Ileana Citaristi is an Italian-born Indian Odissi and Chhau dancer, and dance instructor based in Bhubaneswar, India.
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11 Facts About Ileana Citaristi
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Ileana Citaristi was awarded the 43rd National Film Awards for Best Choreography for Yugant in 1995 and became, in 2006, the first dancer of foreign origin to be conferred the Padma Shri for her contributions to Odissi.
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Ileana Citaristi holds a Doctorate of Philosophy with a thesis on 'Psychoanalysis and Eastern Mythology'.
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Ileana Citaristi studied Odissi under Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and started her own school of dance in 1994.
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Ileana Citaristi founded the Art Vision Academy in 1996, which acts as a platform for sharing ideas between various artistic forms such as theatre, music, dance and painting.
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Ileana Citaristi is noted for her innovative choreographic productions in Odissi and Chhau that bring together themes and styles from both the West and the East.
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Besides Yugantar, a Bengali film directed by Aparna Sen for which she won a National Film Award in 1996, Citaristi has choreographed for M F Hussain's Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities and Goutam Ghose's Abar Aranye.
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Ileana Citaristi was conferred the title of ´Leonide Massine for the art of dance' in 1992.
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Ileana Citaristi is a recipient of the ´Raseshwar Award' given by the Sur Singar Sansad, Mumbai.
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