Bharathanatyam, Indian Classical Dance School,The Youngest Nattuvanar of the Thanjavur Parampara

Sri Rajarajeswari Bharatha Natya Kala Mandir one of the premier dance institutions imparting training in classical bharathanatyam

Century’s Old Tradition Leading into next Century

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Harikrishna Kalyanasundaram, disciple and son of the renowned dance Guru Natya Acharya Guru Kalyanasundaram and nephew of legendary Bharatha Vidwan Kalaimamani Guru T K Mahalingam Pillai belongs to the Tanjavur tradition of bharatanatyam and represents the seventh generation in an illustrious lineage of natyacharyas (master teachers) who were honoured at the royal courts of Baroda and Ramanathapuram. His great grandfather, Panchapakesha nattuvanar was the author of Abhinaya Navaneetham, a treatise in Tamil on the theory of bharatanatyam.

As one of the directors of Sri Rajarajeswari Bharatha Natya Kala Mandir, Guru Harikrishna is actively involved in teaching, conducting performances and arangetrams, creating new work and staging them for which he has received rave reviews for his choreography and nattuvangam.

Choreographer, composer and conductor, has acquired extensive knowledge and expertise through long years of training, research and performances. Harikrishna Kalyanasundaram has a distinctive approach to creating new classical repertoire and has created several new compositions for dance which have been showcased by dancers in India, USA and Canada.

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