Yamini Reddy

“Yamini is made just for dance.

She is a complete performer”.
-- Pandit Ravi Shankar

Born to the legendary Kuchipudi

exponent duo, Raja-Radha Reddy in
1982, Yamini has certainly got dance
in inheritance from her parents.
Dance comes naturally to Yamini
Reddy. She takes to dance like a fish
to water. She has a multifaceted
personality. Endowed with a sculpted
figure, a perfect face and scintillating
grace, a very captivating presence
with the right aptitude for rhythm and
expressions.

Yamini learned Kuchipudi from her

parents, Raja-Radha Reddy, and
gave her first solo performance at the
tender age of three, when she
cajoled her parents in allowing her to
give a performance at Kamani
auditorium in New Delhi. She
performed a Tarangam item there.
The applause she got from the
audience forced her parents to let her
perform a full length Tarangam that got her standing ovation. Her portrayal of Narasimha, the Lion
God, in Prahlada Charitam got her rave reviews, subsequently soon.

Famous parents can prove to be a tough yardstick for their kids, especially those who aspire to make
their own niche in the same field. Yet, Yamini refuses to be intimidated by the tough road in front of
her.

The younger generation today believes in experimenting, she says. "And that is essential too, but
continuity is also necessary." Yamini has decided to master the conventional style of performing
Kuchipudi dance. She is the thread of continuity in the family tradition of the Reddys.

She says that she considers herself lucky to be born in India to Raja-Radha Reddy, the doyen duo of
Kuchipudi classical dance and true children of the soil who have taken upon themselves to propagate
the sacred art of Kuchipudi, a remote village in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Yamini has toured the United Kingdom. France, the United States and Dubai. In Dublin, the Mayor of
Dublin presented her with the golden key to the city after watching her captivating Kuchipudi dance
performance. Recently she was awarded the Yuva Ratna (Youth Vocational Excellence) award by the
District Rotaract Organization.