DR. RAJASHREE WARRIER

Bharatanatyam dancer, teacher, choreographer, musician, writer on arts, Anglophone poet. Director of Uttarika, an international Center for Bharatanatyam and experimental theatre. Dynamic and accomplished dance professional with extensive experience in Bharatanatyam and Carnatic music. Excelling in choreography and cultural program development. Proven leadership in artistic collaboration and research supervision, fostering creativity and innovation in the performing arts.

• Tara - the Queen of Kishkinda, 2023
• Story of Amba, a continuum, 2022
• Aparajitha: the ever - enduring -On the hyphenated lives of women, 2020
• Vatavruksha: On beings - the life - cycle of seasons - birth and death, 2019
• Bhagothi chinthu: as part of ' naattu mozhi - Vernacular series, 2017
• Shikhandi kauthwam - a commentary on the first gender, 2018
• Navarasa kauthwam - depicting moments from epic Mahabharata, 2019
• Alarippu titled ' Sharada' representing the night on its arrival., 2024
• Salabhanjika - the tree women, Group dance- theatre Production, 2024

• Kali natakam, Sree Narayana Guru
• Pinda nandi, Sree Narayana Guru
• Darshana mala, Sree Narayana Guru

• Poems of - Lal ded, Kabir, 2019
• Nine: our circle of lines based on English Poems of Poet Anupama Raju, 2025
• Lankalakshmi - Adaptation of Malayalam play by C N Sreekantan Nair, 2009
• ABHIJNA - a Retro is an adaptation of poet Prabha Varma's 'CHITRANGANA: Sakuntala, Sairandhri and Yashoda revisit their past., 2016
• TESS - Based on Thomas Hardy's celebrated novel Tess of the Durber villes., 2023
• GREAT INDIAN STORIES- A sixty part video series recounting fables from The Panchatantra and Jataka tales thru nrutta nrutya and natya, 2014
• SHADES OF LOVE: A thematic production on the romantic sojourn of a woman (nayika or heroine), 2010
• KATHAKALI PADAM 'Sharada rajani varunnu theri', 2022
• NEELA VARNAM - Eight compositions of Lord Kirshna in Bharatanatyam, 2010

• 'Katha', Focuses on the aesthetics of Abhinaya enabling performing artists to bring out the best of angika and satvika abhinaya.
• Prakruthi, Experimental Dance - Theatre workshop intended to fine tune Sarvangabhinaya enabling body a perfect medium to emote.

• Devdasi Desiya Nrutya Puraskar, 2014
• Kalasree Title and Kerala Sangita Nataka Academy award - highest state honour, 2013
• Mahila Tilak Title and Award conferred by the Social Welfare Department, Government of Kerala, 2012
• VS Sharma Endowment Award from Kerala Kalamandalam, 2013
• Prestigious ' Revathi Pattathanam ' Natya puraskaram, 2022
• Rotary International Dance Icon Award received from the Honourable Governor of West Bengal, 2023
• Kshetrakala fellowship, Govt.of Kerala, 2024
• Kerala Prabha Puraskaram -the second highest civilian award instituted by the Govt. Of Kerala, 2025

• Nishagandhi National Dance festival, 1999, 2018
• Devadasi National Dance Festival, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, 2014
• Mudra festival, 2013, 2016
• Soorya India festival, 1999, 2004, 2006
• Rasavikalppam: KSNA -Soorya collaboration, 2014
• Festival of Dance and Music, Malayali Association, Jakartha
• Nila festival , Kerala kalamandalam, 2009
• Habitat center, NewDelhi, 2018
• Festival De Duo Monti, Spoleto, Italy, 2009
• Interactive performance as part of Kerala Literature Festival of DC books, Calicut
• NGMA, Bangalore
• Inaugural concert as Chief Guest at Natyanjali festival and- NCPA, Chembur, Mumbai
• Nayika Festival curated by Senior Kuchipudi artist Vyjayanthi Kashi, Bangalore, 2023
• NCPA, Mumbai, 2023
• Swatantra , Festival of Music and Dance curated by ICCR day Festival, South zone cultural centre, Thiruvananthapuram, 2017
• CFAA, Colorado, International Dance Festival, 2019
• Swaralaya Festival, Palakkad, 2008, 2013
• Special concert organised by Tamil Association, Toronto, Canada, 2009
• Dance and Music extravaganza curated by South Indian community of Canada covering entire Canadian States, 2014
• Kala, Manchester
• Sree Narayaneeya organization, Newyork
• Doha Nattarangu
• South zone cultural festival, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry, Davangare (Karnataka)
• Parthasarathy sabha, Chennai, Selected as Best dancer of the festival
• Mudra (Ireland)
• Regatta National Dance Festival at Nishagandhi Thiruvananthapuram, 2022
• Ekam Festival - a festival of solo productions- Kalakshethra, Chennai
• Evam - a unique festival conceived as Dance video productions
• Darshana curated by Shruthi- Adelaide, Australia, 2020
• Aparajitha - the ever-enduring- screened in the Art ivism category of the prestigious Motion International Dance Film Festival, Chicago dedicated to South Asian Dance Films
• NMACC, Mumbai, 2024
• Khajuraho festival organised by MP Govt., 2024
• Ananya Senior dancers festival, Bengaluru, 2024

• Spicmacay, Thiruvananthapuram
• Mudra, Ireland
• Kerala sangeetha nataka academi
• Mudra festival
• Quatar, Muscat, Dubai, Doha
• Natyavruksha workshops in London
• SPICMACAY Virasat Rajasthan (senior dancer category)
• Kalarigram, Pondicherry
• Aurodhan, Pondicherry
• Department of music, Kerala University
• Department of music, Govt. Womens College
• Department of Music, NSS College, Thiruvananthapuram
• Department of arts, Chinmaya College, Trissur
• Department of dance, St Teresa's college, Kochi
• Natyasutra Online Workshop
• Natyasutra hybrid workshop
• University of Ireland
• Navodaya, Saudi Arabia, 2023
• Mudra Festival, Vyloppilli Samkruthi Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram
• Kala, Manchester
• Ryan Ninan Children’s charity workshops in Aylesbury, Oxford, Watford, Eastham, UK, 2018

• Mudra National dance festival, 2005, Govt.of Kerala
• Kapila Vatsyayan National Dance Festival, Bharatbhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, 2021
• Chilanka Festival, Vyloppilli Samkruthi Bhavan, Govt.of Kerala, 2021
• Workshops of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy, 2019
• Nishagandhi National Dance festival, Govt of Kerala, 2024
• Chilanka National dance festival, Vyloppilli Samskriti bhavan, Govt of Kerala, 2024
• Kapila Vatsyayan National Dance festival, Govt.of Kerala, 2024
• Nishagandhi National Dance Festival, Govt.of Kerala, 2025

• Supervisor to research scholars in dance, Kerala Kalamandalam
• Executive member of the Research committee, Kerala Kalamandalam
• Member - Audition board for classical dance, Doordarshan, Kerala
• Member of the cultural panel, Kerala state planning board, 2021
• Vice- Chairperson of Guru Gopinath Natana gramam, Department of Culture, Govt.of Kerala, 2023
• Member, Board of Mentors, Alliance University, Bengaluru

• Executive member, Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Academy, 2016-2022
• Executive Committee member and member of General body, Vyloppilli Samkruthi Bhavan
• Interpreter of art and Bharatanatyam educator, Natyasutra.com
• Executive member, Natanagramam, Cultural institution under Ministry of Culture, Govt. of Kerala
• Member in the selection panel, Natanagramam Desiya Nritta Puraskaram
• Jurist in the non - fiction category, Kerala television awards, 2022
• Jurist in the Best book in cinema category, Kerala state film awards, 2015
• Jurist in the selection of Best script among women directors and directors in the SC-ST category, Kerala State film Development Corporation, 2022

• NARTHAKI, DC Books, 2013
• NRUTHAKALA, Chintha Publications, 2011

• Bharatanatyam, Guru V. Mythili, Guru Jayanthi Subrmaniam
• Carnatic Music, Sri Mullamudu Harihara Iyer, Sri Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath, Padmashri Vidushi Parassala Ponnammal, Guru B. Sasikumar, Irinjalakkuda Vijayakumar

• TOP grade artist of Doordarshan Kendra, New Delhi in Bharatanatyam
• Empanelled artist of ICCR

• Age: 51
• Date of Birth: 01/31/74
• Place of Birth: Thiruvananthapuram