Mayura Academy

Mayura Academy is a school of performing arts which made its own place in the enormous ocean of the performing arts. The institution was started in the year 1990 by Venkata Ramana and Srivani under the eminent guidance and blessings of their parents Sri Damodaram & Smt Sarala. Both of them are specialized in traditional Kuchipudi dance form. Srivani is also an accomplished Veena artist and her husband Kapa Srinivasa Rao is also an accomplished artist in the percussion instruments of Mridangam, Ghatam, Morsing and Kanjeera.

The academy is dedicated in striking out the inner talents of the students in a friendly approach. The students of the academy are trained in the theoretical and practical aspects of the Kuchipudi dance. In the past two and half decades of its journey, the academy has trained many students according to the prescribed syllabus of Telugu University and Central University. The students are given a good opportunity and exposure by making them to participate in various cultural activities and also a value added course of training is given in various other aspects of dance such as stagecraft, makeup, nattuvangam and choreography.

The academy also conducts periodical examinations, to bring out the competitive spirit in the students, for felicitating a symbolic growth in them by maintaining higher standards.

KUCHIPUDI (South Indian Classical Dance)

Kuchipudi has its roots buried in the soil of Andhra Pradesh – India, and derives its name by the remote village where it was born. The kuchipudi style of dance was in the form of dance dramas, the main purpose being to inculcate divine ecstasy which invokes immortal bliss and brings one closer to the path of salvation. The themes were religious in nature and performed by groups of dancers who led a nomadic style of life. Sidhendra Yogi, an exceptionally gifted scholar and artist, who lived in the 14th century gave a definite form and purified this art.

In accordance with the imperative of classical dance, Kuchipudi is evenly balanced between the three aspects of dance: nritta, nrithya and natya without one element overshadowing another. Each and every kuchipudi performance is illustrative of this fact. The four aspects of abhinaya, i.e., Angika, Vachika, Aharya and Satvika are also to be found in ample measure in Kuchipudi style.

The movements in Kuchipudi are very graceful and scintillating and performed to classical Carnatic music. In the solo exposition Kuchipudi nritta numbers include Jatiswaram and Tillana whereas nritya has several lyrical compositions reflectiing the desire of a devotee to merge with God – symbolically the union of the soul with the super soul.

The Kuchipudi repertoire mainly consists of Koutwam, Sabdams, Jathiswarams, Tillanas, Padams, Javalis, Tarangam and Bhamakalapam. Taranagam is a special number in kuchipudi in which a dancer balances herself on the rim of a brass plate and executes steps to the beat of the percussion. Likewise Bhamakalapam is also very special number where the dancer enacts the role of satyabhama in which the proud and self-assured queen of lord Krishna goes through various stages of love.

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