All India Kuchipidi dance festival in December

Machilipatnam,Aug 14: The Potti Sriramulu Telugu University will organise a five-day long all India Kuchipudi Dance Festival during the last week of December, at Kalapeetam, about 25 KMs from here.

The Executive Council member Y K D Prasada Rao and Principal of the Kalapeetham, Dr V Ramalinga Sastry told UNI the other classical Indian dance forums, including Odissi, Kathak, Kathakali, Manipuri and Bharatanatyam would also be part of the festival.

The objective of conducting such a festival was to present all dance forums on one platform, they added.

Several national level artists and Non-Resident Indian Kuchipudi artists, including Ratnapapa and her team from USA will take part in the festival.

They said the Telugu University decided to introduce an award in the name of the Siddhendra Yogi, the founder of Kuchipudi dance form from this festival to be presented to an outstanding artist, with Rs one lakh cash prize and a citation.

UNI