{"id":270,"date":"2023-06-27T15:16:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mnsarma.in\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2023-12-13T10:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T10:07:05","slug":"performing-arts-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mnsarma.in\/?page_id=270","title":{"rendered":"Performing Arts : Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did extensive field work in the extinguishing <strong>Dance Traditions of the Devadasis under the aegis of the A.P. Sangeet Nataka Akademi, 1968-70.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written extensively on <strong>Kuchipudi and Andhra Natyam traditions<\/strong>, especially on the work and contribution of several Kuchipudi Masters including<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                                Vedantam Laxminarayana Sastry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                                Chinta Venkataramaiah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                               Vempati Chinna Satyam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                               Nataraja Ramakrishna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                             Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also contributed lead articles on Renowed Indian Dancers including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                            Uday Shankar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                             Rukmini Devi Arundale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                            Kelucharan Mohapatra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                           Ram Gopal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                          Birju Maharaj<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                         T. Balasaraswati<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Extensively interviewed <strong>Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam, Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma, P.V.G. Krishna Sarma and Pasumarti Venkateswarlu <\/strong>from Kuchipudi Village for the special issues on Kuchipudi Maestros for <strong><em>Nartanam, <\/em><\/strong>2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convenor, <strong>Abhinaya Sadas \u2013 Seminar on Temple and Kucheri Traditions of Dance<\/strong>. A.P. Sangeet Nataka Akademi, 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contributed entries on <strong>Kuchipudi. Toorpu Bhagavatham, Pagati Veshalu and Kuravanji <\/strong>and 20 others to <strong>Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre &amp; Peformance. <\/strong>London : Oxford University Press, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Documented a <strong>ten-hour interview <\/strong>and related demonstrations of <strong>Dr. Nataraja Ramakrishna <\/strong>for the Dept. of Culture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Served as Convenor of <strong>Young Dancers Festival<\/strong>, Hyderabad under the aegis of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Served as Convenor, <strong>Kuchipudi Dance Festival<\/strong> conducted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi at Kuchipudi, 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convenor, <strong>Kuchipudi Yakshagana &amp; Dance Drama Festival<\/strong> jointly sponsored by the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi and Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad, 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convenor, <strong>Traditional Yakshagana workshop<\/strong>, Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi and University of Hyderabd, Hyderabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Editor, Nartanam<\/em><\/strong> <strong>(2001 \u2013 2012), a Quarterly Journal of Indian Dance, Mumbai &amp; Hyderabad.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did extensive field work in the extinguishing Dance Traditions of the Devadasis under the aegis of the A.P. Sangeet Nataka Akademi, 1968-70. 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