Kandukuri Veeresalingam was a great theatre personality. He was established it on a par with Bharatanatyam, Kathak, and other dance genres. He migrated from Kuchipudi village in Krishna district to Madras and founded the Kuchipudi Art Academy there in 1963, training a generation of female dancers who popularized the form. His dance-dramas like Rukmini kalyanam i.e. `Rukmini`s Nuptials`, Padmavati-Srinivasa kalyanam i.e. `Nuptials of Padmavati and Srinivasa`, Krishna-parijata i.e. `Krishna and the parijata`, and Dhanurbhangam i.e. `Broken Bow` were outstanding in conceptualization and production values. Vempati was instrumental in setting up centres in countries like the US, UK, France, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia, to perform and train students in Kuchipudi. Kandukuri Veeresalingam died in 1919.

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