Rajashree Warrier

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Rajashree Warrier
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Born
Rajashree Warrier

(1974-01-31) 31 January 1974 (age 51)
Occupation Bharatanatyam
Years active1990–present
Awards

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. [1]

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Early life and education

Rajasree Warrier was born and brought up in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.[ citation needed ] She learned Bharatanatyam under the tutelage of V. Mythili and Jayanthi Subramaiam. She was trained in carnatic music under Mullamudu Harihara Iyer, Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath, Parassala Ponnammal and B. Sasikumar. Warrier also holds a postgraduate diploma in journalism. [2]

Career

Bharathanatyam Workshop at Pattambi - Palakkad On 18 May 2014 Rajashree-Warrier.jpg
Bharathanatyam Workshop at Pattambi - Palakkad On 18 May 2014

Media

Warrier anchored the breakfast show Suprabhatham on Asianet for four years.[ citation needed ] She has also anchored, scripted and produced several programmes on DD Kerala, Amrita TV and Asianet. [3]

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 ). [4]

Awards and honours

Sources

References

  1. M, Athira (20 October 2017). "Keeping it simple". The Hindu.
  2. "No Yakshi performance: Rajashree Warrier". 31 March 2018.
  3. "Dr. Rajashree Warrier". 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. "പുതിയ നൃത്തരൂപത്തെക്കുറിച്ചും നിലപാടുകളെക്കുറിച്ചും രാജശ്രീ വാരിയർ".
  5. "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Dance". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 26 February 2023.