Full Name Aparna Balram Name Aparna Marar | Role Dancer | |
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Occupation Dancer; Educator; Organiser; Singer Dances Mohiniyattom KuchipudiBharathanatyam | ||
Mohiniyattam by aparna b marar padam krishna nee begane baaro
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. She is an engineer with a degree in wireless communication engineering from PSG College of Technology and runs a software company in India. She has received numerous honours including the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy- Yuva Prathibha Award, Calicut University- Kalathilakam Awards, National scholarship by Ministry of Culture.
Contents
- Mohiniyattam by aparna b marar padam krishna nee begane baaro
- Mohiniyattam by aparna b marar ganesha sthuthi
- Personal life
- Professional life and career
- Awards and honours
- References
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, which is a non-profitable cultural organization, regularly organising festivals, workshops and welfare programmes. 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.
Mohiniyattam by aparna b marar ganesha sthuthi
Personal life
Aparna was born in Guruvayoor, the temple town of Kerala, to a marine chief engineer and a homoeopathic doctor. She completed her graduation in Electronics and Communication engineering from IES College of Engineering, Calicut University, and later did post graduation in wireless communication engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and she was the topper. She has received many honours in arts as well as academics. Aparna has also presented and published many technical papers in international journals, and national conferences. She is married to KI Shebeer (a businessman) and the couple jointly manages the Kalabharathi Foundation for Indian Culture and Heritage.
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 in Mohiniyattom and has done post graduation in Dance (MFA) from SASTRA University, Thanjavur, under the guidance of Padmabhushan Dr. Padma Subramanniam at Nrithyodaya, Chennai. She is also trained under Isaimani R Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar in Carnatic Music, 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 for the promotion of youth in Indian classical arts. The organisation has also initiated support services to struggling veteran artists of the country through the scheme “Ashraya Nidhi”.
Aparna is a noted playback-gazal singer and a choreographer. Besides, she heads a software firm named bigsofttechnologies, which develops innovative tech based applications.