Mother-daughter duo Duvvuri Vathsalendra and Abhimanika to showcase Andhra Natyam and Perini Tandavam in Hyderabad this weekend
The HinduFeminist perspectives are sometimes confined to rhetoric, but Duvvuri Vathsalendra is changing that. She is set to perform the Perini Thandavam — a dance form traditionally reserved for male dancers due to its vigorous, powerful movements — demonstrating that women can master and redefine this art form. As a student of Nataraja Ramakrishna — the visionary who revived Andhra Natyam and Perini Natyam — Vathsalendra will integrate these dance forms in her forthcoming performance. In a dance traditionally reserved for men, she has made history as the first woman to earn a Guinness World Record in 2017 for performing Perini Thandavam in its original, intense form. While most female dancers choose the gentler Lasya Natyam, Vathsalendra is determined to master the vigorous, powerful movements of the original Perini Thandavam, breaking gender norms and redefining the dance as a symbol of strength and resilience.
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