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==వృత్తి==
ఆమె తన 9 1/2 వయసులో ప్రదర్శన ప్రారంభించింది.
She made her stage debut at an early age of 9 1/2 under the auspices of Indian Institute of Fine Arts, Madras and was conferred the Natya Kala Bhushan award and won her laurels on the International scene when she was barely 16 at the International Dance Festival of Theatre organised by the prestigious [[Sarah Bernhardt]] Théâtre de la Ville, in Paris, and has been performing ever since,<ref>{{cite news |title=Art is where the heart is |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/article21978.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=September 18, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Natural and poetic |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/article75804.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=January 6, 2010 }}</ref> both in India and aboard.<ref>{{cite news |title=Review/Dance; Indian View Of Humanity And Divinity|author= [[Jack Anderson (dance critic)|Jack Anderson]]|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/23/arts/review-dance-indian-view-of-humanity-and-divinity.html?pagewanted=1 |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 23, 1991 }}</ref>
She also learned [[Odissi]] under Guru [[Kelucharan Mohapatra]] and his disciple Guru Ramani Ranjan Jena, and studied classical [[Tamil literature]] anthologies of the 2000 years old, [[Sangam literature|Sangam poetry]]. Over the years she has gradually evolved her own distinct style that extended her tradition within the broad framework of classical Bharatanatyam.<ref name=k/>
Alarmel Valli bases her dance on the principle that [[Bharatanatyam]] is a superbly evocative language, where the dancer who has mastered and internalised the idiom can write her personal dance poetry. In her choreography, drawing on her knowledge of music and the rich, nuanced vocabulary of classical Indian dance, Valli explores the complex layers of meaning in poems and lyrics, giving them a visual and melodic dimension. Trained by great masters, Pandanainallur Sri Chokkalingam Pillai and his son Sri Subbaraya Pillai, she has enriched her dance vocabulary and extended the frontiers of her dance tradition to evolve her own distinctive style, which has been described as “uniquely individualistic…an effortless synchronisation of apparent contradictions – linearity and lyricism, symmetry and sinuosity, precision and poetry”. Her work, while remaining within the framework of classical Indian dance, is contemporary in its interpretation and scope to communicate and has been lauded for creating an international awareness of Bharatanatyam, as a dynamic, continuously evolving, classical dance form.
==In popular culture==
A film on Alarmel Valli was made for the [[Omnibus (UK TV series)|Omnibus series]], on [[BBC One]], by producer [[Michael Macintyre]]. Alarmel Valli has also been featured in dance documentaries by noted Indian producers like the late [[G. Aravindan]] and [[Prakash Jha]], by the BBC (in The Spirit of Asia Series), the Netherlands Broadcasting Company, Arte (France) and Japanese National Television. The [[Films Division of India]] commissioned a film on her for the [[National Archives of India]]. Titled ‘Pravahi’, it has been directed by eminent film-maker [[Arun Khopkar]], with cinematography by [[Madhu Ambat]]. In 2011, ''Lasya Kavya'', a documentary about Alarmel Valli, won the [[National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film]].
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