Premalatha Thiagarajan
SENIOR LECTURER
CULTURAL CENTRE
University of Malaya
Malaysia
Biography
Premalatha Thiagarajan is currently a senior lecturer and the Head of Dance Department, Cultural Centre, University of Malaya. Trained in the Indian classical dance of Bharata Natyam and Odissi, she has staged numerous dance performances and conducted workshops and lecture-demonstrations in Malaysia and abroad. She is the founder of Premalayaa Performing Arts, a company that specialises in Indian classical dance and music. She is a member of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology, World Dance Alliance (WDA) and the Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS). Through her numerous research publications, she has pioneered the study on Indian dance in Malaysia.
Research Interest
Performing Arts, Performing Art and Music (Dance, Gender)
Publications
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Azura Abas & Premalatha Thiagarajan. (2017). Pengkaryaan Feminisme Dalam Karya Tari Kontemporori Aida Redza: Taa (1997) don Zik,r (1996). Tirai Panggung, 13, 92-112. (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS)
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Thiagarajan,Premalatha. 2017. Gender and Ethnicity in Indian Classical Dance in Malaysia. Asian Theatre Journal. 34 (1). (ISI-Indexed)
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Thiagarajan,P (2017). Move in Time: Male Dancers of Indian Classical Dance in Malaysia. Wacana Seni. Vol 16. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
