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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Roja Kannan<br />
| image = Roja Kannan.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = 06 october 1960<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| relatives = [[Palghat Rama Bhagavathar]]<ref name="TH01">{{cite web |last=Saranyan |first=Vidya |date=2013-01-10 |title=Thinking on her feet |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-arts/chen-dance/thinking-on-her-feet/article4294288.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2025-02-01}}</ref><br />
| occupation = dancer, choreographer, teacher<br />
| known_for = [[Bharatanatyam]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Roja Kannan''' (born 1959 or 1960)<ref name="TH01" /> is an Indian dancer specialising in the classical dance form [[Bharatanatyam]].<br />
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Kannan trained in Bharatanatyam under the dancers [[Adyar K. Lakshman]] and [[Kalanidhi Narayanan]].<ref name="TH01" /> She performed an [[Arangetram (dance)|arangetram]] in 1972.<ref name="TH01" /> She stopped performing following her marriage.<ref name="TH01" /> This hiatus lasted for 13 years.<ref name="MT01">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2012-09-21 |title=Dancer Roja Kannan celebrates silver jubilee of her dance academy |url=https://www.mylaporetimes.com/2012/09/dancer-roja-kannan-celebrates-silver-jubilee-of-her-dance-academy/ |publisher=Mylapore Times |access-date=2025-02-01}}</ref><br />
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Kannan founded a dance school, Bharatha Natyalaya, in 1987.<ref name="TH01" /> She was awarded the [[Kalaimamani]] for Bharatanatyam for 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ramakrishnan |first=Shivani |date=2019-08-15 |title=Tamil Nadu Kalaimamani awards – full list of winners |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/tamil-nadu-kalaimamani-awards-full-list-of-winners-5908219/ |publisher=[[The Indian Express]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820051414/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/tamil-nadu-kalaimamani-awards-full-list-of-winners-5908219/ |archive-date=2022-08-20 |access-date=2025-02-01}}</ref><br />
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In 2012 Kannan was based in Alwarpet, Chennai.<ref name="MT01" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://rojakannan.in/ Official website]<br />
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[[Category:Bharatanatyam dancers]]<br />
[[Category:Dancers from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Indian classical choreographers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian dance teachers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female classical dancers]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Kalaimamani Award]]<br />
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
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