Rajashree Warrier is one of India's foremost Bharatanatyam Dancers. She is also a Musician, writer and Educator. Holds a Phd. in Music from the Department of Music, Kerala University. She is a pioneer in introducing Malayalam poems, folk music and compositions of Social reformer Sree narayana guru in her dance choreographies.

Early life and education

Rajasree Warrier was born and brought up in

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. She learned ''

Bharatanatyam ''Bharatanatyam'' is a Indian classical dance form that came from Tamil Nadu, India. It is a classical dance form recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas of Hinduism and Jainism.< ...

'' under the tutelage of V. Mythili and Jayanthi Subramaiam. She got trained in

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under Mullamudu Harihara Iyer, Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath, Parassala Ponnammal and B. Sasikumar. Warrier also holds a post graduate diploma in journalism.

Career

*Known for her extra ordinary vision in the conceptualization of visual narratives make her choreographies stand apart from the rest. *Acclaimed for her impeccable Abhinaya, her in-depth musical knowledge and poetic skills add beauty to her dance creations. *Through her choreographic series titled 'Nattumozhi', she adds colloquial identity and new body idioms. *Some of her choreographic perspectives could be found in Natyasutra online, a YouTube dance portal. Rajashree-Warrier

Media

Warrier anchored the breakfast show ''Suprabhatham'' on Asianet for four years. She has also anchored, scripted and produced several programmes on DD Kerala,

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and Asianet.

Publications

Warrier has written two books, ''Narthaki'' published by DC Books in 2013 and ''Nruthakala'' published by Chintha Publications in 2011. Dr. Warrier also writes poems in English. Her poems have appeared in reputed literary magazines like Journal of Literature and Aesthetics (an international peer-reviewed, indexed Journal ), Kerala Literary Survey (English Journal of Kerala Sahitya Academy ).

Awards and honours

*Kshetrakala Fellowship, Govt. of Kerala 2024. *First ever "Revathy Pattathanam Natya Puraskaram 2022 * Dev dasi National Award for Bharatanatyam 2014 for outstanding creative contributions. Presented by Dev Dasi Nruthya Mandira, Bhuvaneswar. * Kalasree Title and Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award 2013 for Bharatanatyam. * VS Sharma Endowment Award from Kerala Kalamandalam for the contributions in the field of Bharatanatyam, 2013. * Invited as Jury of 'Books and Articles' in Kerala State Film Award 2014. * Kalaratna Puraskar given by Vayalar Samskaarika Samithi * Mahila Tilak Title and Award for the contributions in Indian Classical Dance conferred by Social welfare department, Government of Kerala,2012. * Indian Council for Cultural Relations – Empanelled Bharatanatyam Artist. * Sai Natya Ratna conferred by Satya Sai Seva Organisation, 2010. * ‘Natana Shiromani’ Award conferred by Chilanka Dance Academy, 2009. * Recipient of Navarasam Sangeeta Sabha Award for Bharatanatyam, 2007.

Sources

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References

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