Ileana Citaristi is an Italian choreographer, born in 1968 in Bergamo.
Biography
Ileana Citaristi (born 16 November 1951) is an Italian Odissi and Chhau dancer, and dance instructor based in Bhubaneswar, India. She 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. She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Odissi dance.
Contemporaries
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