ABOUT PRIYAN

Mohanapriyan Thavarajah is recognized as one of the world’s young male dance artiste of Bharatanatyam - the classical dance form of South India. While deeply rooted in tradition his innovative approach to Bharatanatyam revitalizes physicality, musicality and expressive-theatricality of the dance form to create an exceptional style that is distinct to his personality, which has been well received as “refreshing” by audiences across the world.

Mohanapriyan’s masculinity is enhanced with the sculpted chiseled geometry lines of his dance, and his en- ergy is exemplified with an irrepressible force of precision and dynamism. His choreography has been rec- ognized to be vibrant with rhythmic athleticism and sensitively nuanced expressive elements of story telling, both which are compelling. Mohanapriyan’s performances are based on traditional repertoire of the form, while extending the technique to create new structures taking advantage of his extraordinarily rich and in- tense style of dance.