Place:Hyderabad, India
School/Organization: Natya Sudha
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Email : rajanimalladi73@yahoo.com
Phone : (91) 9848302676
M. Rajani
Flat no.504,Sai kiran residency
Kartikeya Nagar, Nacharam,
Profile and pictures posted with permission from the artist
Malladi Rajani Sankar is a disciple
of Dr. Smt.Uma Ramarao. She started kuchipudi dance training under Vempati
Nageshwari at Warangal at the age of 10 and till her age of 16 She was giving
programmes in various places and then she joined Batchelor’s in Performing Arts
in Telugu University, Hyderabad and honored with Gold Medals for both in the
year 1994 & 96 respectively. Awarded Young Artists National Scholarship and
also Junior Fellowship by H.R.D. Govt. of India
Presently doing a Phd research
work in “Astapadis” at Telugu
University, Kuchipudi village under the guidance of Vendantam Ramlinga Sastry.
Performances Given:
- Performed at Sangeet Natak Academy programe at Hyderabad.
- Madras Telugu Academy Chennai and Bobilli, Andhra Pradesh.
- Many programmes at Cultural Affairs of Andhra Pradesh, Silparamam, Bangalore, Madurai & Lasya Priya Annual programmes over as many as 300 performances.
She has established an Institute of Kuchipudi dance “NATYA SUDHA” in 2003 at Nacharam , Hyderabad. Being a professional artist of kuchipudi dance , She has written , composed and choreographed many dance ballets on various themes like …
1) Kala vandanam (Unity in diversity among all Indian classical
dances)
2) Samskriti Sourabham (Importance & greatness of
Telugu Culture)
3) Shakuntala (Based on the version of Kalidasa’s
Abhignana Sakuntalam)
4)
Vasanta
Vilasam ( The promonance of Ugadi
)
5)
Viswa Shanti (World peace )
6) Sankranthi Sobha
(About the celebration of traditional festival of Sankranthi)
7)
Pushkara prasastyam ( Importance of Pushkaralu)
8) Choreographed Vipra narayana, Krishna puskaralu and
Thyagaraja kritanas
9) Great musical composition by saint Thyagaraja Prahalada
Bhakti Vijayam for Doordarshan, Andhra Pradesh.
10) In
1994 HRD fellowship project she has
composed dance on Sarangapani padams she has written many articles on dance
magazines.
11) Dancer, Guru, Writer, Choreographer & Researcher
Her students have given many performances and won the applause from the audiance for their keen sense of laya and also abhinaya which leads them budding in to the great performers