Devayani (dancer)

Devayani (dancer)

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Devayani is a Bharathnatyam dancer and dance choreographer of French origin. Her real name is Annick Chaymotty, and currently hails in Delhi, busy with her dance shows and classes. For the outstanding contributions of Devayani towards the field of Indian classical forms, government of India honoured her with Padma Shri in 2009. She has performed the dance form across the world in different foreign countries, earning a name of her own. Apart from Bharathanatyam she is trained in Spanish Classical dance, contemporary and classical ballet dance forms too. Devayani has appeared in one Indian film, when she played female lead in Telugu movie, America Ammayi directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. It’s dedicated to south Indian classical dance forms, and Devyani played an American woman.

 

Annick Chaymotty was born in Paris, France. Since young she got attracted to different forms of dance, and she started attending classical music and dance classes in a Paris conservatory at the age of 10. She continued her dance studies, learning contemporary and classical ballet at the Schola Cantorum de Paris. She later trained in Spanish Classical dance from Flamenco dancer Lutys de Luz. She got introduced to Indian classical music and art forms, when she watched Ravi Shankar performing, and she got attracted to Indian arts. She started taking Bharata Natyam classes.

 

In 1973, she received ICCR scholarship which helped her to learn Bharathanatyam in advance. She reached Mumbai same year, and she continued with her Bharathanatyam classes. She got opportunity to learn this dance form from some of the prominent classical dancers of 1970s, and she also learnt Carnatic music from the legend Dr. Balamuralikrishna. At this time she adopted the stage name Devayani, which she uses even today.

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Updated: July 03, 2018

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