Visakhapatnam: Minister for Human Resource Development Ganta Srinivasa Rao said “Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced previously that Kuchipudi dance will be made an official dance form of Andhra Pradesh.”
Mr Srinivasa Rao on Thursday unveiled posters relating to Andhra Pradesh Natya Dinostav (Dance Day), which is scheduled to be held on October 15. The government has planned to publicise the Kuchipudi Nrutyam world wide.
Nataraj music and dance academy is organizing a dance programme with prominent Kuchipudi dancer Manju Bhargavi on that day. As a part of this programme, a sand sculpture to reflect Kuchipudi dance would be installed.
Painting, essay writing, and elocution competitions would be conducted for the schoolchildren on October 11 and 12 at Rajiv Smruthi Bhavan at Beach Road. For more details students can contact on phone number 9573144539.
