Dr Janaki Rangarajan
Bharatanatyam Teacher • Guru • Performer • Choreographer
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Dr. Janaki Rangarajan is an internationally acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, and teacher, recognized as being at the forefront of the new generation of Bharatanatyam exponents. Her journey in dance began at the age of four, under the tutelage of Smt. Madhavi Chandrasekhar in Trichy, India. At the age of seven, she moved to Chennai and…
Journey Timeline
Age 4
Began Bharatanatyam training — Under Smt. Madhavi Chandrasekhar in Trichy, India
Age 7
Began training under Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam — At Nrithyodaya in Chennai, India
Age 13
Promoted to student-teacher — At Nrithyodaya
1993
Arangetram — At Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai
1995
Received Young Talent Promotion Award — From Narada Gana Sabha
2004
Transitioned to full-time Bharatanatyam profession
2010
Received Strauss Fellowship for Choreography
2012
Received Dance/MetroDC Award — For Emerging Performer
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Awards & Honors
- Nadanamamani – Shriram Award of Excellence — Kartik Fine Arts
- Yagnaraman Award of Excellence — Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
- MetroDC Dance Award (Emerging Performer)
- Kala Rathna — Bhairavi Fine Arts Society (Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival)
- Vasanthalakshmi-Narasimhachari Award — Narada Gana Sabha
- Rohini Krishnan Endowment Prize (Guru KJ Sarasa Memorial Award) — Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
- NCA Excellence Award — Nungambakkam Cultural Academy Trust
- Sathya Nrithya Sundaram — Bharatanjali Trust
- Nritya Shiromani — Utkal Yuva Sanskrutik Sangh
- Singar Mani — Sur Singar Samsad
- Outstanding Contribution to Dance Award — Lions Club
- Dance Connect Commissioning Project Award
- Strauss Fellowship for Choreography
- Young Talent Promotion Award — Narada Gana Sabha
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