Padmini Dahanayaka |Frame Art|

"Arogya Parama Labha Nretta Pooja along with variety dance recitals by Kalasuri Padmini Dahanayake Ariyadasa will be staged tomorrow (27) at 6 pm at the Elphinstone Theatre, Maradana, in aid of the Cancer Hospital, Maharagama.
Padmini, a student of Chitrasena and Vajira under whose guidance learnt Kandyan dancing, joined Srimathi Rukmani Devi Arunidale's Kalakshethra, the College of Fine Arts Chennai in 1954 and completed her classical Bharatha Natyam Diploma Course in April, 1959, being the first Sri Lankan to have obtained a Diploma from that Institute.
Once back in Sri Lanka she had her maiden performance "Arangethram" at the Royal College Hall with the then Prime Minister Wijayananda Dahanayake, her paternal grand father as chief guest.
Joining the Education Department as an instructor of dance she worked for well over 25 years and was a visiting lecturer on Bharatanatyam at the Institute of Aesthetic Studies of the University while participating in various cultural activities and also had performed in various parts of the country. She was honoured with the Kalasuri award on May 22, 1991.
With a commendable experience at her command she began her own institute "Shri Padma Ranga", school of dancing in 1982 and she had presented 73 Arangethrams of her students.
Padmini, married to L. L. Ariyadasa, a senior Executive of Cold Stores, is now a proud mother of Ms. Rangana Navodini Udayakumara, who is also a diploma holder in Bharatha Natyam from Rukmani Devi Arunidale's Kalakshethra, the same institute, Padmini attended. Her son, Chandreen Jayawanth, domiciled in Australia, works as a Pastry Chef.
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