Dr Arya Madhavan is a Lecturer in Drama at the Lincoln School of Performing Arts, University of Lincoln, UK.
Arya is a Kudiyattam performer with over 16 years of performance expereince from both India and UK. She has also had long years of training in various Indian dance forms, Indian classical music (Carnatic), Yoga and Martial Art.
Her work and recent book (Madhavan, 2010) focus on analysing the contemporary relevance of Kudiyattam and re-assessing its performance techniques from the perspective of Performance Studies.