About the Danseuse

Kiranmayee Madupu is one of the senior disciples of Guru. Smt. Hemamalini Arni who comes from the T. Balasaraswati and Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai Schools of Bharatanatyam. Equipped with the soulful and mature Abhinaya training in the classic Balasaraswati style and the lilting, fast paced, intricate nritta of the Vazhuvoor Bani, Kiranmayee is well on her way to becoming a promising danseuse in her home city Hyderabad as well as the country. 

She has performed creditably at reputed venues across the country.

Some of her notable performances include:

• Tamil Nadu –

o   73^rd Bhagavatam Mahotsav Mela – Melatoor, May 27^th 2013
o   Brahan Natyanjali Cultural Trust, in assoc. South Zone Cultural Center – Tanjore, March 10^th, 2013
o   Brihadeswara Temple – Tanjore, May 2013
o   Nataraj Temple – Chidambaram, May 2013
o   Aruthra Dharisana Natyanjali Festival – Karur, Dec 2013
o   Sumukhi Foundation’s 6th International Art Festival, Narada Gana Sabha – Chennai, Jan 2012

• Kerala –

o  KalaBharathi National Young Dance Fest – Trissur, Apr 2013

• Karnataka –

o   Nruthya Bhushana Dance Festival (Bhushan’s Academy) – Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, April 2013
o   Ashish Khokar's World dance day celebrations, in assoc. with Karnataka Sangeeth Nritya Academy and Alliance Franchaise – Bangalore, April 2013

• Andhra Pradesh –

o   Opening ceremony of Harvard Model United Nations – Hyderabad, Aug 2012
o   Visaka Music Academy, Midyear Dance Festival – Vizag, June 2013
o   Kalasagaram, Youth Dance Festival – Hyderabad, Mar 2012
o   Surmandal – Hyderabad, Jan 2013
o   Natya Swara – Hyderabad, May 2012
o   Saraswati Gana Sabha, Dussera Festival – Kakinada, Oct 2012
o   Shilparamam, Dept. of Culture – Hyderabad, Dec 2011 and Sept 2012o   Delhi Telugu Academy – Hyderabad, April 2013

• Orissa –

o   Naveen Kalakar Utsav, Bhanja Kala Mandap – Bhubaneswar, June 2013
o   Jhulana Utsav, Natya Mandap – Konark, Aug 2012

• Chhattisgarh –

o   Nritanrityarthi Dance Festival, in assoc. Bhilai Steel Plant (Nrithyathi Kalakshetram (Regd.)) –  Bhilai, April 2012

She was conferred upon with the following titles by various respected institutions in the Country.

• ‘Nrithya Vilasini’ by Nrithyathi Kalakshetra, Bhilai (in assc. with Bhilai Steel Plant - SAIL) 
• 'Nrithya Jyothi' by Naveen Kalakaar (in assc. with Dept. of Tourism, Odisha)

About Guru Hemamalini Arni

Kiranmayee has had the valuable opportunity of studying Bharatanatyam in its truest, most authentic form of the Vazhuvoor style from my Guru Smt. Hemamalini Arni. Mrs. Arni had an exquisite and rare combination of Gurus; the illustrious, stalwarts of dance -  Padmabhushan T Bala Saraswati and Padmasree Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai. 

She also studied carnatic music under the legendary Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri Maharajpuram Vishwanath Iyer himself. Guru Arni gives all her disciples a deep insight into the subject of Bharatanatyam, which only renders one with more respect for this art.     

Guru Arni was one of the very few in India to have performed in the presence of Countess Mountbatten and Sir Archibald Nye, Governor of Madras, Sri Jawaharlal Nehru, Bharat Ratna Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and first head of the Indian Union, CR Rajagopalachari.

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