Ramya Ramnarayan
Bharatanatyam Teacher
32+
Years of Experience
4+
Students Taught
1
Followers
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Ramya Ramnarayan is a highly acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, and educator, recognized as a leading exponent and torchbearer of the art form. Born in Chennai, India, she began her formal dance training at the age of four. Ramnarayan is a protégé of two eminent gurus: Kalaimamani S.K. Rajarathnam Pillai and Padma Bhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan,…
Journey Timeline
1994
Began teaching — Derived from 'educator for 32 years' in 2026
2008
Received Artist Fellowship Award for Choreography — From Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
2015
Featured in 'Heritage Heroines' program — With students from Nrithyanjali Institute
2016
Performed at Princeton University Art Museum
2022
Selected for arts professional learning institute — By Grunin Foundation and New Jersey Council on the Arts
2022
Received Arts for Learning grant
2022
Received Dance New Jersey Grant
2022
Selected to participate in Dodge Dance Lab
2023
Received Artist Fellowship Award for Choreography — From Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
2024
Received DANCE NEW JERSEY IMPACT AWARD for Artistic Excellence
2025
Awarded New Jersey State Heritage Fellowship — By the New Jersey State Council on the Arts
2026
Featured in 'State of the Arts - NJ'
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Awards & Honors
- 2008 · Artist Fellowship Award for Choreography — Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
- 2023 · Artist Fellowship Award for Choreography — Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
- Master Teaching Artist — New Jersey State Council on the Arts
- Nadanamamani
- Nrithya Seva Mani — Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana
- Kalaimamani — Tamil Nadu State
- "A" grade artist — Doordarshan
- 2025 · New Jersey State Heritage Fellowship — New Jersey State Council on the Arts
- 2024 · Dance New Jersey Impact Award for Artistic Excellence — Dance New Jersey
- Dodge for Dance grant
- Arts for Learning grant
- Joint Resolution — Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey
- NJ Governor appointee, Board of Trustees — Asian American Study Foundation
- ICCR Empanelled artist — Indian Council for Cultural Relations
- 2022 · Arts Professional Learning Institute selection — Grunin Foundation and New Jersey Council on the Arts
Media Coverage
- Ramya Ramnarayan: Bharatanatyam, Tradition & Change
State Of The Arts - NJ
- Sharing Story and Meditation in Movement and Music
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