Samanvay Arts
Festival 2026 —
Fifty Years of
Kuchipudi.
Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bengaluru.
Saturday 19 September 2026.
Dr Veena Murthy Vijay — Kuchipudi exponent, choreographer, scholar. Karnataka Kalashree. Director, Sri Raja Rajeshwari Kalaniketan. Founder, Samanvay.
Fifty years of Kuchipudi. Performed in Bengaluru.
Highlight cuts from the repertoire. Press play — sound on.
Yakshagana-inspired Kuchipudi.
Twenty new adavu patterns in Kuchipudi,
restructured from Karnataka Yakshagana. Recognised with an Honorary Doctorate. It is the work that makes the
practice unmistakable — a Kannada-language reading of a Telugu form, claiming Kuchipudi for Karnataka without
compromising on either tradition.
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Agasthya Rishi, Chitrapata, Chilapadhikaram and ten works currently on tour.
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Read About Veena
Karnataka Kalashree. Honorary Doctorate. Fifty years of choreography.
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Ten works currently on tour across India and abroad. The full repertoire and reel sit under Work.
Therey.
The presence of Kuchipudi in Karnataka.
Tracing the presence of Kuchipudi in Karnataka — a scholarly volume that accompanies the dance practice. Honorary Doctorate awarded for the restructuring of twenty new adavu patterns in Kuchipudi based on Karnataka Yakshagana.