Geeta Chandran is synonymous with the Indian classical dance: Bharatanatyam. She began learning Bharatanatyam from the tender age of 5 years under the tutelage of Swarna Saraswathy, who hailed from the traditional Thanjavoor devadasi parampara. Subsequently, Geeta continued learning diverse aspects of the classical dance from a galaxy of eminent Gurus.
An A-Top graded dancer at Doordarshan and at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Geeta has been recipient of both the Junior and Senior Research Fellowships from the Government of India’s Department of Culture. She is recipient of several awards including the lady Shri Ram College Illustrious Alumna Award, the Dandayudhapani Pillai Award, the Bharat Nirman Award, the NatyaIlavarasi, the Indira Priyadarshini Award, the Media India Award, the National Critics Award, the Sringar Mani and the Natya Ratna.
She has travelled all over the world with her performances and has danced at many prestigious dance festivals in India and abroad.
In 2007, she was invited to perform at the World Hindi Conference in New York, and then again to represent India at the India-60 celebrations at the lincoln Centre in New York.
She is presently one of the most sought after Bhartanatyam dancers of our country, who skillfully weaves abstract notions of Joy, Beauty, Values, Aspirations, Myth and Spirituality in her dance. She is going to perform in Dehradun from April 16-19 on following venues including in Kasiga School on April 16, Welham Girls School on April 17, Purkal Youth Development Society on April 18 and Unison world school on April 19.