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Yamini Krishnamurthy was born in Madanapalli, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh. She was brought up in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. Career. Yamini Krishnamurthy debuted in 1957 in Madras. She has the honour of being Asthana Nartaki (resident dancer) of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam. She was also known as "torch bearer" of Kuchipudi form of dance.
Life. Yamini Krishnamurthy is an eminent dancer and one of the major figures of Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancing. She was born into a Telugu family on a full moon night in 1940 at Madanapalli, Andhra Pradesh. Her grandfather, a noted Urdu poet, named her `Yamini Poornatilaka`, meaning, "a beautiful mark on the brow of light".
May 6, 2024 · Yamini Krishnamurthy (born December 20, 1940, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India) is a dancer of bharata natyam and other classical Indian styles who was an influential force in India’s dance world for decades. Krishnamurthy began her training in bharata natyam, a graceful dance that incorporates geometric movements and rhythmic foot patterns ...
Yamini's father, M. Krishnamurthy, was a Sanskrit scholar and grandfather was an expert in Urdu poetry. Yamini enrolled as a student of Bharat Natyam at the age of five in Kalakshetra School of Dance, Chennai and her initial training was under Rukmini Devi Arundale.
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 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.
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 ...
