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Sonal Mansingh (born Apr 30, 1944) is an eminent Indian classical dancer and choreographer of Odissi dancing style; who is also proficient in other Indian classical dancing styles including Bharatnatyam,〔(Bharatanatyam performance by Sonal Mansingh ) The Tribune, October 20, 2006.〕 Kuchipudi, and Chhau.〔(Biography ) Official website.〕< ==Early life and background== Sonal Mansingh was born in Mumbai, second of three children to Arvind and Poornima Pakvasa, a noted social worker from Gujarat and Padma Vibhushan winner in 2004. Her grandfather was Mangal Das Pakvasa, a freedom fighter, and one of the first five Governors of India.〔(Sonal Mansingh ) University of Alberta website,www.ualberta.ca.〕 She started learning Manipuri dance at age four, along with her elder sister, from a teacher in Nagpur, then at age seven she started learning Bharatnatyam from various gurus belonging to the Pandanallur school,〔''National centre for the performing Arts''. Quarterly journal. v.12-13 , ''page 3''〕 including Kumar Jayakar in Bombay 〔(Sonal Mansingh: The dance of life ) The Times of India, November 9, 2003.〕 She has "Praveen" and "Kovid" degrees in Sanskrit from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and B.A. (Hons) degree in German Literature from Elphinstone College, Bombay. Though, her real training in dance started when at age 18, despite her family's opposition, she went to Bangalore, to learn Bharatanatyam from Prof. U. S. Krishna Rao and Chandrabhaga Devi 〔(Sonal Mansingh ) nrcw.nic.in.〕 at age 18, abhinaya from Mylapore Gowri Ammal, and later started learning Odissi from Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra in 1965. Mansingh was married to former Indian diplomat Lalit Mansingh. The couple decided to divorce later. Her father-in-law Mayadhar Mansingh introduced her to Kelucharan Mohapatra where she had her training in Odissi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/sonal-mansingh.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonal Mansingh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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