Rajesh Seenath

Artist Name: Sri Rajesh Seenath
Place: Trinidad, Tobago, West Indies
School/Organization: Prem Jyothi Dance Academy
Website:
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Contact:
Email : rajseenath@yahoo.com
Phone : 868-6636227 OR 868-7299830

# 52 MC INROY ST CUREPE

TRINIDAD WEST INDIES

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Sri Rajesh Seenath is a disciple of Padmabhushan Dr Vempati Chinna Satyam. A Natya Visharad from Kuchipudi Art Academy, he  is the torch bearer of  Kuchipudi in Trinidad. He mesmerized the audiences of Trinidad with his stellar Kuchipudi performances. He founded the Prem Jyoti Dance Academy, the only school in Trinidad and Tobago that teaches Kuchipudi. Recognized as one of the top dancers in Trinidad, Sri Seenath performs at many prestigious national events in the country. His contribution to the preservation and development of the Indo-Trinbagonian culture has earned him an induction into the 103FM Hall of Fame.

Manjula Palla Indraganti

Artist Name: Manjula Palla Indraganti
Place: Bangalore, India
School: Natyahela Kuchipudi Dance Academy
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NatyaHela 

Contact:
Email : manjula_palla@yahoo.com
Phone : (91) 9880082081

Address: 
Villa# 50, Confident Bellatrix,

Survey# 121,

Next to Indus International School,

Billapura, Bangalore - 562125

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Manjula Palla Indraganti is a Performer, Choreographer, Teacher Of Kuchipudi Dance

Dance a Passion
Dedicated, accomplished, versatile Dancer in Kuchipudi.

Trained under renowned gurus like Padma Bhushan Dr.Vempati Chinna Satyam, Ms Neeraja Devi, Mrs.Sasikala Penumarthi and Dr.Yashoda Thakore.

Role as a Teacher

Founder and Teacher at the NatyaHela Kuchipudi  Dance Academy.

Teaching Kuchipudi Dance since  June 2010.

Performances

Performed at various International, National and School level Classical Dance gatherings from the age of five.

Participated and won in various Kuchipudi Dance competitions in National and School level.

Conducted month long summer Workshops for kids and Adults.

Choreographed and performed various solo and group dance numbers.

Students of NatyaHela have been performing at various places in Bangalore.

She also worked as a Software Engineer for almost eight years in the USA and in India.

Guru Mahanti Venkateswara Rao

Artist Name: Guru Sri Mahanti Venkateswara Rao

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Tejaswi Kondapalli

Artist Name: Tejaswi Kondapalli
Place: Palo Alto, CA
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Website: http://www.tejakondapalli.com/site/index.html

Videos: http://www.tejakondapalli.com/site/videos.html

Contact:
Email : teja.kondapalli@yahoo.com
Phone : (001) 408-836-0795

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Tejaswi Kondapalli is a Kuchipudi artist from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA. She has had an innate passion for dance since her childhood. She received her initial training in Kuchipudi from various Bay Area teachers.

Tejaswi is a recipient of Fulbright Fellowship for Performing Arts and spent the 2010-2011 academic year living in Hyderabad, India. During this time, she conducted research on Tarangams and Kuchipudi dance, under the guidance of her current Guru, Dr. Uma Rama Rao.

Tejaswi feels that her trip to India solidified her aspiration to continue research and performance if Kuchipudi dance. She is passionate about promoting the arts and educating audiences through her performances.

Tejaswi is grateful to her past teachers Smt. Shymala Karra, Smt. Vaidehi Yellai, Smt. Hima Bindu Challa and Smt. Revathi Komanduri for enriching her repertoire and inspiring her to continue dance.

Though her focus has been on Kuchipudi, Tejaswi is enthusiast for all forms of dance. She is actively involved in production and telecast of classical dance programs of Yuva Bharati, California.

Academically, she received a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering from University of California, San Diego and is currently employed as software engineer in the Bay Area.

Chandralekha

Artist Name: Chandralekha 
Place: Ernakulam, Kerala
School/Organization: Shakthi School of Kuchipudi & Nritya Yoga
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Contact:
Email : shakthikuchipudi@gmail.com
Phone : (91) 8606041411

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Chandralekha is a disciple of renowned Kuchipudi dancer & guru, Natyasri Anupama Mohan and Kalaimamani M.V.N. Murthy. She started learning dance at an age of four under Smt. Saraswathi Vijayan. Setting her foot steps in Bharathanatyam and Mohiniyattom at an early age, she learned her inclination towards Kuchipudi dance when she became 15yrs of age. She joined Kalamandalam Shegind and Kalamandalam Sugatha for learning Kuchipudi. She has also trained herself for Mohiniyattom under smt. Sridevi Rajan, daughter of Kalamandalam Kalyanikuttyamma. Later on she joined Sathyaanjali Academy of Kuchipudi dance run by Smt. Anupama Mohan, for grooming herself into a Kuchipudi professional. Presently she is also practicing Kuchipudi under the guidance of Kalaimamani M.V.N. Murthy. She is running an academy which exclusively teaches Kuchipudi in its traditional form- Shakthi School of Kuchipudi and Nritya Yoga.

 Accomplishments

·    Chandralekha has received National scholarship for Kuchipudi dance, given by the govt. of India for young artists.

·    B- Grade artist for Kuchipudi in Chennai Doordarshan

·    Received Natya Kousthubham title from Sathyaanjali academy of Kuchipudi Dance, for excellence in Kuchipudi

·     Received A-grade for Kuchipudi in M.G. University Youth Festival

·    Received best actress award in the M.G. University Drama Festival and Drama Festivals at school level.

·     Honoured by Kaladarpana Magazine

Performances

She has been fortunate enough to perform in many stages along with her guru and individually. Some of them are

·        Dance festivals organized by Akhila Bharatha Kuchipudi Natya Kala Mandali in Kuchipudi village

·       Dance programs in Vijayawada, Gudiwada, Voyyuru,

·       Brahan Natyanjali dance festival at Tanjavur Big temple

·       National dance festival organized by Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Akademy,

·       Navaratri dance festival organized by Ernakulam Karayogam and Kollur Sri Mookambika temple

·       Dance and Music festival organized by Kaladarpana, a leading art magazine in Kerala

·       Bharatholsavam

·       Swati Festival organized by Kerala Fine Arts Society

·    She was also fortunate to perform in front of the legend of Kuchipudi dance, her guru’s much    respected guru, Padmabushan Dr. Vempatti Chinna Sathyam, on his 75^th birthday celebrations at Hyderabad.

·        Spirit of Unity Concert at  Vizag

·        Vaishaki Nrityotsav in Vizag

·        Delhi Malayali Association program along with Kalabhavan troupe

·        Performed for Bala Sai Baba’s birthday at Kurnool.

·        Program organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Kochi.

She has performed the role of Sri Krishna and Rukmini the Kuchipudi Dance Ballet Sri Krishna Parijatham, in the programs done by Sathyaanjali Academy of Kuchipudi dance. She has also performed in the ballet Nava Durga, choreographed by Kuchipudi Art Academy(Late. Dr. Vempati Chinna Sathyam). She has done the role of Apsara, Shailaputhri and Mahagauri in that ballet. She has also assisted her guru in many Kuchipudi dance workshops.

Dr. Nirmala Visweswara Rao

Artist Name: Dr. Nirmala Visweswara Rao
Place: Hyderabad
School/Organization: Nirmala Nrithya Niketan
Website: 
http://nirmalavisweswararao.blogspot.com/
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Contact:
Email : nirmala_nnn9@yahoo.co.in

Phone : (91) 9866100831

Plot No.26, Phase-I, Road No.04,
Prashanth Nagar Colony,
Nizampet Road, Kukatpally,
HYDERABAD – 500 072.
Andhra Pradesh.

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A leading exponent of Kuchipudi dance, Dr. Nirmala Visweswara Rao has emerged as one of the best dancers of this style of classical Indian dancing. She is considered to be “the prima ballerina” among Kuchipudi dancers and also one of the outstanding performers in India.

Vastly gifted with an attractive demeanour suitable for this form of dancing, Dr. Nirmala indeed casts a spell on her onlookers while performing. She exudes vitality, warmth and endows her dance with an added dimension, and she enchants the initiated and the uninitiated alike. It is her ability to infuse beauty in whatever she creates and gives joyousness to her movements and expressions that set her apart from other practitioners. The movements are full of life and endowed with sensitive lyricism.

Dr. Nirmala Visweswara Rao is the disciple of the noted Kuchipudi exponent, the late Shri Chinta Rama Murthy who is one of the member of the seven families from Kuchipudi village who are renowned for their contribution to the revival and popularization of this classical dance style.

 Dr. Nirmala started her training in Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam at the tender age of 6 under great gurus and she continued to learn the art even after her marriage to Shri Visweswara Rao who is a strong supporter behind her. She completed her M.A., M.Phil and Ph.D., in dance under the guidance of Natya Kaladhara Prof. Pasumarti Ramalinga Sastry, Central University and Acharya Chigicherla Krishna Reddy, Professor & Dean, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad.

Dr. Nirmala has performed widely in national and international festivals and has won high acclaim from both the critics and connoisseurs of dance for her impressive dancing. 

She has performed at the platforms of Ravindra Bharathi, Tyagaraya Ganasabha, Lalitha Kalathoranam, Shiparamam and all other prestigious platforms in Hyderabad. She also performed at many places in India and abroad. Some of them are at Third World Telugu Federation (Siri Fort Auditorium) and at Siliguri Utsav and other states i.e., Maharastra, Tamilnadu, Orissa, etc. Abroad performances at Poland, Turkey, Balgeria, Austria, Srilanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, Doha Qatar, Muscat, Dubai, Bahrain and USA.

Ballets Choreographed by Dr Nirmala are

         Mohini Bhasmasura

         Shakuntala Parinayam

         Ananda Thandavam

         Sri Rama Katha Saram

         Khsamaya Dharithri

         Dasavatharam

         Nava Durga Mahatyam

         Sree Krishna Vilasam

         Bharateeya Nrithya Jhari (All Indian Classical dances)

Dr. Nirmalavisveswara Rao was the recipient of many awards

 “Kala Natya Prabhanjani” from Kalajagathi, monthly magazine, 2012

 “Kuchipudi Kaumudi” from Machilipatnam, 2012

 Participated in 10th Youth Festival in Hyderabad on 25.02.2005

 “Kala Saraswathi Award” by Srikalula Rangasthala Kalakaarula Samaakhya, Srikakulam in March,  2010.

 Indira Priyadarshini National Award in November, 2010 by Health Care International.

 Shankar Puraskar by Chittoori Kalapeetam, Hyderabad in 2010.

 “Best Dancer” award from Telugu Association – Muscat.

 “Golden” Award from Telugu Association in Malaysia for Golden Jubilee Celebration.

 Samskara Bharathi – All India Level Organisation (Akhila Bharatha Nruthya Utsavam).

 Received memento for excellent performance in Ugadi Celebrations from DR.C.Rangarajan,, Hon’ble     Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

 Received Cine Goers Award from DR.Akkineni Nageswara Rao, (Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner).

 Ugadi Puraskar award from various cultural organizations such as Abhinandana of Hyderabad.

 “Best Dancer” award from 6th Global International shopping Festival on 6th June, 2008.

 “Natya Mayuri” Award by Kalanjali Samstha, Chilakaloori peta, Guntur in April, 2008.

 “Natya Kala Vidwamani” from All India Telugu Association – Doha, Qatar on 9th May, 2008.

 Nrutya Kaumudi from Manoranajani – State Wide Organisation on 23rd June, 2003.

Dr. Nirmala has prepared for her vocation both as a professional dancer and a teacher of dance, through rich and multifaceted experiences in higher academics, stage performances, classroom instruction and choreography. She started her own dance institution “Nirmala Nritya Nikethan.

Nirmala Nrithya Nikethan is a premier dance school in Hyderabad established in 1995 by Dr. Nirmalavisweswara Rao with the aim of promoting rich art and cultural heritage of India. Intensive training is imparted to the students here in Kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam. Beginning with a handful of students, the dance school soon grew rapidly in strength and eminence and is reckoned as a premier institution in India. Since its inception,  Dr. Nirmala has trained around 2000 students who have established themselves in different parts of the world. The students here are given comprehensive training from basic to advanced level in a professional manner with sheer discipline. Besides training students, the institution has been providing excellent opportunity for them to showcase their talent through various programs at national and international levels

Vimmi B Eswar

Artist Name: Vimmi B Eswar
Place: 
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Payal Ramchandani

Artist Name: Payal Ramchandani

Place: New Delhi, India

School/Organization:

Website: www.payalramchandani.in

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/payalssg/videos

Contact:

Email : payalssg01@gmail.com

Phone : (91) 09810873569 ,  09810319272

B-35, Freedom Fighters Enclave,

Neb Sarai, New Delhl-110068

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Payal Ramchandani, a disciple of Padmashri Guru Jaya Rama Rao and Vanashree Rao. She started learning dance at the age of four and her initial training was with Gurus Raja & Radha Reddy. She is also an architect.

She has been giving performances for over a decade now. Her performances have ranged from dancing at eminent dance festivals to Academies to International conferences. Her repertoire also includes performances for raising funds for social causes. Some of the corporate houses/Institutions which have sponsored her performances include Airtel, Heritage, Air Hostess Academy, and International doctors’ conference, Tamana, Unity nternational Foundation, Legends of India and Iqbal Barik Mission, T.V Today, Mewar Institute,KMG.

She has participated in several festivals in India and abroad. To mention a few, She has performed for the Kuchipudi Natya Mahotsav, Kuchipudi Natya Vaibhavam Festival, and Shringar festival She has also participated in the  Bhaskar Rao All India Nritya and Sangeet Sammellan and at Dubai and Sharjah at the Jewels of India series to commemorate fifty years of India's independence. She has also been dancing at the lotus feet of Lord Ayyappa at the Ayyappa temple in New Delhi during the Mandalam Festival; has also participated In Mumbai Festival, 2007, which is a national festival to nurture and showcase the talent of young performers of all Indian classical dance styles. In addition to this She has also given a recital organized by an NGO Unity International Foundation engaged in promoting international relations, in Delhi. The “Legends of India” organized her solo dance performance in Delhi called “Jagdeeswaraya namah Sivaya”. She also performed at Indian Immunology Society Conference & Asian Pacific Congress of Clinical Biochemistry at AIIMS and Lawyers’ conference 2010. Apart from this She has had the opportunity to perform in the Youth Festival 2010 as part of the 19^th Commonwealth games 2010, Festival of India 2010, organized by the Delhi government and Delhi Tourism as part of the celebrations of the Games, She has also participated in the Nritya Rupa-Desh Parva series organized by the Sangeet Natak Academy to mark the celebrations of the above. Besides these, She has also performed in the ‘Bhakti Pravaha’ series of Chinmaya mission in recital titled ‘Vande Vasudevam’. She has recently performed at the Mahabalipuram festival 2011 and a large audience at the prestigious Taj Mahotsav 2011. She also walked the ramp in fashion show organized by Marie Claire and Sanjana Jon to support the cause of ‘Saving the girl child’. Her most recent performances included “Unbounded beats of India-UTSAV” on the occasion of the World Dance Day and participation in a lecture demonstration at Modern School, organized by Spic Macay to celebrate the same. She has also performed along with her Gurus at the SAARC conference for parliamentarians hosted by Meera Kumar. She recently performed at the opening and closing of India’s Single largest Dance Holding – the Mohan Khokhar Dance Collection at the visual arts gallery India Habitat Centre, inaugurated by Dr. Karan Singh. She recently represented India on behalf of ICCR for the “Year of India” in Canada in Saskatoon, Regina, Swift Current City, Calgary, Victoria, Edmonton and Ottawa amongst other cities in Canada.She has also performed at the India International Trade Fair 2011 organised by ITPO. Under the auspices of ICCR, she  also gave performances in Mauritius at the  World Telugu Conference in the first week of December, 2011 and conducted Workshops for students at Quatre Bornes.

She performed at the 4^th BRICS Summit at the Rashtrapati Bhavan,New Delhi in the presence of all the five Heads of States and the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Dr.Manmohan Singh and at the FTP11 Conference held at the Indian Institute of Technology,New Delhi. In addition to this she performed at one Occasion of World Dance Day organized by Shri Ashish Khokar at Alliance Francais,Bangalore.She gave a solo recital organized in Mysore by Smt. Vasundhara Dorasamy and at the Sai Nrityotasava organized by Sai International Centre at Bangalore. 

She has also acted in the popular DD Series ‘Parampara’  depicting the Nava Rasas and has also been conferred the title of ‘Nritya Shree” by Pracheen Kala Kendra. She is an empanelled artist with ICCR and Doordarshan-Delhi.

Swarnabala Ganti

Artist Name: Smt Swarnabala Ganti
Place: Hyderabad
School/Organization:
Website: http://swarnabalaganti.blogspot.com/

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Contact:
Email : swarnabalaganti@gmail.com

Phone : (91)-40-2775 0708; 40-93462 40573


H.No: 2-28-33, Amarjyothi Colony, 
New Bowenpally, 
Secunderabad, AP, 
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