Offering Homage to Kuchipudi Guru Vempati Ravi Shankar- January 2018 - Kuchipudi Dance Academy

Kalaratna Guru Sri Vempati Ravi Shankar
1969-2018

Homage From - Lakshmi Babu

Disciple of Padmasri Guru Dr. Sobha Naidu and Vempati Ravishankar. 

Director of Kuchipudi Dance Academy founded 1996

I was a stranger; a far of one

Compared to everyone else you knew
Yet you offered me respect and friendship
Far more than anyone else I knew

Along with dance you taught stories of yore,
Which brought the rasas of lore
Often forgot to dance to your divine voice
While being lost in a world of vice

Even wondered why me among so many,
Oh where is everyone else that knew you before me
Well I am not a stranger any more
But a friend, a very dear one!

And I know there will be more after me...,

During my 6 years of learning under the guidance of Kalaratna Guru Vempati Ravishankar he taught me Kuchipudi items; both his father's and his. Also gave me several corrections and guidance.


Choreographed particularly for me - Ramadasu Keertana
'Rama Chandrulu na pai chalamuchesinaru Sitamma cheppavamma'

Kala Ratna Vempati Ravi Shankar is the second son of Kuchipudi Maestro Padma Bhushan Dr Vempati Chinna Satyam.

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