Rajashree Warrier


Rajashree Warrier is a Bharatanatyam dancer, musician, writer and Educator. She 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.

Early life and education

Rajasree Warrier was born and brought up in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. She learned Bharatanatyam under the tutelage of V. Mythili and Jayanthi Subramaiam. She was trained in carnatic music under Mullamudu Harihara Iyer, Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath, Parassala Ponnammal and B. Sasikumar. Warrier also holds a postgraduate diploma in journalism.

Career

  • Known for her extraordinary 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 can be found in Natyasutra online, a YouTube dance portal.

Media

Warrier anchored the breakfast show Suprabhatham on Asianet for four years. She has also anchored, scripted and produced several programmes on DD Kerala, Amrita TV and Asianet.

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, Kerala Literary Survey.

Awards and honours