Rajashree Warrier is one of India's foremost Bharatanatyam Dancers. She is also a Musician, writer and Educator. Holds a Phd. in Music from the Department of Music, Kerala University. She is a pioneer in introducing Malayalam poems, folk music and compositions of Social reformer Sree narayana guru in her dance choreographies.[1]
Known for her extra ordinary vision in the conceptualization of visual narratives make her choreographies stand apart from the rest.
Acclaimed for her impeccable Abhinaya, her in-depth musical knowledge and poetic skills add beauty to her dance creations.
Through her choreographic series titled 'Nattumozhi', she adds colloquial identity and new body idioms.
Some of her choreographic perspectives could be found in Natyasutra online, a YouTube dance portal.
Bharathanatyam Workshop at Pattambi - Palakkad On 18 May 2014
Media
Warrier anchored the breakfast show Suprabhatham on Asianet for four years.[citation needed] She has also anchored, scripted and produced several programmes on DD Kerala, Amrita TV and Asianet.[3]
Publications
Warrier has written two books, Narthaki published by DC Books in 2013 and Nruthakala published by Chintha Publications in 2011. Dr. Warrier also writes poems in English. Her poems have appeared in reputed literary magazines like Journal of Literature and Aesthetics (an international peer-reviewed, indexed Journal ), Kerala Literary Survey (English Journal of Kerala Sahitya Academy ).[4]
