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'''Darshana Jhaveri''' (born 1940), the youngest of the four ''Jhaveri sisters'', is a leading [[India]]n exponent of [[Manipuri dance]], an [[Indian classical dance|Indian classical dance form]].<ref name=hi>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/03/02/stories/2007030201000300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319161624/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/03/02/stories/2007030201000300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 March 2007|title=Dancer's mission |last=Ajith Kumar |first=P.K.|date=2 March 2007|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=29 March 2010}}</ref> She is a disciple of [[Guru Bipin Singh]], and started performing on stage in 1958 along with her sisters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2007/02/16/stories/2007021600810300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113202352/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2007/02/16/stories/2007021600810300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2008|title=Subtle expressions: Darshana Jhaveri enthralled the audience with her Manipuri dance recital.|date=16 February 2007|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=31 March 2010}}</ref> She is one of the founders of the ''Manipuri Nartanalaya'' in 1972, which popularized Manipuri dance in India, and is currently headed by her, with centres at [[Mumbai]], [[Kolkata]] and [[Imphal]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/11/21/stories/2003112101220400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225070213/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/11/21/stories/2003112101220400.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 February 2004|title=Illuminating show on dance choreography: It was a happy confluence of teachers and disciples as Sri Shanmukhananda Sabha, Mumbai, celebrated its Golden Jubilee.|date=21 November 2003|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=31 March 2010}}</ref><ref>[[#Sa|Doshi, p. 43]]</ref><br />
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==Early life and training==<br />
Jhaveri was born and brought up in [[Mumbai]] in a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] household. At the age of six, she saw her elder sisters, Nayana and Ranjana, learn Manipuri dance from Guru Bipin Singh at their home. Soon, she too started learning the dance form, along with her sister Suverna.<ref name=hi/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-29/pune/28127729_1_manipuri-dance-traditional-art-dance-form|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811054601/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-29/pune/28127729_1_manipuri-dance-traditional-art-dance-form|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=Learn a traditional art form: Darshana Jhaveri|date=29 Jan 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=31 March 2010}}</ref> Later, she learned the traditional ''Raslila'' dances from Sutradhari Kshetritombi Devi, the ''Nata Pung'' from Guru Meitei Tomba Singh and traditional ''Maibi Jagoi'' from Kumar Maibi.<br />
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==Career==<br />
By the 1950s, the ''Jhaveri sisters''{{snd}} Nayana, Ranjana, Suverna, and Darshana{{snd}} had started performing together on stage all over India and abroad, and, in 1956, were the first non-Manipuris to perform their dances at the Govindji Temple inside the royal palace of [[Imphal]]. Eventually, the sisters established the ''Manipuri Nartanalaya'' with their Guru and Kalavati Devi in 1972, at Mumbai, Kolkata, and Imphal,<ref name=hi/><ref>[[#Si|Singha, p. 177]]</ref> and in time their name became synonymous to Manipuri dance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/4545/Simply%20Gujarati/Sisters+in+sync.html|title=Sisters in sync |date=13 February 2008|publisher=India Today|access-date=31 March 2010}}</ref> Over the years, Darshana has published several books and articles on the dance and has assisted her guru during his lifetime, in teaching, research as well as in choreography, before taking on the mantle herself.<ref>[http://www.indiansarts.com/DarshanaJhaveripage.htm Darshana Jhaveri]</ref><br />
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According to a noted dance critic [[Sunil Kothari]] in a 2008 article, they are "responsible for bringing the temple tradition of Manipuri dance to the cities". The article also noted that Nayana died two decades ago and, with Suverna unwell, Ranjana and Darshana continue to perform along with her Dance troupe and teach Manipuri dance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/3604/Simply%20Kolkata/Renewed+splendour.html|title=DANCING QUEENS|date=16 January 2008|publisher=India Today|access-date=31 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/arts/dance/24dance.html?pagewanted=print|title=Dance Listings: DOWNTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL|date=24 August 2007 |work=New York Times|access-date=31 March 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
Darshana Jhaveri received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1996 by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy of Dance, Music and Drama.<ref>[http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_dance_manipuri.html Dance Manipuri awardees] [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] website</ref> She was honored with the [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> She was awarded the Kalidas Samman Award in 2018.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book|last=Singha|first=Rina |author2=Reginald Massey|title=Indian dances: their history and growth|publisher=Braziller|year=1967|ref=Si}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Doshi|first=Saryu |title=Dances of Manipur: the classical tradition|publisher=Marg Publications|year=1989|isbn=81-85026-09-2|ref=Sa}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.darshanajhaveri.com/ Darshana Jhaveri's personal website]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716115946/http://spicmacay.com/articles/padmashri-darshana-jhaveri Padmashri Darshana Jhaveri] at ''[[SPIC MACAY]]''<br />
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2039897007734935566# Darshan Jhaveri and her troupe]<br />
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