Padmini Chettur was born in 1970. She began her training in the traditional Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam. Between the years 1991 and 2001 she worked with the choreographer Chandralekha, performing in the productions Lilavati, Prana, Angika, Sri, Bhinna Pravaha, Yantra, Mahakaal and Sharira. Her own artistic research began in 1994.

Chettur departs from the classical repertoire of gestures, posturing and mythical tales, to shape an alternative, no less strict, but very condensed. Looking for complete detachment from her classical formative years, she resists the temptation to seduce, choosing instead, to convince.

At the core of Chettur's work is resistance. Her work unveils a taut vision that takes the contemporary dance of India, from what it is and how it should look, to radical dimensions.