Roja Kannan
(Bharathanatyam)
Roja Kannan is a Bharathanatyam artiste and is a very senior disciple of the renowned Guru Padmashri Adyar K. Lakshman and Padmabhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan. Born in a family steeped in rich musical tradition being the granddaughter of the renowned musician Palghat Rama Bhagavathar she grew up in an atmosphere of music and dance and started dancing even before she started walking. Her formal training started when she was five years old at Natyalaya the dance school of Smt. Vyjayanthi Mala Bali where she came under the direct tutelage of such illustrious gurus like Kavi Aravindakshan, and Adyar K. Lakshman, in Bharathanatyam and Trichur P. Ramananthan in Mohiniattam. She performed her Arangetram formal dance debut at the age of 12 and has not looked back ever since. She has over four decades of professional performing experience performing experience and has hundreds of performances and lecture demonstrations to her credit both in India and abroad. She is also a trained Carnatic vocal musician having learnt from gurus like Sri V.R. Krishnan and Smt. Shymala Venkateswaran. She also accompanies on the Nattuvangam (cymbals) many leading dancers. She served as the General Secretary of ABHAI ( Association of Bharathanatyam Artistes of India) for eight years. Presently she is continuing her service as a member of their Executive Committee. She runs her own Academy of Dance & Music Bharatha Natyalaya at Chennai, India where she is training over 100 students.
Title | Given by | Date |
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Natya Ilavarasi | Shree Shunmughananda Sangeetha sabha,NewDelhi | - |
Sathya Nrithya Sundaram | Bharathanjali Trust | - |
Nadana Kalamani | Ramalinger Pani Mandram | - |
Kala Seva Bharathi | Bharath Kalachar | - |
Artist | Venue | Date |
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(Choreography) | Arulmigu Karpagambal-Kapaleeswarar | 08/04/2024 |
![]() (Choreography) Roja Kannan-Choreograp Divya Sena-Choreograp Dr. Sheela Unnikrishnan-Choreograp | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 23/02/2024 |
(Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana | Arulmigu Karpagambal-Kapaleeswarar | 02/02/2024 |
(Bharathanatyam) | P.S. Dakshinamurthy Hall | 17/01/2024 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 12/01/2024 |
(Choreography) | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 04/01/2024 |
![]() (Bharathanatyam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 03/01/2024 |
(Choreography) Priya Murle-Choreograp | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 31/12/2023 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Bapalal Bhavan | 29/12/2023 |
(Felicitators) Narthaki Nataraj-Felicitato Dr. Sudha Seshayyan-Felicitato Dr. Akhila Srinivasan-Felicitato Isaikavi Ramanan-Felicitato S. Gurumurthy-Chief Gues Vaishnavi Anand-Devotional | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 30/11/2023 |
(Others) Sailaja Sivakumar-Others Srekala Bharath-Others | Narada Gana Sabha - Mini Hall | 15/10/2023 |
(Others) | Ragasudha Hall | 01/10/2023 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Mini Hall | 17/06/2023 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Abirami Chidambaram Hall | 03/03/2023 |
(Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana | YGP Auditorium | 15/01/2023 |
(Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 03/01/2023 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 15/12/2022 |
(Bharathanatyam) Kali Veerapathiran-Bharathana Muniyaswamy -Others Sijie Wang-Bharathana Thirunagai Ponni -Bharathana Folk Dance-Others | P.S. Dakshinamurthy Hall | 02/12/2022 |
(Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana Srikanth & Aswathi-Bharathana | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 20/08/2022 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 24/07/2022 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 08/07/2022 |
(Lec-Dem) | kalakendra.com | 12/12/2021 |
(Others) | To Register call 94443 77041 | 13/06/2021 |
(Others) | To Register call 94443 77041 | 12/06/2021 |
(Lec-Dem) | webcast-https://kalakendra.com/your | 03/01/2021 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 17/02/2020 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 18/01/2020 |
(Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram | 13/01/2020 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 06/01/2020 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Bapalal Bhavan | 03/01/2020 |
(Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 25/12/2019 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 21/12/2019 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 15/12/2019 |
(Others) | RamaRao Kala Mantap (Near Vidhyoday | 12/12/2019 |
(Bharathanatyam) Gopika Varma-Mohiniatta Sailaja-Kuchipudi Ashimbandhu Bhattacharya-Kathak Bimbavathi Devi-Manipuri Illeana Citaristi-Odissi | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 15/09/2019 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Raja Annamalai Mandram | 23/01/2019 |
(Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala -Bharathana Uma Sathya Narayanan-Bharathana | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 18/01/2019 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 14/01/2019 |
![]() (Bharathanatyam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana Srikanth & Aswathi-Bharathana | YGP Auditorium | 18/12/2018 |
(Bharathanatyam) | RamaRao Kala Mantap (Near Vidhyoday | 14/12/2018 |
(Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana Srikanth & Aswathi-Bharathana Suguna Varadachari -Music Dire | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 21/10/2018 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 07/10/2018 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 11/02/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nithyashri Mahadevan-Vocal - Ca Anuradha Krishnamurthy-Vocal - Ca Roja Kannan-Bharathana Dr. Ambika Kameswar-Bharathana | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 18/01/2018 |
(Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana Srikanth & Aswathi-Bharathana | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 16/01/2018 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Vani Mahal - Sri P.Obul Reddy Hall | 13/01/2018 |
![]() (Bharathanatyam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana Srikanth & Aswathi-Bharathana | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 10/11/2017 |
(Bharathanatyam) | K.R.S. Auditorium - Meenakshmi coll | 04/09/2017 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Saraswathi Vidyalaya Senior Seconda | 25/08/2017 |
![]() (Mridangam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana | Ragasudha Hall | 23/08/2017 |
![]() (Bharathanatyam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana | YGP Auditorium | 05/01/2017 |