Jayalakshmi Eshwar

A Bharatanatyam exponent par excellence, Jayalakshmi Eshwar is an internationally renowned performer, choreographer, teacher and author. Her in-depth and meticulous training under the aegis of kalakshetra, Chennai of late Rukmini Devi Arundale, has made her style innovative, yet traditional.

Her creative genius has won her several laurels both on stage and on camera in India and world over. She has also enacted as the tanjore dancer in the award winning classical Kannada film ?Hamsa Geethe? of G.V. Iyer.

Her internationally acclaimed contribution to Bharatanatyam was her first book-?Bharatanatyam: How To...? (Published by BRPC), which was supplemented by audio and video training materials.

She is the recipient of the Sangeeth Natak Akademi?s Senior Fellowship. She is also the Founder-Director of Abhinayaa- a Centre for Bharatanatyam in Delhi. She also the heads the department of Bharatanatyam at the Triveni Kala Sangam and is the Founder-President of Abhinaya Aradhana, an organization dedicated to the propagation of culture in all spheres of life.

This is her second book amongst the several others that are planned in the coming years. The philosophy behind these books is to provide students and professionals of Bharatanatyam the opportunity of immerse themselves in a deeper study of the dance form through an accessible and accurate medium.

Presently residing in New Delhi, India, she is actively performing in both solo and group productions in India and abroad with the Abhinayaa dance troupe.