Vimala Menon

Who is Vimala Menon?

Vimala Menon, known popularly as Kalamandalam Vimala Menon is an Indian dance teacher and Mohiniyattam exponent from Kerala. She is the founder and Director of Kerala Natya Academy in Thiruvananthapuram.Vimala has taught about 5000 students and still continues her successful teaching career of 50 years. Vimala has bought forward many innovative ideas about a forms and styles of Mohiniyattam . Vimala has her name in Guinness Book of Records for training and putting on a show of Mohiniyattam consisting of 1200 dancers. Vimala is also a recipient of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1991 and the Kendra Sangeeta Nataka Akademi Award in 2006 for her contribution to Indian classical dance.