Alarmel Valli was born on 14th of September, 1956 and brought up in Chennai. She has trained in the Pandanallur style of Bharat Natyam under Pandanallur Chokkalingam Pillai and his son Subbaraya Pillai. She has also studied music forms like Padams and Javalis under eminent musician T. Muktha, of the Veena Dhanammal style of music for many years. She also learnt abhinaya from Kalanidhi Narayan.
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. Collaborated with musicians like Prema Ramamoorthy, S.Rajeshwari( Madras), Latha Ramchand, Savita Narasimhan, T.K Ramakrishna, Lalgudi Ganesh, Pandanallur Srinivasan.
She had her major international performances at The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, The Theatre De La Ville in Paris and The Lyon Biennale. The Films Division of India commissioned a film on her for the Indian National Archives titled ‘Pravahi’, firected by Arun Khopkar.
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