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NRITYA-PRERANA RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRE was established in year 2000 by Mrs Suchitra Date. It is the only private centre that has opened a Dance library with books ,videos, audio cassettes, cd.s and other research material .in June 2004. Students and research fellows of all dance institutes come here for reference work. We conduct regular work shops for dancers.

Nritya –Prerana Research and Documentation centre holds Dance performances for all visitors from foreign nations from 6pm to 8 pm every Saturday and is the only dance school that has this facility available to help visitors understand our classical and folk forms of Indian dances. We hold the Dance festival SWAYAMPRABHA in November where all new dance artists are welcomed to perform and show their talents. If informed earlier and in large groups we arrange to have German, Japanese translators too.

Suchitra Date also uses Bharatnatyam as Therapy for Children with severe orthopaedic problems, the mentally challenged, introvert children for Attention Deficit Disorders, learning difficulties,deaf and dumb, autistic, spastic, Adolescents with aggressive personalities, behavior correction and for women in 40’s. Her work in this therapy has been published in the prestigious  Kalki magazine of music and dance in the Chennai Dec. issue of 2002.