In week #13 of the Virtual Mahotsavam series, ICAPS will feature the talented dancer Smt. Reshma U Raj. Her Kuchipudi performance will premiere live on ICAPS Richmond YouTube channel on Saturday, September 26 at 10 AM EST.
Smt. Reshma has undergone Kuchipudi training under distinguished gurus Smt. V. Mythili, Smt. Girija Chandran, Smt. Bijula Balakrishnan. Reshma has been fortunate to receive advance training under Kalaratna Guru Vempati Ravi Shankar Garu. Currently, she is continuing advanced training under Natya Visharada Smt. Kalpana Sreenivas (disciple of Sangeet Nataka Akademi awardee Smt. A. B. Balakondala Rao Garu, Padmabhushan Vempati Chinna Satyam Garu and Kalaratna Vempati Ravi Shankar Garu). Reshma is also learning Prenkhini Natyam under Guru Smt. Voleti Rangamani.
Reshma has received Indian President's National BalaShree Award for creative performance in 2000. She has received Young Talent Award for Classical dance from the Ministry of Culture from her region, and is an empanelled artist in India World Cultural Forum (Jan, 2015). She has performed in many prestigious classical dance festivals within India and abroad. Reshma produced Pradakshina – a tribute to triumvirate poets of Modern Malayalam. This performance brought to stage the selected poems of thethree poets(Asan, Ulloor, Vallathol) through the medium Mohiniyattam, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi.
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