Anuradha Venkataraman is a Bharatanatyam dancer, who has been trained since the age of 10 with Guru Saroja Vaidyanathann, in the Kattumanar Muthukumaran Pillai style of Tanjore and who has been performing and teaching for over 25 years in India and abroad.
Anuradha collaborates with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and on behalf of this prestigious institution has performed in Poland, Germany, Denmark and Luxembourg. His shows have been featured in major Indian festivals including Chidambaram Dance Festival, Khajuraho Dance Festival, Mamallapuram Dance Festival, Nada Neerajanam dance festival.
In addition to performing traditional repertoire, she has choreographed 6 full-length productions based on contemporary themes
Her academic background includes a master’s degree in Arts And Aesthetics from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a Phd in Cultural Studies from Jain University.
He has taught at Korea National University of Arts in Seoul and Azim Premji University in India. He has received grants from the Government of India Department of Culture and the India Foundation for the Arts for his productions.
She received the nomination for the Prakriti Excellence in Contemporary Dance Awards with the dance video production Angels, episode of Instabili Vaganti’s web series VideoDante#India.
She has been part of the Beyond Borders project since 2020 and is a performer in the performance Dante Beyond Borders, by Instabili Vaganti, co-produced by the Italian Cultural Institutes of New Delhi and Mumbai.