Guru Potnuru Vijaya Bharani Shenkar, and his wife Chetana, are third generation Kuchipudi dancers from the city. As they keep the tradition alive and their son Uday Shenkar takes it forward into the fourth generation, they talk about the past and the future of this dance form.
Looking back
Art is part of his family tradition, which started with the forefathers of Bharani Shenkar. His grandfather, Late Potnuru Venkata Swami was a Harikatha narrator in Visakhapatnam, while his father would assist him on the harmonium. However in the 30s, his father Late Venkata Narasimha Rao, learnt the classical dances and went on to become ‘Nataraja Hamsa’, ‘Bahukala Kovida’ and ‘Natya Praveena’ in Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. In 1947, Venkata Narasimha started his academy Nataraja Hamsa Natya Kalamandir at Maharanipeta. Having gained recognition by AP Sangeet Natak Academy in 1962, the academy grew in Chengalaraopeta. It became a 35 room building and ran diploma courses.
This story is from the February - March 2018 edition of Yo Vizag.
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