Vyjayanthi Kashi

Vyjayanthi Kashi
Smt. Vyjayanthi kashi- Kuchipudi Dancer, Bangalore
Born	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Residence	Bangalore
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Dancer, therapist, choreographer
Known for	Kuchipudi Dancer
Movement	Kuchipudi Dance
Spouse(s)	Vijay Kashi
Children	Prateeksha Kashi (Daughter)
Website	http://www.vyjayanthikashi.com

Vyjayanthi Kashi is an Indian Classical Dancer, a kuchipudi Exponent.Kuchipudi is one of the Indian classical dance forms from Andhra Pradesh, India. She is from the family of Dr Gubbi Veeranna who was an Indian theatre director, one of the pioneers and most prolific contributors to Kannada theatre. He established the drama company, Gubbi Veeranna Nataka Company that played a crucial role in promoting the Kannada theatre. Smt.Vyjayanthi Kashi is a reputed kuchipudi dancer,a celebrated performer and choreographer and artistic director of a dance school Shambhavi School of Dance where they teaches this traditional dance form kuchipudi. She was also the chairperson of Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy

Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi is the daughter of the late J.M. Vishwanth and late G.V. Girijamma. Vyjayanthi Kashi started learning Bharatanatya from Ramanna of Tumkur at the age of six. Eventually, she topped the State with a first rank and also won a golden chain. Initially she was not so interested in dance, so eventually she took theatre where she worked with T. S. Nagabharana who is an Indian film director, in the Kannada film industry. She got married to Vijaya Kashi, a television and theatre artist whom she met while acting in theatre. She took up a job in a bank which later she left as she fully dedicated to dance. She has a daughter Prateeksha Kashi, who is also a kuchipudi dancer.

Later at a point of time when she felt that this is not what she wants, the same time she met Kuchipudi guru C.R. Acharya who came to the town. In an interview she quoted this became turning pint of her life. She started dancing Kuchipudi again at the age of 30. Having had her training in Indian Classical Dance forms Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi and Temple Ritual Dances from an early age under legendary Gurus like Late Guru C R Acharya, Late Vedantham Prahalada Sarma, Padmashree Vedantham Satyanarayana Sharma, Bharathakala Prapoorarna, Korada Narasimha Rao and others she has proved a DYNAMIC FORCE in KUCHIPUDI.

Vyjayanthi is celebrated not only for her deep and composite understanding of the art of Kuchipudi, but also as an actress on television and theatre and her work as a choreographer, dance-educator and dance-therapist.