Uma Rama Rao
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K. Uma Rama Rao | |
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 in 2004 | |
| Born | Uma Maheswari 4 July 1938 Visakhapatnam, India |
| Died | 27 August 2016 (aged 78) |
| Awards | Kala Neerajanam, Sri Kala Poorna, Pratibha Puraskar, Sangeet Natak Akadmi Award. |
K. Uma Rama Rao (born Uma Maheshwari, 4 July 1938 – 27 August 2016) [1] was an Indian Kuchipudi dancer, choreographer, research scholar, author and dance teacher.[2] She was the founder & director of Lasya Priya Dance Academy, established in 1985 in Hyderabad, India.[3]
In 2003 she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for proficiency in Kuchipudi by India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.[4] She received the National Senior Fellowship from the Department of Culture, Government of India through the Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Early life and education
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She was born on 4 July 1938 as "Uma Maheswari" to Dr. V. V.Krishna Rao and Sowbhagyam in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
She was a post graduate in economics from Osmania University, Hyderabad.[5]
Teaching career
[edit]She was a Senior Lecturer in Dance from 1969 to 1988 at Sri Tyagaraja Government college of music and Dance in Hyderabad teaching Bharata Natyam, and then an Associate Professor in Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad.
In 1994 she received a PhD from Telugu University and a gold medal for her thesis on 'Yakshagana[6] Prabandhas of King Shahaji-11 ' -(a Maharashtrian who ruled Thanjavur from 1684 to 1712 A.D and composed 20 Yakshaganas -dance dramas in the Telugu language).
Lasya Priya Dance Academy
[edit]She established Lasya Priya, a dance institution in Hyderabad, in 1985, which teaches Kuchipudi and Bharata Natyam classical dance in theory and practice l. Lasya Priya is an affiliated study center of Indira Gandhi National Open University.[7]
Awards and honours
[edit]- Sangeet Natak Academi[8] in 2004.
Works
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- Kuchipudi Bharatam of Kuchipudi Dance: South Indian Classical Dance Tradition. Sri Satguru Publications, 1992. ISBN 81-7030-291-9.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kuchipudi doyenne passes away". 28 August 2016.
- ^ Kothari, p. 11
- ^ Profile: K Uma Rama Rao Narthaki website.
- ^ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Profiles - K Uma Rama Rao - dancer, choreographer, research scholar, author & teacher Compiled by Padma Chebrolu". narthaki.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Yakshagana research Hindu news
- ^ IGNOU Study Centers
- ^ Sangeet Natak Academy Hindu News
- Kothari, Sunil; Avinash Pasricha (2001). Kuchipudi. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 81-7017-359-0.
- Charsley, S. R.; Laxmi Narayan Kadekar (2007). Performers and their arts: folk, popular and classical genres in a changing India. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-40113-5.
External links
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- Kuchipudi exponents
- 1938 births
- 2016 deaths
- Artists from Visakhapatnam
- Indian dance teachers
- Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- Osmania University alumni
- Indian classical choreographers
- Dancers from Andhra Pradesh
- Indian female classical dancers
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