Sujatha Vijayaraghavan

Sujatha Vijayaraghavan is an Indian writer, dancer, musician, musicologist and fine arts research scholar.[1][2][3] She is affiliated with Natyarangam, the dance wing of the classical arts institution Narada Gana Sabha in Chennai, Tamil Nadu,[4] and associated with the Natya Dance Theatre, a classical Bharatanatyam company based in the city of Chicago in the United States of America.[5] She was also associated with the pioneering Bharatanatyam dancer Kalanidhi Narayanan.[6]

Vijayaraghavan has a senior fellowship at the Tamil Pada Varnam Project and has directed a number of documentary films on the life and works of Bharatanatyam dancers such as Andavan Pichai and Kumbakonam Bhanumathy.[7][8] She has also collaborated in Bharatanatyam dance production projects with dancers such as Anitha Guha,[9] and is noted for composing Devi Bharatam: The Mother and Liberator, a musical and poetic rendition of Vande Mataram, the national prayer song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and translated to Tamil by Subramania Bharati.[10]

Bibliography

  • Oru piṭi vairam [A Small Diamond] (in Tamil). Vān̲ati Patippakam. 1990.
  • Araṅkam: Naval [Arena: Novel] (in Tamil). Vān̲ati Patippakam. 1993.
  • Entayum Tayum [Mother of Anything] (in Tamil). Vān̲ati Patippakam. 1995.

References

  1. ^ Swaminathan, G. (15 September 2016). "The multifaceted Kothamangalam Subbu". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ Srikanth, Rupa (17 October 2019). "Margam with Bharatidasan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ Chatterjee, Jagyaseni (22 December 2016). "Where the twain meet". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ Swaminathan, Chitra (10 August 2017). "Freedom of expression". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ^ Warnecke, Lauren (9 November 2019). "Review: Natya Dance's world premiere 'Inai' asks, what if there were no differences, racial or otherwise?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Icon of Abhinaya". The Hindu. 25 February 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. ^ Srikanth, Rupa (30 May 2013). "Ode to Muruga". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. ^ Ramani, V. V. (2 November 2017). "Styles, past and present: Documentary on Kumbakonam Bhanumathy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  9. ^ Sudha, T. R (1 December 2016). "Kshetras through vivid imagery". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  10. ^ Kumar, Bhanu (5 September 2019). "Devi Bharatam: The Goddess in all her hues". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.


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