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| ARTISTE'S PROFILE | ||
| Name : | Saroja Vaidyanathan | |
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C-16, Qutub Institutional Area | |
| Town/City : | South of IIT | |
| District : | New Delhi | |
| State : | Delhi | |
| Pin Code : | 110016 | |
| Telephone(s) with STD Code : | 011 | |
| Landline : | 2682995, 26567397 | |
| Mobile : | 98105546646 | |
| Fax : | 51688886 | |
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| E-mail ID : | saroja_vaidyanathan@hotmail.com | |
| Website : | www.saroja-vaidyanathan.com | |
| Date of Birth/Age : | September 19, 1937 | |
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from Stell Nais College, Chennai Training in Carnatic Music, Madras University |
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Bharatanatyam | |
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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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Ganesa Natyalaya, Delhi (Founder-President) | |
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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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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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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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Under
the aegis of Ministry
of Culture, Government of India 15-A, Sector - 7, Pappankalan, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110075 |
 Centre for Cultural Resources and Training |