Sujatha Vijayaraghavan Explained

Sujatha Vijayaraghavan is an Indian writer, dancer, musician, musicologist and fine arts research scholar.[1] [2] [3] She is affiliated with Natyarangam, the dance wing of the classical arts institution Narada Gana Sabha in Chennai, Tamil Nadu,[4] and associated with the Natya Dance Theatre, a classical Bharatanatyam company based in the city of Chicago in the United States of America.[5] She was also associated with the pioneering Bharatanatyam dancer Kalanidhi Narayanan.[6]

Vijayaraghavan has a senior fellowship at the Tamil Pada Varnam Project and has directed a number of documentary films on the life and works of Bharatanatyam dancers such as Andavan Pichai and Kumbakonam Bhanumathy.[7] [8] She has also collaborated in Bharatanatyam dance production projects with dancers such as Anitha Guha,[9] and is noted for composing Devi Bharatam: The Mother and Liberator, a musical and poetic rendition of Vande Mataram, the national prayer song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and translated to Tamil by Subramania Bharati.[10]

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  1. News: Swaminathan. G.. 2016-09-15. The multifaceted Kothamangalam Subbu. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-12-31. 0971-751X.
  2. News: Srikanth. Rupa. 2019-10-17. Margam with Bharatidasan. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-12-31. 0971-751X.
  3. News: Chatterjee. Jagyaseni. 2016-12-22. Where the twain meet. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-12-31. 0971-751X.
  4. News: Swaminathan. Chitra. 2017-08-10. Freedom of expression. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-12-31. 0971-751X.
  5. Web site: Warnecke. Lauren. 9 November 2019. Review: Natya Dance's world premiere 'Inai' asks, what if there were no differences, racial or otherwise?. 2020-12-31. Chicago Tribune.
  6. News: 2016-02-25. Icon of Abhinaya. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-12-31. 0971-751X.
  7. News: Srikanth. Rupa. 2013-05-30. Ode to Muruga. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-12-31. 0971-751X.
  8. News: Ramani. V. V.. 2017-11-02. Styles, past and present: Documentary on Kumbakonam Bhanumathy. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-12-31. 0971-751X.
  9. News: Sudha. T. R. 2016-12-01. Kshetras through vivid imagery. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-12-31. 0971-751X.
  10. News: Kumar. Bhanu. 2019-09-05. Devi Bharatam: The Goddess in all her hues. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-12-31. 0971-751X.