A three-day Vijayawada Dance Festival (VDF) will unfold at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram in city on April 27, coinciding with the International Dance Day, celebrated on April 29.
The event is being organised by Sri Kiranmayuri Kala Nilayam, a Kuchipudi dance centre based in Hyderabad and Vijayawada with the support of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and Andhra Pradesh Tourism Authority.
“The festival is about celebrating classical dance and we aim to make it a calendar event,” said a spokesperson of the Kala Nilayam, in a statement issued on Wednesday.
Classical dancers of national and international repute will perform at the first edition of the VDF. They include recipient of Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey (Chhau dancer), Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee Vyjyanthi Kashi, Bismilla Khan Yuva Puraskar awardee Prateeksha Kashi (Kuchipudi), Tamil Nadu heroine Lakshmi Menon (Bharata Natyam and Kuchipudi), Raman Kumari (Odissi), Kiranmayi Desaraju (Kuchipudi) and Sudip Ghosh (Manipuri).
