Kuchipudi dancer Padmaja Reddy is all set to perform at Shilpakala Vedika

Hyderabad: Kuchipudi dancer G Padmaja Reddy, who revived the dance form ‘Kakatiyam’ that existed 1,400 years ago in the Kakatiya dynasty, is all set to perform at Shilpakala Vedika on December 26. She will be presenting her dance ballet ‘Kakatiyam’, along with her troupe, in Hyderabad, in the presence of MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha, Home Minister […]

Hyderabad: Kuchipudi dancer G Padmaja Reddy, who revived the dance form ‘Kakatiyam’ that existed 1,400 years ago in the Kakatiya dynasty, is all set to perform at Shilpakala Vedika on December 26.

She will be presenting her dance ballet ‘Kakatiyam’, along with her troupe, in Hyderabad, in the presence of MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha, Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali, and other dignitaries.

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Padmaja had been working on ‘Kakatiyam’, which reflects the essence of Telangana, for the last seven years. She was introduced to the forgotten dance form by renowned musicologist Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao, who translated Jay Senapati’s ‘Nrtta Ratnavali’ into English.

She researched on the subject for six months and studied the sculptures of Thousand Pillar Temple, Ramappa Temple, Warangal Fort, and around 50 other temples with a team of archaeologists and eventually introduced the dance form to people here which, otherwise, as she believes, would have remained in the books.

The event will be taking place on Sunday at 6:30 pm.

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