One of the protégé’s of the legendary abhinaya guru, Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan, Ramya has taught in the Diaspora for 40+ years and brings a unique perspective to the rich repertoire that she inherited from her gurus.
“Using the principles of abhinaya that I have developed for myself to deconstruct and reconstruct a composition, students have the opportunity to explore and apply these techniques, principles, and processes. The goal is not merely to teach a specific piece, but to empower each participant with the tools to deepen their interpretive skills and develop or enhance their own creative expressions." Ramya
“Everyone agreed that you have powerful charmand had an impact on everyone. You could talk for hours and no one noticed the time. Everything you taught is precious and some of us are already applying your lessons”
Yadou Shan, Paris, France 2025
Europe & the UK 2025
“Thank you so much for gracing us with your mastery. We are so grateful and hope to host you again.”
Sneha Semaleesan, London, UK 2025
“Thank you for the rich and insightful workshop, I was touched and enjoyed every moment of it!To feel it in the heart and show it through the eyes’ - the Importance of the eye-language was especially striking to me.”
Kumudini Kaindel, Vienna, Austria, 2025
“A flashback to old days with Kalanidhi Mamy! I liked particularly the suggestions and the freedom to improvise with ones own words - the important of eyes - the expressions of a thought, of a feeling. It was wonderful to revise a Padam which I have learnt decades ago and see it in a new perspective! Thank you, Ramya!”
Radha Anjali, Natya Mandir, Vienna, Austria 2025
London, UK 2024
Beeja/ Anusha Subramanyam
The Bhavan
Kalasagara/ Usha Raghavan
Sydney - Gayatri Krishnamurthi
Australia 2023
Javali workshop - Keerthana Musuc School/Uthara Vijay
Melbourne - Divya Krishnan
Brisbane - sowparnika kalari/Bindu Rajendran
Suvarna Fine Arts, Malaysia & Tripataka, Singapore
Singapore & Johore Bahru, Malaysia 2023
Ajith Bhaskar & Durga Mani Maran
Online sessions 2020 thru 2022
Watch a full workshop here: Workshop for ICDA
“….Ramya Harishankar was very inspiring to listen to and importantly, had a voice deeply soaked in conviction” - Preethi Bharadwaj
Natesha School of Music/Suman Nayak, San Diego, USA 2020
Indian Cultural Centre, KL, Malaysia, 2013
Watch an excerpt from a master class - https://youtu.be/gbk1RNyGM38
University of Malay/ Prema Thiagarajan
KL, Malaysia, 2020
Summer workshop/Dominique Delorme
St Jean du Gard, France 2006