Jayashree Rajagopalan

ARTISTE'S PROFILE

Name :

Postal Address

House No.& Street :

1/71, Laxmi Niwas, Road No.25

Town/City :

Sion (West)

District :

Mumbai

State :

Maharashtra

Pin Code :

400 022

Telephone(s) with STD Code :

022

Landline :

24072164

Mobile :

Fax :

Other PP number(s) for contact :

E-mail ID :

Jayaraja15@rediffmail.com

Website :

www.jayashreerajagopalan.com

Date of Birth/Age :

September 15, 1952

Education :

- Nrityshali
- Graduate in Fine Arts. Currently pursuing PhD program in Fine Arts

Field of expertise :

Bharatanatyam Dance

Academic/Professional activities :

• A performing dancer, choreographer, and teacher Jayashree has presented and choreographed dance-dramas in Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi which include: Kalidasa’s ‘Abhigyan Shakuntalam’, ‘Perior Bharatam’ – a compilation of Subramanya Bharati’s ‘Chandalika’. ‘Dasavarthara’ ‘Ritu Ranjan’, ‘Sita Swayamvaram’, ‘Mahavir Janmabhishek’, ‘Jalem’, ‘Kamayani’, ‘Bakht Sakha Vithalal’ and ‘Birth of Dhanvantri’.
• She has a short Chitra Purvaranga, Dohas and Chaupayees from Tulsi Ramayan put into a Varnam in combination of Carnatic and Hindustani ragas, and Rasa-Sabdam of Uthukkadu Venkatasubbaiyas for a Tillana is her credit.
• Jayashree has participated in India Festivals at Singapore, Mauritius, Greece, France and as an Indian Council for Cultural Relations delegate abroad.
• She has given lecture demonstrations and conducted Workshops in various centres in the country including Anantacharya Indological Research Institute, Mumbai, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Education Deptt. Of Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Coorg, Spicmacay, Hyderabad, Pune University and Faculty of Performing Arts, Pune.

Name of the institution(s)you :
associated with

- Director, Nrithyodaya, Academy of Performing Arts, Mumbai
- Resource Person, Anantacharya Indological Research Institute, Mumbai

Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc. :

Sr. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Department of Culture, Govt. of India
Honoured with titles
‘ YASHASVITA’, ‘NATYA SELVI’, ‘NRITYA SHIVALI’,
Mumbai
GURU SEVA HANI
Chennai

Books/Articles authored :

Writes on dance topics which include articles.
- “Dance Forms – Southern Styles” for Research Journal, Anantacharya Indological Institute, Mumbai;
- “The Fifth Veda” for Dakshina Bharat Samaj Journal, Rourkela
- “VIBGYOR” for Max Muller Bhavan journal, rourkela

Any association with foreign :
institution(s)

Any other information :

Examiner for BA/MA students of Pune University Performing Arts Centre.