(Prof.) Sudharani Raghupathy

ARTISTE'S PROFILE

Name :

Postal Address

House No.& Street :

119, Luz Church Road

Town/City :

Mylapore

District :

Chennai

State :

Tamilnadu

Pin Code :

600 004

Telephone(s) with STD Code :

044

Landline :

24994460

Mobile :

98410-22533

Fax :

Other PP number(s) for contact :

E-mail ID :

sudharani.raghupathy@gems.vsnl.net.in

Website :

www.kutcheribuzz.com/embrochures/sudharani

Date of Birth/Age :

March 21, 1944

Education :

B.A. (Philosophy and Sociology) Mysore University
Special study in Fine Arts in USA (1964)

Field of expertise :

Bharatanatyam - performing artiste, choreographer, senior Guru in Bharatanatyam

Academic/Professional activities :

First Indian student (1964-65) at the Ramdolph Macons’ Women College, Virginia (USA) and sponsored as an international student Sudharani Raghupathy majored in World History of Dance, studio arts, and the Martha Graham technique in Modern Dance.

Acclaimed as a ‘living legend’ Sudharani Raghupathy has been in the field of Bharatanatyam for more than five and a half decades. She has the rare distinction of having performed before the visiting dignitaries to India since 1956 and having given a command performance for Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Smt. Indira Gandhi (1955). On an invitation from the UN SECRETARY General Kurt Waldheim (1981) she performed on the Human Rights Day at United Nations, New York. Sangeet Natak Academy has recorded her ‘Navasandhi’ Nritta (1981-82). Her dance-dramas – ‘Ramayana’, ‘Krishna Vande Jagat Gurum’, ‘Shakthi Prabhavam’, ‘Vande Guham Umasutham’, ‘Ekameva Nadvayam’, and ‘Shankara Loka Shanka’ among many others have been acclaimed world over.

Her ‘Ramayana – Balakanda’ was documented as a video cassette by Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi and was released by Shankaracharya of Kanchi Jayendra Saraswathi Swamiji (1993). As an outstanding artistic contribution to Bharatanatyam, Sudharani Raghupathy has produced and directed a TV serial (first TV serial on dance) in 21 episodes screened on Doordarshan

Performing artist, choreographer and senior guru in Bharatanatyam, Sudharani Raghupathy is also a member of the Society of National Council for Science Museums, Committee on National Policy on Culture, and Programme Advisory Committee for Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai

Name of the institution(s)you :
associated with

Founder-trustee of Shree Bharatalaya, Chennai (1970)

Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc. :

NATYA KALA SARATHY
Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Madras (2002)

NATYA KALASSHIKAMANI
the Indian Fine Arts Society (2001)

KALASHREE
Nrithya Kala Parishad, Bangalore (1999)

NATYA KALAMANI
Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam (1999)

SAPTHAGIRI SANGEETHA VIDWANMANI
Thyagaraja Festival Committee, Tirupathi (1996)

PADMASHRI (1988)

CENTRAL SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD (1985)

KALAIMAMANI
Tamilnadu State Academy Award (1980)

LALITHA KALA RATNA
Lalitha Kala Academy, Mysore

Books/Articles authored :

'Laghu Bharatham' - volumes 1,2,3 - handbooks on Bharatanatyam

Any association with foreign :
institution(s)

Senior teaching associate at Colgate University, New York, U.S.A.

Any other information :

Former Vice-Chairman, CCRT, New Delhi (1999-2002