Prateeksha Kashi

Prateeksha Kashi hails from an artistic family of the legendary Dr Gubbi Veeranna and was initiated to dance at a tender age of five. Ever since 

she is being trained in Kuchipudi-a classical dance form of Andhra Pradesh, under the guidance of her mother and guru Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi, a celebrated performer and choreographer.

Having attained distinction at the dance examinations conducted by the State and Central Governments, Prateeksha is one of the very few dancers who have been selected to advance her studies in Kuchipudi by the Central Government of India. Prateeksha was honored with the 37th annual “Aryabhata International Award-2011 ” for excellence in Kuchipudi. She has the titles of Nalanda Nritya Nipuna, instituted by the renowned Nalanda Dance Research Centre and Nritya Jyoti, awarded at the Naveen Kalakar to her credits.

Prateeksha is an empanelled artist of ICCR, Govt. of India and a graded artist of the broadcasting media-Doordarshan Kendra .She has performed  in  several prestigious Indian dance festivals. She has received invitations from the prestigious Milap Fest-UK  and Asea-Italy not only to perform but also to conduct Kuchipudi workshops along with her mother.

Prateeksha Kashi has given many recitals in India and abroad. To mention a few are :

Solo Kuchipudi Recital at Dance & Music Festival-2012    

Prateeksha Kashi at Nrityabharath Dance Festival     

Performance at BalaTripuraSundari Temple                      

 

Prateeksha Kashi at USk Centenary Celebration    

Prateeksha Kashi performance at RASA SANJE 2013  

Navika- The First South America Kannada Convention, Los Angeles

Performed at Milap Fest, UK

Prateeksha is also the assistant dance tutor at the  International Summer School, Manchester, UK. rateeksha's passion extends beyond dance to acting, teaching, organizing and natuvangam. With a keen interest to spread Kuchipudi and to inspire the youth towards it, Prateeksha coaches dance aspirants in Bangalore, India. Her organizing abilities were well appreciated when she volunteered to be part of dance jathre, India’s one and only International Dance Fair. With her passion, exquisite grace and commendable command over the technique, Prateeksha has won the hearts of many art lovers in the cultural domain.