Parents - V.V.Subba Rao & Jyothi
Pallavi is a critically acclaimed well-accomplished dancer, choreographer, teacher, performer & yoga teacher who's completed Master's in Performing Arts from Central University, Hyderabad.
Born with an inherent sense of rhythm, Pallavi’s parents Sri V.V.Subba Rao & Smt. Jyothi discovered her artistic talent and initiated her into dance at age of 3 under the able guidance of Dr.Nataraja Ramakrishna. Very soon, Pallavi was deemed ready by her Guru to perform Rangapravesham or Dancers solo debut on stage in 1980. As a child, Pallavi participated in several regional & national dance competitions and won several accolades. Pallavi further groomed her talent in the dance styles of Bharathanatyam & Kuchipudi under the tutelage of Dr.K.Uma Rama Rao. Her comprehensive training empowered Pallavi to take the strikingly different dance forms – Bharathanatyam& Kuchipudi to diverse audience by participating in several prestigious programs all over India. Pallavi featured in major leading roles in several dance dramas choreographed by her guru.
She pursued Master's in Performing Arts specialized in Kuchipudi dance form from Central University and during course of her study she partcipated in many collaborations and workshops conducted by Dr.Aruna Bhikshu, Dr. Anuradha Jonnalagadda ,Sri Pasumarthy Venugopala Sarma (Kuchipudi), Sri Vedantam Raghava (Kuchipudi ) , Dr.Kanak Rele (Mohini Attam), Dr.C.V.Chandrasekhar ( Bharathanatyam ), Priyadarshini Govind ( Bharathanatyam )
& Bharath Sarma ( Contemparary ) which helped her gain deep conviction & faith in the power of dance that made her discover her own creative potential.
She received the titles of “NatyaBala (1982) & “Natya Mayuri” (1992) and was chosen to receive the “Vamsee Ugadi Puraskar” (2007). Pallavi had performed research on “Gollakalapam – Its Philosophy” for her thesis for Master’s in Performing Arts that gave her the precious opportunity to work closely with legendary Kuchipudi stalwarts Padmasri
Guru Sri Vedantam Sathyanarayana Sarma,“Yakshagana Vibhushan” Guru Sri Pasumarthy Venugopala Sarma, Sri Pasumarthy Rattaih Sarma, Sri Chintalapudi PurnaChandra Rao &
Sri B.L.Narsimham.
A critically acclaimed soloist in Bharathanatyam & Kuchipudi, Pallavi performed to various audiences at several prestigious platforms in India, North America, Canada and Muscat
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