Uma Rama Rao

Uma Rama Rao

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Uma Rama Rao Profile

  • Name:
  • Uma Rama Rao
  • Born:
  • July 4, 1938
  • Father:
  • V. V.krishna Rao
  • Mother:
  • Sowbhagyam

Uma Rama Rao Biography

Uma Rama Rao is an acclaimed Kuchipudi dancer, teacher, choreographer, research scholar and author from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. In 2003, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and she has also received Sangeet Natak Akademi Senior Fellowship. She is also the Founder & Director of Lasya Priya Dance Academy, established in 1985 in Hyderabad. Pratibha Puraskar from Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Sri Kala Poorna from Saint Annamacharya project of North America and Kala Neerajanam and Best teacher award from Government of Andhra Pradesh are the major honours received by her. She has authored one book on Kuchipudi dance form – ‘Kuchipudi Bharatam Of Kuchipudi Dance: South Indian Classical Dance Tradition’ published by Sri Satguru Publications in 1992.

 

She was born on 4 July 1938 to Dr. V. V.Krishna Rao and Sowbhagyam in Visakhapatnam in a family of distinguished scholars with interest in literature, music and dance. Her birth name is "Uma Maheswari". She was initiated to dance at the age of 5. Throughout years, she studied under different gurus like Acharya P.V. Narasimha Rao, Dr. Nataraja Rama Krishna, Brahmasri Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana Sastri, Guru Pakkiriswami Pillai and Guru C.R .Acharya. She studied Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi and other classical dance forms. In the initial years, she performed alongside her sister Sumathy Kaushal. She completed post-graduation in Economics from Osmania University, Hyderabad.

 

In 1985, she established Lasya Priya, a dance institution in Hyderabad. Apart from being a noted dancer, she has also choreographed solo dance items, ballets and traditional Yakshaganas. She chooses lyrics written by great writers of yesterdays as well as contemporary writers. She has served as a senior Lecturer in Dance in Sri Tyagaraja Government College of music and Dance in Hyderabad (1969 – 1988).  

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Updated: January 27, 2014

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