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Yamini Krishnamurthy was born in Madanapalli, Andhra Pradesh on December 20, 1940. As she was born on a full moon day, she was given the name, Yamini Poornatilaka by her grandmother. She was brought up in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. Yamini began her training in bharatnatyam. She learnt this art form from Rukmini Devi Arundale’s Kalakshetra, a ...
That's how her first love changed the little girl Mungara to one of India's iconic danseuse Yamini Krishnamurthy. "It was a very auspicious time to be on stage and dancing. India had attained independence some years ago, things were settling and arts were being valued. I came at the right time. This wasn’t a time when dance was being looked ...
Yamini Krishnamurthy Born in the year 1940 to a Telugu family at Chidambaram in Tamilnadu, Yamini Krishnamurthy is an eminent Bharatnatyam dancer, who has swayed the entire country with her fabulous dance performance.
May 18, 2016 · It’s been a wonderful life,” says Krishnamurthy, wrapped in a bright yellow silk sari, rolling her kohl-rimmed eyes at Yamini School of Dance in Hauz Khas. At 75, her words are punctuated with animated gestures as she dregs memories from the ’60s and ’70s — a time when classical dance had just stepped out of temples and courts and onto the proscenium stage.
Yamini Krishnamurthy was born on 20th December, 1940 in a family of artistic intellectuals. Her father M. Krishnamurthy was a Sanskrit scholar and her grandfather was a well-known Urdu poet. With an aesthetic background it came by as no surprise when young Yamini took up classes to train as a classical dancer.
Yamini Krishnamurthy, (born December 20, 1940, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India), dancer of bharata natyam and other classical Indian styles who was an inf...
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Feb 17, 2017 · Yamini Krishnamurthy was recently awarded the Amaravati Lifetime Achievement Award by Dr. A. Chakrapani on the last day of the two-day festival of Amaravati Nrityotsav 2016. This doyen of three ...
