Kuchipudi Dance Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam passed away on 29 July 2012.
He was 83 years old. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan by the
Government of India in the year 1998. He was born in Kuchipudi Village
in Krishna District of coastal Andhra Pradesh where Kuchipudi dance was
originated.
Vempti Chinna had passed through various milestones
to make this unique form of Dance popular across the world. He had
trained various students in Chennai. Chinna Satyam performed the
Kuchipudi Dance in 60 countries and trained 10,000 children.
The
Famous Guru, Vempati commenced Kuchipudi Art Academy in Madras in the
year 1963. The Solo items and Dance Dramas were prepared by the students
of the academy that were staged all over the India and abroad. Sri
Krishna Parijatham was the first Dance Drama composed by Chinna Satyam.
He
was honoured by Sangeet Peeth of Bombay. Madras Music Academy honoured
him with Asthana Natyacharya of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam. He was
also honoured by Andhra University with Natya Kalasaagara of Waltair,
Raja-Lakshmi Award of Madras, Kalaprapoorna . He was awarded with
Asthana Natyacharya of Pittsburgh and National Award from Central
Sangeet Naatak Akademi, New Delhi.
He was honoured with Kalidas
Puraskar and Kalaimamani by the Government of Madhya Pradesh and
Government of Tamil Nadu respectively. He was also honoured with a
Doctorate degree by Andhra University.
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