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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Kuchipudi Dance
The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Kuchipudi Dance was started back in 1961 and the first recipient of the award was Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma ‘Satyam’. And the latest winner was Deepika Reddy in 2017.

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Year Dancers of Kuchipudi Dance Year Dancers of Kuchipudi Dance
2009 Vyjayanthi Kashi 1993 Josyula Seetharamaiah
2008 Vasanta Lakshmi & Narasimhachari(Joint Award) 1991 Raja & Radha Reddy (Joint Award)
2007 Yelesarapu Nageswara Sarma 1990 Sobha Naidu
2006 Pasumarthy Rathiah Sarma 1987 Pasumarthy Venugopala Krishna Sarma
2005 Korada Narasimha Rao 1985 Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
2004 Pasumarthi Seetha Ramiah 1983 Nataraj Ramakrishna (also Bharatanatyam)
2003 K. Uma Rama Rao 1981 Vempati Chinna Satyam
1999-2000 Swapnasundari Rao 1978 C. Ramacharyalu
1998 Jayarama Rao & Banashree Rao 1968 Chinta Krishnamurthy
1994 Vedantam Parvateesam 1961 Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma "Satyam"



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