Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma was an epoch-making Mohiniyattam dancer and researcher from Kerala in southern India.
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Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma 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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Lived 1915 to 1999 · aged 84
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