[size=x-small]CUPERTINO, Calif., June 19 \/PRNewswire\/ — [\/size]<\/p>\n
Kuchipudi is an Indian classical dance form preserved through centuries. Silicon Andhra, a non-profit organization, is organizing an International Kuchipudi Convention in De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, June 20th through 22nd, 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is a unique convention in that Guinness Book of World Records is sending a delegation to record the event. Over 2500 dancers will perform ballet on the largest stage ever.<\/p>\n
This massive convention will be attended by about 2,500 performers flying into California from different parts of the world — Russia, Europe, Australia, Singapore, most states of the US and India. The objective of the convention is to enable Kuchipudi dance form to get an international status and introduce Kuchipudi stalwarts from India on a single platform.
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The inauguration will be marked by a carnival, “Kuchipudi Shobha Yatra,” in the streets of Cupertino to be led by its Mayor Dolly Saldoval, with several festive statues brought from Kuchipudi village. Several senators, mayors, and members of Congress will also participate.<\/p>\n
In reverence to the “teacher-disciple” tradition followed in imparting the Kuchipudi dance form, the first day will be marked by “Guru Pujotsavam (honoring teachers),” where renowned Kuchipudi exponents like Pasumarthi Gopalakrishna, Vempati Chinasatyam and Vedanta Satyanarayana Sharma will be honored.<\/p>\n
Registration counters located at De Anza College will open on June 20th, marking the grand opening of the event. More information about the event can be obtained at the website http:\/\/kuchipudi.siliconandhra.org\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citynews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citynews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citynews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citynews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citynews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citynews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citynews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citynews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citynews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citynews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}