IMPORTANT SOLO / DUET PRESENTATIONS

Revolutionary new repertoire in Bharatanaatyam
In 1969, Dhananjayan presented a full evening�s performance of never before seen items at the Museum Theatre in Chennai. It was the start of a new era in the Bharatanaatyam repertoire that fired the imagination of those used to seeing only standard items.
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Nandanaar Charitam The popular Tamizh legend immortalized by the great poet Gopalakrishna Bharati, is the story of a down - trodden who attains Godhood. Details Reviews Photo Album

Vyaasolpathi
Birth of sage Veda-Vyasa who wrote Mahaabhaaratam and Bhagavat Gita. In this solo dance narration (lyrics in Malayalam by Thunjath Ezhuttachan) the birth of Veda-Vyasa is explicitly portrayed. Music is by Reji George.
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Dhoorjati Natanam
Choreographed to a song from an old Telugu literary work called Doorjati Nadinchanei, it has a description of the navarasas and is done as a 15-minute solo or duet item.
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Varnams
The Dhananjayans composed special varnams on various deities like the Vinaayaka Varnam in Nattaikuranji, Aanjaneya Varnam, Raama Varnam and Shiva Varnam.
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-Vinaayaka Varnam in Nattaikuranji (1982) Details Reviews Photo Album

-Raama Varnam (1983)
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Sabdams
The Dhananjayans composed special sabdams like Shanmuga Sabdam, Ganesha Sabdam and Raama Sabdam.
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Special compositions
The Dhananjayans have authored innumerable varieties of compositions in opening items, jathiswarams, varnams, sabdams, tillaanaas, padams, javalis and slokas.
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OTHER ITEMS

Kathakali items
By performing select pieces from a Kathakali play, without the traditional costumes, Dhananjayan has thrilled the audiences, educated them about Kathakali and added considerably to his extensive performing repertoire.

Repertoire in Malayalam
Dhananjayan has written a lot of poems in Malayalam. He has formulated a complete repertoire choreographed to his poetry for which he has composed the music himself.

Nrittaswaraavali
Nrittaswaraavali was done in1979 and even after so many years, it is still appealing in form and content. Music composed by T V Gopalakrishnan and choreographed by Dhananjayan, it is a coalesce of rhythm and aangika, the body movement.

Tulsidas bhajan
Dance and music was composed by Dhananjayan for the bhajan �Bhajamana Raama Charana Sukhadayi..�
"Bhakti rasa was written on Dhananjayan's face when he interpreted the bhajan of Tulsidas, 'Bhajamana Raama Charana Sukhadayi'..."
- N Hariharan, Times of India, June 13, 1989