Tanjore Balasaraswati was a well-known ______ dancer. 

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  1. Kuchipudi
  2. Odissi
  3. Sattriya
  4. Bharatnatyam

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Option 4 : Bharatnatyam
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The famous dancer T Balasaraswati was an exponent of Bharatanatyam.

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  • Bharatanatyam is a classical dance style that originated in Tamil Nadu's South Indian state, making this dance style well known in various parts of India and many parts of the world.
  • In 1957 she was awarded the Padma Bhushan and in 1977 the Padma Vibhushan.
  • She received the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani Award from The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai, in 1981.
  • She was the only non-western dancer included in a Dance Heritage Coalition compilation, "The Irreplaceable Treasures of Dance in America: The First 100" (2000).
  • Satyajit Ray, a Bengali film director, made a documentary film on Balasaraswati called Bala (1976).
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