Rasa Unmasked, Sydney Opera House. April 2009.
2010 – Six-week India Tour, performs Vision of Forever at Istana Budaya and Malaysia Tour; International Dance Festival, New Delhi ( presented by ICCR)
2009 – Nartaka Award from Natyanjali Trust, Chennai
2008 – Directs Stirring Odissi – International Odissi Festival Malaysia (Sutra Dance Theatre’s 25th Anniversary), Europe Tour and leads Sutra at Carnegie Hall, NY performance
2007 – Spellbound on Astro
2007 – Sutra Foundation is launched
2006 – Toronto/Europe Tour/Angarag Lifetime Achievement Award
2005 – Spellbound Odissi Live! at Istana Budaya
2004 – Ramli! Heart of Sutra is published
2003 – Sutra in India documentary by Sunil Mehra
2003 – Receives the BOH Cameronian Lifetime Achievement Award
2003 – 6th Sutra Festival, Sutrarasa
2002 – Makes acting debut in Kafka’s Metamorphosis
2001 – 5th Sutra Festival Gerak Angin
1999 – Fulbright Distinguished Artist Award. Climbs up to Everest Base Camp
1997 – Sutra tours India with Mother India
1997 – Invited to attend the Asian Relations Conference in New Delhi and met Rajiv Gandhi
1995 – 4th Sutra Festival Restu
1993 – 3rd Sutra Festival Harum!
1992 – Sivarajah Natarajan joins Sutra Dance Theatre
1991 – 2nd Sutra Festival, Up to you! Writes and stages In the Name of Love for Sabera Shaik
1990 – First Sutra Festival Ready When You Are!
1987 – Kusumanjali, the first Malaysian trained Odissi dancers perform
1985 – Adorations – his first major Odissi work premieres in Sydney with Rodney Hall
1984 – Choreographs Sutrarasa Fantasy Island
1983 – Establishes Sutra Dance Theatre. Choreographs first contemporary Malaysian works Gerhana and Pandanglah! Lihatlah!
1982 – Returns to Malaysia. Receives grant from Australia Arts Council to study Odissi. Begins serious study with Deba Prasad Das
1981 – New York/London/Hong Kong/with SDC. Met legendary Odissi Indrani Rehman in NY
1980 – Italy Tour. Goes to Orissa and commences study of Odissi in Puri
1978 – Debuts in Graeme Murphy’s Poppy as Nijinsky at the Sydney Opera House
1977 – Invited to the Sydney Dance Company (SDC) under Graeme Murphy upon graduation from ABS. Met with Adyar K. Lakshman in Sydney and begins studying Bharata Natyam seriously
1977 – Graduates from the Australian Ballet School (ABS)
1976 – Studies at Australian Ballet School
1975 – Graduates from University of Western Australia, Bachelor in Engineering (Mech)
1971 – Leaves Malaysia to further studies in Mechanical Engineering, Australia
1969 – Royal Military College (RMC)
1953 – Born in Kajang, Selangor
