December 8, 2002 at 7.30 pm "Samavesham - Gender transformation in South Indian Performing Arts" Session
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Kalakrishna is an outstanding exponent of Andhra Natyam . Andhra Natyam is the traditional lasya dance performed for centuries by female artists of Andhra Pradesh as a dedication to dieties in temples and in the courts of kings. The dance form has exquisite foot work, captivating expressions and splendid movements of the body with gaiety and beauty representative of the tender feminine touch. Kalakrishna, a disciple of the world renowned Indian Classical dance exponent, Kalaprapurna Dr. Nataraja Ramakrishna, has total mastery over the style of this dance form and has enthralled audiences both in India and all over the world including many African nations which he visited on a cultural exchange programme of the ICCR. He also performed in the U.S.A in 1990-91 under the sponsorship of the Telugu Fine Arts Society, New York and TANA.
Many titles have been conferred on him. These include "Abhinaya Satya Bhama" on behalf of Connoisseurs of Dance by well-known Scholar Sri Vamparala Suryanarayana Sastry and "Madhura Lasya Kala Nidhi" by the Sangeetha Vidwa Sabha of Kakinada. He has conducted a number of workshops in Abhinaya in different parts of the world including the Mahatma Gandhi Institute in Mauritius (1997), the Kuchipudi Dance Centre, St. Louis, USA (1991) and various Navajanardanam workshops. He is also a visiting lecturer at the Department of dance, University of Hyderabad. On Samavesham: |
