Nina Rajarani, MBE, is a South Asian dancer and choreographer and winner of
The Place Prize
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2006. She runs a dance school based in Harrow, Middlesex, and is Artistic Director of Srishti - Nina Rajarani Dance Creations, a male-dominated touring dance company.
Nina Rajarani was awarded the Diploma in
Bharatanatyam
Bharatanatyam () is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the eight widely recognized Indian classical dance forms, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of S ...
from the
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
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in 1986 and in 1987 she staged her
Arangetram. Rajarani has toured as a performer in the UK, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.
Rajarani won
the Place Prize
The Place Prize is a prestigious contemporary dance award, given to the winner of a biennial choreography competition organised by The Place in London.
The Place Prize was created in 2004 and has been sponsored by Bloomberg since its inception. W ...
, Europe's largest choreographic competition, in the autumn of 2006. Rajarani was chosen from 20 finalists and 204 entries overall. The winning piece, QUICK!, is inspired by the fast-paced world of city traders. Popular with audiences, QUICK! remains in the touring repertory.
Nina Rajarani was awarded an
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in the Queen’s 2009 Birthday Honours, in recognition of her services to South Asian Dance. The award was announced on 13 June 2009.
Rajarani has a school of dance established in 1991 and based at the Harrow Arts Centre in Middlesex. Rajarani is currently the Secretary of the South Asian Dance Faculty of the
ISTD. She is also an Associate Artist of Akademi.
After a three-year hiatus from performance, Rajarani returned to the stage in March 2010 in the touring company showcase ''These Are A few Of My Favourite Things''.
References
External links
The Place Prize websiteReview of Quick! in The TimesReview of Quick! in The GuardianNews story on Nina Rajarani being awarded the MBE
* ttp://www.srishti.co.uk/ Srishti website
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Living people
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Indian female dancers
People from New Delhi
Year of birth missing (living people)
Dancers from Delhi