Dr. Janaki Rangarajan started learning Bharatanatyam at the age of 4 from Smt. Madhavi Chandrasekhar in Trichy, India. When her family moved to Chennai at the age of 7, Dr. Janaki was put under the direct tutelage of the legendary dancer and Guru Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam at Nrithyodaya.
When she was only 13 years old, Janaki was promoted by Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam to the rank of Nrithyodaya’s student- teacher position and went on to teach scores of students for the next few years under her Guru’s careful guidance. Since then Dr. Janaki has independently taught numerous students for close to 40 years with students based in India, USA, Europe, South America, Australia, Malaysia, to name a few. In addition, Dr. Janaki is a sought-after Bharatanatyam performer and a gifted choreographer.
Dr. Janaki is also trained in Carnatic vocal and veena music under the tutelage of Smt. Kamala Viswanathan and has received advanced vocal training with Sri. D.K. Nagarajan, younger brother of Smt. D.K. Pattamal and Sri. D.K. Jayaraman.
Awards received:
-Nadanamamani – Shriram Award of Excellence awarded by Kartik Fine Arts
-Yagnaraman Award of Excellence awarded by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
-Vasanthalakshmi-Narasimhachari Award awarded by Narada Gana Sabha
-Rohini Krishnan Endowment Prize (Guru KJ Sarasa Memorial Award) awarded by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
-NCA Excellence Award awarded by Nungambakkam Cultural Academy Trust
-Sathya Nrithya Sundaram awarded by Bharatanjali Trust
-Nritya Shiromani awarded by Utkal Yuva Sanskrutik Sangh
-Singar Mani awarded by Sur Singar Samsad
-Outstanding Contribution to Dance Award awarded by Lions Club
-Kala Rathna awarded by Bhairavi Fine Arts Society (Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival), Cleveland, USA
-Dance/MetroDC Award
-Dance Connect Commissioning Project Award
-Strauss Fellowship for Choreography
-Doordarshan Graded Artist
-ICCR Empanelled Artist-Top grade
Please more information about Dr. Janaki, please visit her website, www.janakirangarajan.com
GURU- DR. JANAKI RANGARAJAN
