Aparna B. Marar

Aparna B Marar
Aparna B Marar giving a talk at the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi- Regional Theatre, Thrissur,Kerala
Born Aparna Balram
Guruvayoor, Kerala, India
Occupation Dancer; Educator; Organiser; Singer
Dances Mohiniyattom KuchipudiBharathanatyam

Aparna B Marar is a young Indian classical danseuse from Kerala. She has attained accomplishment as a dancer, organiser, art educator, choreographer and a singer.[1] She is also an engineer with a postgraduation in wireless communication engineering from PSG College of Technology. She has received numerous honours including the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy- Yuva Prathibha Award, Calicut University- Kalathilakam Awards, National scholarship by Ministry of Culture.[2]

As a regular performer and educator she travels extensively around the world for her performances and lectures. She is an empanelled artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations - ICCR, as well as a member of American Dance Therapy association. She is also the director of the Kalabharathi Foundation for Indian Culture and Heritage,[3] which is a non-profitable cultural organization, regularly organising festivals, workshops and welfare programmes.[4][5] Aparna is actively involved in art movements for the benefit of society. She is a resource person and a researcher with National Institute on Developmental Delays, USA training the children with developmental delays in movement exploration activities using techniques of Indian classical dancing. She actively takes part in art appreciation programmes for the common people and students.[2][6]

From the performance "Brahmin", a choreography on Rabindranath Tagore's poem at Thiruvananthapuram.
Aparna giving a kuchipudi Performance at Gurupranamam

Personal life

Aparna was born in Guruvayoor, the temple town of Kerala, to Balram k Marar, a marine chief engineer and Dr.sreelekha Balram,a homoeopathic doctor. She has multiple academic qualifications. After completing her post graduation in engineering with a rank, she pursued Masters in Fine arts(Bharathanatyam) from Sastra university, Thanjavur.[7] She is also an alumnus of Indian institute of Management, Bangalore wherein she did executive management in entreprenuership. She has received many honours in arts as well as academics. Aparna has also presented and published many technical papers in international journals,[8] and national conferences.

Professional life and career

Aparna was initiated to dancing at an age of four. Ever since she has been receiving extensive training in different styles of Indian classical dance, Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattom from prominent gurus of the country. She is a student of Kalamandalam Kshemavathy[9] in Mohiniyattom. She is also trained under Isaimani R Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar in Carnatic Music,[1] and Sri. VijaySursen in Hindusthani Music.

Apart from being a performer she is actively involved in art appreciation programmes and training programmes for children with developmental delays. She actively propagates the concept of Dance Therapy through workshops and demonstrations across the globe. In the banner of Kalabharathi Foundation for Indian Culture and Heritage, Aparna regularly organises festivals [10] for the promotion of youth in Indian classical arts.[4][5][11][12][13] The organisation has also initiated support services to struggling veteran artists of the country through the scheme "Ashraya Nidhi".

Aparna is also a noted playback-gazal singer and a choreographer.

Awards and honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Aparna Marar singing carnatic music video - Big News Live - Kerala Malayalam News, Cinema News, Tech News". Bignewslive.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 G. S. Paul. "Healing through dance". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Kalbharathi Cultural Heritage India". Kalabharathi.in. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "When Kuchipudi, Kathak mesmerise audiences". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Manorama Online - Kalabharathi Foundation celebrates World Dance Day". Manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Aparna: Exploring prospects of Dance Therapy". Bignewslive.in. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sreekrishna college bags championship". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  8. ↑ V Krishnaveni. "IJCA - Beamforming for Direction-of-Arrival (DOA) Estimation-A Survey". International Journal of Computer Applications - IJCA. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Profile - Kalamandalam Kshemavathy - Padma Jayaraj". Narthaki.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "National Dance Music Festival commenced". Bignewslive.in. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Kalabharathi National Young Dance Festival 2013 - Kalabharathi Dance Festival Timings Schedule Venue - Kalabharathi Dance Festival Kerala". Justkerala.in. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Kalabharathi Young Dance & Music Fest 2014". Realmatch Online. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  13. ↑ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (1 July 2013). "Does Kerala have a new cultural capital?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Yuva Pratibha awards announced". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "Sree Krishna College bags overall title". Newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  16. 1 2 "Aparna B Marar Classical Dancer Profile". Thiraseela.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "Thrissur girl wins national prize in classical dance". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS : EMPANELMENT OF ARTISTES : REVISED REFERENCE LIST (2012)" (PDF). Iccrindia.net. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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