| Date of Birth/Age |
September 19, 1937 |
| Education |
» Inter from Stell Nais College, Chennai
» Training in Carnatic Music, Madras University
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| Field of expertise |
Bharatanatyam |
| Academic/Professional activities |
Bharatanatyam exponent, choreographer, and Guru, Saroja has given performances at almost all major Centres in the country and in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Korea, Japan, Ukraine, UK, USA and Canada. During ASEAN Summit 2002 she was on a Cultural tour programme to Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore accompanying the Indian Prime Minister.
She has choreographed and presented several dance-dramas based on mythology and social themes, besides presenting Padams, Bhajans, Kirtanams, Shlokas, Namavalis of various saints and great composers of several Indian languages.
Her two audio cassettes of songs based on Mahakavi Subramania Bharati’s poems Vol.I & II and one volume of her two CDs based on his poems on women and patriotism were released in 1982 and 2005. She is the Founder-President of Ganesa Natyalaya, a premier classical dance institution in Delhi with its own building where she teaches dance.
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| Name of the institution(s) you associated with |
Ganesa Natyalaya, Delhi (Founder-President) |
| Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc. |
» FELLOWSHIP, Govt. of India (Deptt. Of Culture), 2004
» NATYA SELVAM(Chennai) 2003
» VISHISHTA SEVA PURASKAR, 2003
» RUKMINI DEVI ARUNDALE AWARD, 2003
» NATYA KALASHIKHAMANI(Chennai) 2002
» K. LALITHA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD(Delhi) 2002
» PADMASHRI(Govt. Of India) 2002
» NATYA RATNA(Delhi) 2000
» VYAS SAMMAN(Delhi) 2000
» KALAIMAMANI(Govt. of Tamilnadu) 1999
» BALA SAHA YOGA AWARD, 1999
» NATYA TILAKAM(Chennai) 1996
» NATYAKALA BHUSHANI(Chennai) 1991
» DELHI STATE AWARD(Sahitya Kala Parishad) 1991
» BHARAT NIRMAN AWARD(Delhi) 1990
» PRIYADARSHINI AWARD(Delhi) 1989
» AADARSHILA AWARD(Delhi) 1987
» SHOBANA AWARD(Delhi) 1985
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| Books/Articles authored |
» The Classical Dances of India, 2005
» Bharatanatyam – An In-Depth Study, 1997
» Encyclopaedia of Bharatanatyam- A research paper submitted to NCERT (1994)
» Carnataka Sangeetham, (Music)
» The Science of Bharatanatyam, 1984 (Dance)
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| Any association with foreign institution(s) |
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| Any other information |
Choreographed and presented several dance-dramas based on mythology and social themes. Also presented Padams, Bhajans, Kirtanams, Shlokas, Namavalis of various saints and great composers of India in various Indian languages.
Published two audio cassettes of songs based on Mahakavi Subramania Bharati’s poems Vol.1 and Vol.II, 1982.
Also released one volume of two CDs based on women and patriotism of Mahakavi Subramania Bharati’s poems, 2005
Have given performances all over the world like USA, UK, Canada, Korea, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Mauritius, Japan, Ukraine, Latin America etc.
Cultural tour in Cambodia, Laos, Singapore and Malaysia along with Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri A.B. Vajpayee, during the ASEAN Summit, 2002
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