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The Story of Dr Maya Rao

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 The Dance India #Chitra Venugopal, #Kathak, #Keremane Shivananda Hegde, #mayarao, #Sai Venkatesh, #suparna venkatesh, #the dance india, #thedanceindia, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina

Text: Chitra Venugopal, sister of Dr Maya Rao “Sanjiva Villa” is the name of the place where the story begins.

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A Luminary Violin Virtuoso

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 The Dance India #Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu, #Carnatic Music, #dance india, #Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, #Fiddle Naidu, #Sangameshwara Sastry, #the dance india, #thedanceindia, #VAK Ranga Rao, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina, #Violin

‘Fiddle’ Naidu Text: BR Vikram Kumar Every human is born and then he lives. While trying to live, he makes

Features Rays of Hope

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 The Dance India #bharatanatyam, #dance india, #Nivedana Dance Festival, #Nrityangan Kalakendra, #pous utsav, #Sathyabhama Dance Festival, #Seulii Chatterji, #Tamralipta Dance Festival, #the dance india, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina

Seulii Chatterji is a well-acclaimed Bharatanatyam and Folk (West Bengal) dance performer, choreographer and teacher from Kolkata. She is a

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The Sun never sets in Rukmini’s Empire

July 21, 2021July 25, 2021 The Dance India #Bharatnatyam Dancer, #Dr. Annie Besant, #Dr. George Sydney Arundale, #Kalakshetra, #Rukminidevi Arundale, #Sunil Kothari, #the dance india, #thedanceindia, #Theosophical Society, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina, #VP. Dhananjayans

Rukmini’s reformed style of Bharatanatyam is performed at any point of time in the world. It is said by the

Features Rays of Hope

Dance and music are her expressions of spirit:

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 The Dance India #Bhanumathi, #Bharatnatyam Dancer, #Chandrika Srinivas, #dance and music, #dance india, #thedanceindia, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina, #Violin

Chandrika Srinivas Music and Dance are the two core forms of the arts. While music reverberates through vocals and instruments

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Dance is a Conversation Between Body And Soul

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 The Dance India #bharatanatyam, #dance, #dance india, #Kalamandalam Pushpalata, #Kalamandalam Swarnadipa Mahanta, #Kalamandalam T Shankara Narayan, #Kathak, #Manisha Bhattacharya, #mohiniattam, #Nazrul Nritya, #Swarnadipa, #thedanceindia, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina

“Kalamandalam Swarnadipa Mahanta” At present, Swarnadipa Mahanta is a renowned name among the people who love classical dance form. She

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Poornima Rajini A Oriented Bharatnatyam Dancer

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 The Dance India # Smt. Radha Sridhar, # USA, #Ananda Shankar Jayanth, #Bharatnatyam Dancer, #dance india, #Doordarshan- Chandana, #Guru Natya Saraswathi, #Poornima Rajini, #the dance india, #UAE, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina

Poornima Rajini is a well-skilled Bharatnatyam dancer and is explicitly known to present her art with enjoyment and experience. She

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“Life is better when you dance” Rekha Raju

February 5, 2021February 13, 2021 The Dance India # Nrithya Dharma, #bharatanatyam, #Bharatnatyam Dancer, #Carnatic vocals, #dance india, #India’s culture, #mohiniattam, #Nrithy Kaumudi, #Nritya Rajini, #Rekha Raju, #Sangeeth Natak academy festival, #the dance india, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina

Rekha Raju is a well trained professional Bharatnatyam dancer who has been in this field of art as a performer

Features Torch Bearers

Sushant Kumar Mahapatra

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 The Dance India # Chhau Mask making art, # Shilpa Kushal Prashanna Kumar Mahapatra, # Shri Pranab Mukherjee, #CPC Doordarshan, #dance india, #Sri Jagannath Art School, #Sushant Kumar Mahapatra, #the dance india, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina

Sushant Kumar Mahapatra is a professional and traditional Seraikella Chhau mask maker. He belongs to a traditional family and mask

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Shaik Nadiya: An Epitome of Grit and Determination

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 The Dance India # Nellore, #Andhra Pradesh, #dance india, #Deepa Venkat, #GMR Group, #Kuchipudi artiste, #KV Satyanarayana, #Mudhapaka Venkat, #Natyamayuri Award, #Shaik Khader Basha, #Shaik Nadiya, #the dance india, #Vedantam Purnachandra Rao, #Venkaiah Naidu, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina

Shaik Nadiya fought against all odds to become an accomplished Kuchipudi artiste. In a country, where secularism has always been

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