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Padmasri - Bharatakalaprapoorna Dr Nataraja Ramakrishna(1923-2011) is a most respected Natyacharya of Andhra Pradesh. A former chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Nataka Academy, he is a dance artist, guru, scholar, and musicologist who has been propagating classical dance in Andhra Pradesh for the past 60 years.
He is the architect of the Andhra Natyam dance form, a devotional temple dance tradition performed in Andhra Pradesh for over 400 years until virtually extinct. Conceived as a fusion of the spiritual and intellectual, incorporating lucid expressions, sculpturesque postures and brisk foot-work, Andhra Natyam highlights the lasya aspect of classical dance.
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