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ARTISTE'S PROFILE
 
Name  : Smt. Padmini Rao

Postal Address  

House No.& Street  :
Ponnaiah Lalithakala Academy, 429, Middle School IInd Cross Road

Town/City  : Visweswarapuram

District  :  Bangalore

State  : Karnataka

Pin Code  : 560004

 

Telephone(s) with STD Code  : 080

Landline  : 26670013

Mobile  : 9341927487

Fax  :  

Other PP number(s) for contact  : 080-51204160

E-mail ID  : padmsree@yahoo.com

Website  :  

 

Date of Birth/Age  : February 2, 1954

Education  :
B.A. (Bangalore University)

Field of expertise  :
Classical Dance - Bharatanatyam

Academic/Professional activities  :
  • A trained dancer, teacher and cheoreographer Smt. Padmini Rao besides giving numerous performances has presented ‘Nrityaradhana’ and ‘Navasandhi Nritya’, a traditional temple dance. As Dance Guru, and Head of the Faculty, Ponnaiah Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore she imparts practical teaching and choreographing of new items, dance features and dance dramas. She has been Examiner, Karnataka State Education Board; Scholarship Committee, Karnataka Sangeet Nritya Academy; for M.A. Bangalore University; Member: Syllabus Committee for Bharatanatyam Dance for State Directorate of Text Books; Final Vidwath (Bharatanatyam) Text Book; Chairman, Syllabus Committee for Dance in Govt. Schools; and Member, Secretary and Treasurer, Karnataka Nrityakala Parishath. As Founder-Secretary, Ponnaiah Lalithakala Academy which Smt. Padmihni Rao has been developing into a cultural resource centre on Gurukul pattern with a model auditorium Parampara.

Name of the institution(s)you    :
    associated with     
  • Ponnaiah Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore, Karnataka Nrithyakala Parishath

Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.  :

SCHOLARSHIP FROM GOVT. OF INDIA
H.R.D. Deptt. of Culture, for Dance and ‘Nattuvangam’.
SCHOLARSHIP
Bhulabhi Memorial Trust of Mumbai
JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP FOR RARE COMPOSITIONS OF THE TANJORE QUARTETT;
SENIOR FELLOWSHIP FOR NAYIKAS IN JAVALIS
Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India
SINGARAMANI AWARD
Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai
BEST BHARATANATYAM GURU
OBUL REDDY’S AWARD
Music Academy, Chennai
KARNATAKA KALATILAKA AWARD
Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy
NATYA KALA SARASWATHI AWARD
Natyanjali Trust, Madras.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF THE YEAR (DANCE) – 1988 American Bio-graphical Institute, USA and the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, U.K., by the Indian Institute for Talent Search, India.
VISHWESHWARAPURA RATNA AWARD
Bangalore Mahanagara Palika

Books/Articles authored  :
Has published “Javalis of Chinnaiah”, produced several CD’s on dance items, has been working on a CD on “Fundamentals of Bharatanatyam’ which comprises Adavus, Hasta Viniyogas, Pada Bhedas etc.

Any association with foreign   :
institution(s)    
  • Teaching students in European countries there in collaboration with their respective teachers.

Any other information  :
 

 
 

 

 
                       
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