Dance-wise distribution of Folk Dancers
Bharatanatyam - Rama Vaidyanathan, T Balasaraswati, C V Chandra Shekhar, Rukmini Devi, Padma Subrahmanyam, Vyjayanthimala, Sheema Kermani Padmini, B Herambanathan, Alarmel Velli, Yamini Krishnamurthy, Guru MK Saroja, Bala Saraswati , Kamala Narayan, Radha Sridhar
Kathak - Shovana Narayan, Uma Sharma, Birju Maharaj, Nahid Siddiqui, Lacchu Maharaj, Gopi Krishna, Saswati Sen, Vidyagauri Adkar, Purushottam Dadheech, Kalka Prasad, Kumudini Lakhia, Rohini Bhate.
Kathakali - Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, Vallathol Narayana Menon, Guru Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair, Kalamandalam Rajan.
Kuchipudi -Shobha Naidu, Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam, Aparna Satheesan, Deepika Reddy, Guru Padmaja Reddy, Haleem Khan, Mallika Sarabhai, V. Satyanarayana Sarma, Deepa Shashindran,
Odissi - Minati Mishra, Kum Kum Mohanty, Shri Guru Mayadhar Raut, Sujata Mohapatra, Madhavi Mudgal, Kelucharan Mohapatra, Surendra Nath Jena, Shobana Sahajananan, Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, Sonal Mansingh
Mohiniyattam - Kanak Rele, Jayaprabha Menon, Kalyanikutty Amma, Shobhana, Sunanda Nair, Kalamandalam Radhika, Thankamani, Kalamandalam Hymavathy, Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
Manipuri - Guru Bipin Singh, Darshana Jhaveri, Jhaveri Sisters, Devjani Chaliha, Amala Shankar, Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
Indian Classical Dance – Chhau
Sangeet Natak Academy (India’s National Academy) recognizes only eight classical dances of India, however, the Ministry of Culture also considers Chhau Dance as a classical dance of India, making the total number of classical dances in India as nine.
