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Kalamandalam Vimala Menon has been honoured with the Padma Shri for her contributions successful propagating arsenic good arsenic revitalising classical dances, particularly Mohiniyattam. The Kerala Natya Academy, which she established successful Thiruvananthapuram successful 1972, has been a grooming crushed for galore dancers who went connected to go well-known exponents successful Mohiniyattam, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi.
Ms. Menon, who had begun grooming successful classical creation and euphony since she was 10 years old, joined the Kerala Kalamandalam, connected writer Vallathol Narayana Menon’s advice. Although she was trained successful assorted forms of dance, she concentrated her attraction connected Mohiniyattam, since it originated successful Kerala. As she began grooming students for the Kerala School Arts Festival, she introduced changes to the costume and presumption of Mohiniyattam, which successful aboriginal years began to beryllium accepted arsenic standards of the creation form.
“I see it a infinitesimal of large fortune, particularly arsenic I received the Kerala Sree Award from the State authorities past year. I americium 84 years aged and person 63 years of acquisition successful the tract of dance. It is done my disciples that I began to beryllium recognised. I judge my co-workers and disciples person contributed much than thing other to these honours,” she told mediapersons aft being chosen for Padma Shri.
She was antecedently honoured with the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi grant successful 1991 and Sangeet Natak Akademi grant successful 2006.
