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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
 Roja Kannan(Choreography) | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 17/12/2025 |
 Smt. Dr. Rukmini Ramani...(Title Bestow ) Bhaskar H. N-Title Best Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathy-Title Best Roja Kannan-Title Best Dharini Komal-Title Best | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 09/12/2025 |
 Priya Murle...(Bharathanatyam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana Srekala Bharath-Bharathana Dr. Urmila Sathyanarayanan-Bharathana Vidya Subramanian.-Bharathana | Prego | 07/10/2025 |
| Roja Kannan (Choreography) | R.K.Swamy Auditorium in Sivaswamy K | 13/03/2025 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Sastra University - Chennai Campus | 26/02/2025 |
| Priya Murle... (Bharathanatyam) Roja Kannan-Choreograp | YGP Auditorium | 11/01/2025 |
| Roja Kannan... (Others) Anitha Guha-Others | Bapalal Bhavan | 01/01/2025 |
| Roja Kannan... (Composer) Priya Murle-Choreograp | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 31/12/2024 |
| Roja Kannan (Choreography) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 27/12/2024 |
| Roja Kannan (Choreography) | Maharaja Banquet & Marriage Hall | 18/08/2024 |
| Roja Kannan (Choreography) | Arulmigu Karpagambal-Kapaleeswarar | 08/04/2024 |
 Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala ...(Choreography) Roja Kannan-Choreograp Divya Sena-Choreograp Dr. Sheela Unnikrishnan-Choreograp | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 23/02/2024 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana | Arulmigu Karpagambal-Kapaleeswarar | 02/02/2024 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | P.S. Dakshinamurthy Hall | 17/01/2024 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 12/01/2024 |
| Roja Kannan (Choreography) | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 04/01/2024 |
| Priya Murle... (Bharathanatyam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 03/01/2024 |
| Roja Kannan... (Choreography) Priya Murle-Choreograp | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 31/12/2023 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Bapalal Bhavan | 29/12/2023 |
| Roja Kannan... (Felicitators) Dr. 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 |
| Roja Kannan... (Others) Sailaja Sivakumar-Others Srekala Bharath-Others | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 15/10/2023 |
| Roja Kannan (Others) | Ragasudha Hall | 01/10/2023 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 17/06/2023 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Abirami Chidambaram Community Hall | 03/03/2023 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana | YGP Auditorium | 15/01/2023 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 03/01/2023 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 15/12/2022 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Kali Veerapathiran-Bharathana Muniyaswamy -Others Sijie Wang-Bharathana Thirunagai Ponni -Bharathana Folk Dance-Others | P.S. Dakshinamurthy Hall | 02/12/2022 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana Srikanth & Aswathi-Bharathana | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 20/08/2022 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 24/07/2022 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 08/07/2022 |
| Roja Kannan (Lec-Dem) | kalakendra.com | 12/12/2021 |
| Roja Kannan (Others) | To Register call 94443 77041 | 13/06/2021 |
| Roja Kannan (Others) | To Register call 94443 77041 | 12/06/2021 |
| Roja Kannan (Lec-Dem) | webcast-https://kalakendra.com/your | 03/01/2021 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 17/02/2020 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 18/01/2020 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram | 13/01/2020 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 06/01/2020 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Bapalal Bhavan | 03/01/2020 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 25/12/2019 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 21/12/2019 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 15/12/2019 |
| Roja Kannan (Others) | RamaRao Kala Mantap (Near Vidhyoday | 12/12/2019 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Gopika Varma-Mohiniatta Sailaja-Kuchipudi Ashimbandhu Bhattacharya-Kathak Bimbavathi Devi-Manipuri Illeana Citaristi-Odissi | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 15/09/2019 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Rajah Annamalai Mandram | 23/01/2019 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala -Bharathana Uma Sathyanarayanan-Bharathana | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 18/01/2019 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 14/01/2019 |
| Priya Murle... (Bharathanatyam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana Srikanth & Aswathi-Bharathana | YGP Auditorium | 18/12/2018 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | RamaRao Kala Mantap (Near Vidhyoday | 14/12/2018 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana Srikanth & Aswathi-Bharathana Suguna Varadachari -Music Dire | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 21/10/2018 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 07/10/2018 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 11/02/2018 |
 Dr. S. Sowmya...(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 |
| Roja Kannan... (Bharathanatyam) Priya Murle-Bharathana Srikanth & Aswathi-Bharathana | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 16/01/2018 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 13/01/2018 |
| Priya Murle... (Bharathanatyam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana Srikanth & Aswathi-Bharathana | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 10/11/2017 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | K.R.S. Auditorium - Meenakshmi coll | 04/09/2017 |
| Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | Saraswathi Vidyalaya Senior Seconda | 25/08/2017 |
 Nellai D. Kannan...(Mridangam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana | Ragasudha Hall | 23/08/2017 |
| Priya Murle... (Bharathanatyam) Roja Kannan-Bharathana | YGP Auditorium | 05/01/2017 |