KUCHIPUDI DANCE ACADEMY

Kuchipudi Dance Academy is the first registered Kuchipudi Dance Insititution in Maharashtra. It was established in the year 1981 by Smt Vijaya Prasad as a non profit organization with an aim to popularise Kuchipudi in Maharashtra.Kuchipudi Dance Video, Ku... Kuchipudi is a classical dance form that originated in the village of Kuchipudi, in Southern India. For a long time, the art was presented only at temples and that too only for annual festivals of certain temples in Andhra Pradesh. According to tradition, Kuchipudi dance was originally performed only by men and they all belonged to the Brahmin community. These Brahmin families were known popularly as Bhagavathalu of Kuchipudi. The very first group of Brahmain Bhagavathulu of Kuchipudi was formed in 1502 AD. Their programs were offerings to the deities and they never allowed women in their groups.