Looking to revive Kuchipudi, the Andhra Pradesh government is planning to set up an academy dedicated exclusively to the promotion of the iconic dance form both at home and abroad. The state ...

“I look back at my journey with disbelief because there were umpteen difficulties when I chose to study the art form. First, I was turned down by a guru since I didn’t know Telugu. Later, when I was ...

In the early 1930s, the classical Kuchipudi dance-drama form had an interesting interaction with cinema. That is a fascinating chapter in the history of the Kuchipudi dance form. When I was ...

VIJAYAWADA: The “Maha Brinda Natyam,” a Kuchipudi performance by 6,117 artistes, from 3-year-olds to 65-year-olds, organised at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium here on Sunday made it to the ...

Dancers in Cupertino will be memorialized in a book that honors loud burps, long fingernails and large groups of breast-feeding mothers. “We are in the history books,” Anand Kuchibhotla said Monday.

As Yamini Reddy prepares to present Surya at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad, there is a sense of quiet fulfilment in her voice. “Surya is a dance production that was conceived by me in 2018,” she says ...

VISAKHAPATNAM: “Kuchipudi and other forms of traditional arts were only available to people in our village back then. But today, it has gained so much importance that many people across the globe are ...

The various facets of Kuchipudi, the classical dance form from Andhra Pradesh, will be explored during a two-day festival at Kalakshetra. CHENNAI: The various facets of Kuchipudi, the classical dance ...

Renowned Kuchipudi dancer, Dr Shobha Naidu (64), passed away at a private hospital after prolonged illness in the early hours of Wednesday, her family members said. Born in 1956 at Anakapalle in ...