ARDHANAREESWARAM DANCE PERFORMANCE TOTAL 3456
DR. MUDAPAKA VENKATESWARA RAO S/o Malleswara Rao born 26th July 1968 of Andhra pradesh, India. Professional Performer, Choreographer, Dance Researcher and Author of book on dance. Since 1988 transmitting the knowledge and skills in Kuchipudi Dance to the next generation of dancers as the Director and Principal of “Nritya Darpana” Hyderabad. He is performing one kind of rarest dance called ” ARDHANAREESWARAM ” , in this item the same dancer dresses himself/herself as male in one vertical half and his/her body and performs a typically vigorous masculine style of dance in the right side male dresses portion of the body and typically graceful feminine style of dance in the left side female dresses portion of the body. He innovative experiments
in this pattern and presentations more than Two thousand Three hundred forty five(2,345) repeated times on stage in different parts of India and Abroad. He is a master in the Kuchipudi traditional dance of Yakshagana and is only the artist
performing this type of miracle character and presentation in all over the world