Dr. P. Rama devi, senior Kuchipudi Dance exponent, persuade her doctorate in Kuchipudi dance on “COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHATHURVIDHA ABHINAYAS BETWEEN KATHAKALI AND KUCHIPUDI YAKSHAGANAS from Potti Sreeramulu TELUGU UNIVERSITY IN 2010. She established her institution Sri Sai Nataraja Academy of Kuchipudi Dance in 1989. For the last 30 years she has been teaching dance and training students to appear for certificate and diploma courses. She has authored 6 books on dance and designed a CD on Natyasastra which covers all the topics in a power point presentation. She has choreographed 28 ballets, and 8 are penned by herself. She has written many articles and presented papers on various topics in many seminars at National and International levels. She is the recipient of Kerala Sangeeta Natak Academy’s Kalasree award, KEERTHI PURASKARAM from Telugu University, Jayadev Samman puraskar, Natyakalai chudar, Naatyasri , Panorama of dance and many others. She has performed in many festivals in India and in USA
Subjects
Aaharyaabhinaya, History, Origin & Development of Kuchipudi Dance, Theatre art forms of Kuchpudi Dance