Yagnika Iyengar

About

Yagnika Madhusudan Iyengar’s artistic practice integrates Bharatanatyam with yoga and movement arts, drawing on additional training in Carnatic classical music, Kalaripayattu, ballet, contemporary dance, and Varma therapy. Her approach combines her background in movement disciplines with her long-term practice of yoga under the influence of Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. Among her notable presentations, her work “Matrutvam” received media attention when she performed it in full-term pregnancy, earning recognition as a depiction of physical strength and artistic commitment.

Gurus & lineage

• Sneha Devanandan · Bharathanatyam
• Radha Shridhar · Bharathanatyam
• Kiran Subrahmanyam · Nattuvangam

Also studied with

• Bragha Bessel · Workshops
• Padmini Ravi · Workshops
• Shankar Kandasamy · Workshops
• Padma Subramanyam · Institutional

Affiliations

• Trayag Natyalaya · Founder (2017–present)

Works & productions

• Matrutvam · director
• Ramayanam · director
• Shivarpanam · director

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Bharatanatyam · SASTRA University
• Diploma in Movement Arts · Attakkalari Institute
• Diploma in Varma Therapy
• Master’s degree in Yoga Therapy