline: "Sri Lankan traditional dancer, choreographer and teacher"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1932-03-15"
deathDate: "2024-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.19
  momentum:             12.86635944700461
  historical:           5.939813333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "వజీరా చిత్రసేన"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vajira Chitrasena"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump