Pali Chandra Biography 
Pali Chandra is a renowned Kathak artist, teacher and choreographer. She is an educationist and social activist too. Her works have been acclaimed internationally, and currently associated with Gurukul dance academy, based in Dubai. She performs Lucknow Gharana of Kathak dance form, and she received training from Guru Vikram Singh, Pandit Ram Mohan Maharaj and Kapila Raj. She has taken several charity initiatives since 1995, and regularly conducts shows and free workshops for underprivileged students and blind.
Pali Chandra hails from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. She was born on 19 November 1967. She was initiated to classical dance forms at a young age of six. Her mother wanted to become a classical dancer in her younger days, but not allowed to do so, and she was forced to opt singing. So she supported her child Pali to learn and perform dance on stage. At the age of 8, she joined Kathak Kendra Lucknow at Sangeet Natak Akademi, where she was trained by Vikram Singhe. She identified her potential to become a dancer, and she continued training under Pandit Ram Mohan Maharaj and Kapila Raj. She received a lot of encouragement from her gurus, who believed in her talent.
She completed her academics at Lucknow, where she specialized in anthropology. She completed her graduation as well as post-graduation in this subject. Later she did research on Tribal Music and Dance of the Gaddi Tribe, and earned a gold medal. Currently she serves as the artistic director of Gurukul dance academy, based in Dubai, with branches in Switzerland. She works aside Somna Tugnait training numerous students with Bharathnatyam. She has conducted workshops on Bharatanatyam at Oxford, Birmingham, Liverpool etc.
Published: September 12, 2018
Updated: September 12, 2018
