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PASUMARTHY VENKATESWARA SARMA (KUCHIPUDI DANCE MASTER, PERFORMER AND CHOREOGRAPHER) Email: pasumarthy_sarma@yahoo.com                                    Contact number: 9490148115

Website: www.kuchipudinatya.com

"Natyacharya" Pasumarthy Venkateswara Sarma originally belongs to the lineage of Kuchipudi exponents of Kuchipudi village of Andhra Pradesh. He was born to the couple Sri P.V. Chalapathi Sarma and Smt. Saraswathi in Kuchipudi Village. After completing his graduation in Commerce, he dedicated his fullest to the art form of Kuchipudi. He also obtained Diploma in Kuchipudi dance. Under the able tutorship of Sri Vedantam Radheshyam and Sri P.V.G.Krishna Sarma, he got induction in Kuchipudi Dance. Later on he received an extended training under the legendary Kuchipudi exponent Padmabhushan Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam.

As an artist under the aegis of Sri P.V.G.Krishna Sarma, he has made his inaugural performances in the dance ballet `Parvathi Parinayam`. Siddendra Kalakshetram conducted this dance ballet in the year 1977. He has been playacting many solo dances comprising of Sabdas, Keertanas, Tarangam, Daruvulu, Padas, Astapadi, Javali, Tillana, Gopika Krishna, Sivatandavam, Bhamakalapam etc after the first performance in 1977. He has done various roles as a Yakshagana performer, in the groups conducted by Sri P.V.G.Krishna Sarma and late Sri Vedantam Prahlada Sarma. The roles, he has performed in various ballets are Tarakasura, in Parvathi Parinayam, Banasura, Siva and Parvathi in Ushaparinayam, Hiranyakasyapa in Prahalada and Sri Krishna in Bhamakalapam.

He has choreographed various popular ballets like Mahishasuramardhini, Keechakavadha, Varudhini Pravarakhya, Tulasi Jalandara, Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari, Dakha Yagnam, and Tadhagatha. He has performed the roles Mahishasura, Keechaka, Pravarakhya, Jhalandara, Vishnuvardhana and Ghandharva, Ravanasura, Daksha, Mara & Angulimala respectively. He has also played different roles in the dance dramas that were choreographed by his guru Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam. The role of Bhrugu Maharshi, Akasa Raju, & Chola Raju in `Srinivasa Kalyanam`; Daksha & Vatu in `Haravilasam`; Sisupala & Agni Jyotna in `Rukmini Kalyanam`; Sage Gowtama in `Ardhanareeswaram`; Sage Durvasa in `Sakuntalam` has been played by him.

As a choreographer, he has choreographed many ballets. The ballets choreographed by him are Parvathiparinayam (1985), Mahishasura Mardhini (1986), Daksha Yagnam (1987), Keechakavada (1987), Sati Tulasi (1988), Vasavi (1990), Varudhini Pravarakhya (1995), Tadhagatha (1998) Kundalakesi (1999), Ravana Garvabhangam (2003), Asta Lakshmi (2007). In those ballets, he has performed along with his students.

Foreign Tours

He toured Germany in the year 1992 and USA in the year 1998, in accompaniment of his Guru Padmabhushan Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam, and staged several dance ballets. His performances have been well appreciated. From 2003 every year he have been visiting USA to perform and teaching dance. He visited CANADA in the year 2006.

PV Sarma has been nominated by Department of Culture, Ministry of HRD (Government of India) as a `Senior Fellowship Awardee` for a period of two years (March, 2000 - March, 2002). This fellowship was given to him mainly to conduct research on `comparative study between Yakshagana and Nritya Natika`