Birthday:
June 15
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Joining date:
August 10, 2013
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organization
If you are representing an organization, what is the name of the organization:
Nrithyanjali Institute of Dance, Inc
If you are representing an organization, what kind of organization?
Presenter, Artists Services, Education
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Ram
Last Name (Family Name)
Tirumala
About Me (human/individual)/interests, work..short bio/ THis is the most important. It is the only way to know that you are not a SPAMBOT!Be generous!
Ramya Ramnarayan is a senior disciple of veteran Gurus Swamimalai Rajarathnam and Kalanidhi Narayanan. Through her Production Company and school - Nrithyanjali www.nrithyanjali.org, Ms. Ramnarayan preserves promotes and propagates Bharatanatyam with zeal and dedication. She has extended the outreach of Bharatanatyam at various dance festivals, universities, & museums all over the world and under the auspicious of the Young Audiences NJ/PA reaching out to over 10,000 audience members per year. She holds a visiting faculty appointment in the Dance Department at Mason Gross School of Arts, affiliated to Rutgers University. Some prominent awards and recognition conferred on her include :membership in the Board of Trustees of the NJ Asian American Study Foundation, Nrithya Kala Sevamani Award from the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2008, Nadanamamani Award from Kartik Fine Arts in Chennai 2005, the prestigious Kalaimamani award from the state of Tamil Nadu, India,2003..Ramya received a fellowship for choreography from the NJ State Council for the Arts, 2008, She is also an Indian Council for Cultural Relations Empanelled artist. Press Acclaim •“Varnam,” is a bravura example of the way Ms. Ramnarayan moves between characterful storytelling and nonrepresentational dance. She does this with remarkable fluency – The New York Times •Ramya creates a moonlit rapture with feminine grace and infinite tenderness – The Star ledger •“Her eyes said it all…Ramya presented a Bharatanatyam recital that was impressive for the chiseled grace It was remarkable to note that Ramya invested the same energy in her abhinaya as in her nritta”. -The Hindu
Occupation ( maximum of three):
Movement artist (dancer/interdisciplinary performer), Stage director (choreographer/ theater director)
