Personal Details
Date of Birth/Age | October 9, 1951 |
Education | Graduate (Sidhendra Kala Kshetram Kuchipudi, A.P.) |
Field of expertise | Kuchipudi Dance – Performer/Guru |
Academic/Professional activities | Renowned Guru and performer, Jayarama has been performing in all national and international festivals and teaching for last 30 years. He established Kuchipudi Dance Academy, the first of its kind in Delhi (1973). Among his famous and most successful students are Swapna Sundari and Meenakshi Sesadri. Partnered by Smt. Banashree Rao, his wife , they are known as one of the most celebrated couple of Kuchipudi Dance, in India and abroad. |
Name of the institution(s)you associated with | Kuchipudi Dance Academy, New Delhi |
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc. | NATYA RATNA AWARD (2005) PADMASHRI (2004) SENIOR FELLOWSHIP Ministry of Culture (2002-03) ANDHRA PRADESH SAMMAN (2000) SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD (1999) SAHITYA KALA PARISHAD AWARD (1996) |