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'''Aparna Sindhoor''' is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher from [[Mysore]], [[India]].<ref name="hindu_jan04">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/05/stories/2004010501560100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040430183507/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/05/stories/2004010501560100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-04-30|title=Contemporary STEPS |date=2004-01-05|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-08-18}}</ref><ref name="hindu_apr2012">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article3318620.ece|title=Body And Soul |date=2012-04-16|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2012-07-03}}</ref>
She is the Artistic Director of Navarasa Natyalya Dance Theater.

== Training ==
Sindhoor has trained in [[Bharatanatyam]] for approx 15 years with [[K. Venkatalakshamma]], one of the foremost proponents of the Mysore style of Bharatanatyam where ''Abhinaya'' (facial expression) and graceful ''Jathis'' (pure dance compositions) are emphasized.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aparna Sindhoor|url=https://www.centralsquaretheater.org/people/aparna-sindhoor/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Central Square Theater|language=en-US}}</ref> Sindhoor has been giving accomplished professional performances since her ''arangetram'' (graduation solo recital) in 1989.

Sindhoor earned a Gold Medal in dance from Mysore University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aparna Sindhoor|url=https://www.smc.edu/directory/sindhoor-aparna.php|access-date=2021-03-28|website=www.smc.edu|language=en}}</ref> She is also has a Master's in English, and a bachelor's degree in Dance, literature and Dramatics. She received her doctorate in "Dance, Women and Culture" from [[Boston University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aparna Sindhoor|url=https://www.centralsquaretheater.org/people/aparna-sindhoor/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Central Square Theater|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career and Awards ==
Sindhoor founded the Navarasa Dance Theatre Sindhoor in Mysore, India, in 1991 with her husband, film director SM Raju, and fellow choreographer Anil Natyaveda. Since the theatre has been based out of Massachusetts, US.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-09-10|title=East West Players Encounters Navarasa Dance Theater|url=https://thisstage.la/2012/09/east-west-players-encounters-navarasa-dance-theater/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=At This Stage|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2012, Sindhoor developed ''Encounter'', a dance-theatre performance developed as part of her company, Navarasa. The performance is based in a short story by [[Mahasweta Devi|Mahashweta Dev]]<nowiki/>i.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-09-10|title=East West Players Encounters Navarasa Dance Theater|url=https://thisstage.la/2012/09/east-west-players-encounters-navarasa-dance-theater/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=At This Stage|language=en-US}}</ref>

Sindhoor's works have been showcased in the US, Canada, Germany and India, including venues and festivals such as the Jacob's Pillow, Lincoln Center, New Jersey Performance Arts Center, La Mama and New Haven Festival of Arts and Ideas. She was one of the choreographers selected for the [[New England Foundation for the Arts]]’ RDDI program.

In 2013, Sindhoor received the NPN Creation Funds Award for My Dear Muddu Palani.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aparna Sindhoor|url=https://www.smc.edu/directory/sindhoor-aparna.php|access-date=2021-03-28|website=www.smc.edu|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=National Performance Network {{!}} Visual Artists Network|url=https://npnweb.org/enews/201306jun/NPN-VAN%20Newsletter%20June%202013.pdf}}</ref> In the same year, she was also nominated for Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Choreography.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aparna Sindhoor|url=https://www.smc.edu/directory/sindhoor-aparna.php|access-date=2021-03-28|website=www.smc.edu|language=en}}</ref>

==Dance theater works==
* ''Encounter''
* ''A Story and A Song''
* ''River Rites''
* ''Plantation Talas''
* ''Refugee Ragas''
* ''The Hunt''

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.navarasa.org/ Aparna Sindhoor's Navarasa Dance Theater]
* [http://www.varnamthefilm.com/ Varnam Official Website]

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