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Sangeet Nataka Akademi Puraskar for 2014 in the field of dance was awarded to the following artistes for their contributions in spreading the knowledge about the dance form and keeping it alive.
Bharatanatyam - Adayar Janardanan 
Kathak - Uma Dogra
Manipuri - N Amusana Devi
Kuchipudi - Vedantam Radhesyam
Odissi - Sudhakar Sahoo
Sattriya - Anita Sharma
Chhau - Jagru Mahato 
Contemporary dance - Navtej Singh Johar 
Music for Kathakali - Varanasi Vishnu Namboothiri
(Note: The award ceremony was organised on Oct 23, 2015.)