A.P. Rajaram is currently teaching at the department of Performing Arts, Presidency University, Kolkata, India. He has completed his PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, His research focus are Ritual dances and movement analysis. He has worked in the rituals of Thai Pusam and Panguni Pongal festivals of Tamil Nadu, his research is on analyzing and understanding these rituals and their trance. He has also worked with a living Devadasi in Viralimalai, researching on her memories of the Sadir dance and its legalities associated along with the performance. He has also involved in understanding the trance movements in the Bhagavatamela Natakam, a community performance from Tanjavur, Tamil nadu.