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Potnuru Vijaya Bharani Shenkar, a third-generation Kuchipudi creation guru, passed distant connected Monday astatine the property of 75. He is survived by his woman and son.
Dance artists successful Visakhapatnam mourned his loss, arsenic helium had trained galore successful Kuchipudi implicit decades.
A nonmigratory of Peda Waltair, Potnuru Vijaya Bharani Shenkar breathed his past astatine his son’s location successful Yendada.
Vijaya Bharani Shenkar, received prestigious awards similar ‘Nrityaka Tapasvi’, ‘Natya Kala Prapurna’ and ‘Kala Ratna’, and was recognised by the Central Sangeetha Natak Academy arsenic a nationalist 2nd procreation guru of the Kuchipudi tradition.
His household has been teaching Indian classical arts similar ‘Harikatha’, ‘Bharatanatyam’ and ‘Kuchipudi’ for 4 generations.
In 1962, helium went to Chennai and received peculiar grooming successful ‘Kuchipudi’ from the precocious Vempati Pedda Satyam and Vempati Chinna Satyam.
He established his ain creation academy successful Visakhapatnam successful 1982 and introduced the Vempati Pedda Satyam style.
With astir six decades of experience, helium performed arsenic a nationalist teacher successful the state and overseas and was felicitated by the Central Sangeeta Natak Academy successful 1997.
His woman and lad are besides Kuchipudi creation artists.
