Ms
Nina Rajarani
Nina
Rajarani has served on the Faculty Committee since its
inception and is the Faculty Secretary. She was integrally
involved in the writing of the origin Bharatanatyam
specifications and is now similarly involved in the
current update. She is also an examiner for Bharatanatyam.
Nina
carried out her Bharatanatyam training under Prakash
Yadagudde at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's London branch,
during which time she also had additional training with
Chitra Visweswaran of Chennai, India, during her visits
to London.
Nina
was awarded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Diploma in Bharatanatyam
in 1986, and in 1987 she staged her Arangetram under
her guru Prakash Yadagudde. Since 1988 Nina has received
training regularly in Chennai under Shanta and VP Dhananjayan.
In 1989, the Arts Council of England in conjunction
with ADiTi (the national organisation for South Asian
Dance in the UK) awarded Nina a scholarship to undergo
an intensive training period with the Dhananjayans in
Chennai. Nina's dance style today is unique in its assimilation
of the best qualities from each of the different traditions
followed by the gurus with whom she has trained.
Nina
has also received Karnatic music vocal training under
Sivasakti Sivanesan at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's London
branch, and under Karpagam Balasubramanian in Chennai.
As
a performer, Nina has toured extensively within the
UK, in most other European countries, in India, Singapore,
Malaysia and Australia. She has performed as a soloist
and as a duet partner with her guru Prakash Yadagudde,
in addition to dance productions by her company SRISHTI.
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