![]() Shantala Shivalingappa has been deeply moved and inspired by Master Vempati Chinna Satyam's puritan and elegant style. Shantala Shivalingappa consecrated herself to the art form of Kuchipudi. She has under gone a vivid and stringent training from her master Vempati Chinna Satyam. Shantala Shivalingappa has a strong desire to bring Kuchipudi to the western audience. Her dance performances have earned extolment and high regard from all. ![]() International Tours of Shantala Shivalingappa Since the year 1993, she has been performing the Kuchipudi. Under the guidance of Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam, at the Kalakshetra Auditorium, Chennai, she has performed her first ritual public performance as a soloist, i.e. Kuchipudi Rangapravesham in the year 1993. In the year 1994, she was included in the troop under her master's guidance and toured Europe. Thus she gave performances in the cities like Paris, Grenoble, Montpellier (France), Lausanne (Switzerland), Venice (Italy), Wuppertal (Germany). Along with Vempati Ravi Shankar, Shantala Shivalingappa performed at the Avignon Festival held at France under the guidance of Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam. She has performed at the World Theater-Music Festival in a tour of the Netherlands in the year 1996. Shantala Shivalingappa performed at the Theatre de la Ville, Paris; in Toulouse (France), Madrid and Valladolid (Spain). ![]() Philanthropic Initiative by Shantala Shivalingappa Shantala Shivalingappather performances done by her are: To raise funds for the humanitarian association "Partage dans le Monde" to benefit their projects in India she performed Kuchipudi performance at the UNESCO Auditorium, Paris; Kuchipudi tour: performed at the Tibor-Varga Festival in Sion, Switzerland, at the Turin Festival, Italy, at the Festival d' Art Metis, Reunion Island, and also at Grenoble and Brest in France in the year 1998. In the year 2001, performed at the World Dance Festival in Mannheim, Germany - Performed for Pina Bausch's International Festival in Wuppertal, Germany - Performed at the Festival d' Art Metis, Reunion Island. Throughout her professional career Shantala Shivalingappa has fetched many rave reviews. She has toured all parts of India as a guest dancer in "New Piece 2007" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Presently, Shantala shares her time between touring, expanding her choreographic work in the Kuchipudi style, and collaborating with various artists in the exploration of dance, music and theatre. |
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