Guru Smt. Pavani Sreelatha Prasad

Smt. Sreelatha Prasad joined the Kuchipudi Dance School of Smt. Padmanjali, Adoni, Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh at the age of four under the supervision of Dr. Nataraja Ramakrishna, Shri Uday Kanth, and Smt. Renuka. She started giving performances at the age of six and continued to practice Kuchipudi for about 15 years. She then joined the Indian Bank and served for about 10 years. With a zeal to acquire the insight theoretical and academic knowledge in their traditional dance form, she chose to resign from her bank profession and shift to Hyderabad in 2005, where she had the great fortune to become the disciple of Dr. Sri Bhagavatula Sethuram, Retired Professor of Kuchipudi Dance in Sri Potti Sreeramulu University. She has a Masters and Certificate in Kuchipudi Dance from Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University and Masters in English from SV University in Tirupati. She is also a B Grade Artist for Doordarshan. She was conferred with the title, "Natya Kalanidhi" by the Veda Center in Madurai. Smt. Sreelatha choreographed several ballets and solo items, most notably Krishnavenee Vaibhavam, a ballet on the holy river Krishna presented during the Krishna Pushkarams in 2016. She also published several books and papers, like the Natya Raameneeeyakam, selected by UGC and published by Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University. Currently, Smt. Sreelatha is running the Abhinaya Kuchipudi Kalakshetram in Hyderabad with the goal of taking this art form forward to those who are interested, teaching insight theory along with practicals, and making this affordable. She currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Kuchipudi Dance from Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University.