Question
Download Solution PDFSonal Mansingh is associated with which dance form?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Bharatnatyam and Odissi.
Key Points
- Sonal Mansingh is a prominent Indian classical dancer who specializes in Bharatanatyam and Odissi.
- For her contributions to promoting ‘Classical dances’, she has received accolades from many national and international organizations.
- She was the youngest recipient of Padma Bhushan in 1992.
- In 2003, Sonal became the first Indian woman dancer to be awarded Padma Vibhushan.
Additional Information
| Folk Dance | Region | Notable Exponents |
|---|---|---|
| Bhangra | Punjab | Gurbaksh Singh Albela, Giddha Group, Harbhajan Mann |
| Garba | Gujarat | Falguni Pathak, Kirtidan Gadhvi, Atul Purohit |
| Kathakali | Kerala | Kalamandalam Gopi, Sadanam Krishnankutty, Kottakkal Sivaraman |
| Odissi | Odisha | Kelucharan Mohapatra, Sonal Mansingh, Sanjukta Panigrahi |
| Bharatanatyam | Tamil Nadu | Yamini Krishnamurthy, Mallika Sarabhai, Alarmel Valli |
| Ghoomar | Rajasthan | Queen Harish, Seema Mishra, Manisha Sharma |
| Bihu | Assam | Pranami Phukan, Tarulata Kutum, Sunita Kaushik |
| Kathak | North India | Birju Maharaj, Shovana Narayan, Uma Sharma |
| Dandiya Raas | Gujarat | Falguni Pathak, Hemant Chauhan, Rupal Doshi |
| Sattriya | Assam | Jatin Goswami, Anita Sharma, Prateesha Suresh |
| Lavani | Maharashtra | Sulochana Chavan, Yamunabai Waikar, Shakuntala Nagarkar |
| Chhau | Jharkhand | Guru Anant Charan Mahato, Guru Shashadhar Acharya, Niranjan Gorai |
| Kalbelia | Rajasthan | Gulabo Sapera, Shakuntala Sapera, Gulab Khan |
| Manipuri | Manipur | Guru Bipin Singh, Darshana Jhaveri, Elam Endira Devi |
| Sambalpuri | Odisha | Surendra Nath Jena, Sikander Alam, Jagabandhu Pattnaik |
| Giddha | Punjab | Jyoti Dhillon, Harbhajan Mann, Rani Randeep |
| Langa Manganiar | Rajasthan | Mame Khan, Kutle Khan, Anwar Khan Manganiar |
| Yakshagana | Karnataka | K. Shivarama Karanth, Srinivas Udupa, Chittani Ramachandra Hegde |
| Jhoomar | Punjab | Surinder Kaur, Mohammad Sadiq, Satinder Satti |
| Dollu Kunitha | Karnataka | Guru Nataraj, Prabhakar Reddy, Puttaraju |
| Rouff | Jammu and Kashmir | Bashir Ahmad, Tajamul Hussain, Abdul Rashid Hafiz |
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