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Patruni Sastry

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Patruni Sastry
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BornPatruni Chidananda Sastry
(1992-12-25) December 25, 1992 (age 33)
Kharagpur, West Bengal
🏳️ NationalityIndian
💼 Occupation
Dancer
🌐 Websitewww.sas3dancingfeet.com

Patruni Sastry, popularly known as Patruni Chidananda Sastry or Suffocated art Specimen.[1][2][3]is a Expressionist Dancer, Performance Artist, Visual Artist[4] [5][6] , Model[7] [8][9] and drag queen[10][11][12]

Biography

Sastry started dancing at the age of 5. He was inspired by Ramya Krishnan from Padayappa in his initial days[13]. Later from the Expressionist movement[14].He later learned Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Butoh, Contemporary dance [15]. Sastry was inspired from Daniel Lismore, Austin Young[16] and started performing Tranimal drag[17][18]. Sastry performed at Hyderabad Literature festival[19], Namma Pride,The Lalit Ashok, Lamakaan[20],Shilparamam, Public Spaces[21], and also founded Dragvanti[22][23] and also acted in a short film 'Polar Night' which is based on the Polar Night effect by Rakesh Asileti[24].Sastry uses dance to talk about social topics such as sex education[25], queer activism[26]and women empowerment[27][28].Sastry identified himself as gender fluid.[29][30][31][32]

References

  1. ↑ Borah, Prabalika M. (30 April 2019). "Dance towards positive thoughts: Patruni Chidananda Sastry" – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. ↑ "Patruni Chidananda Sastry on expressionist form of dance, and how it can give a voice to communities - Living News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 27 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Chakravorty, Reshmi (31 July 2018). "Demystifying a taboo". Deccan Chronicle.
  4. ↑ Authors, Multiple; Nampoothiri, Hareesh N.; P, Praveen Kumar; B, Priyanka; Lakshmi, T. Reddi (21 April 2020). "Artograph Vol 02 Iss 01 (2020 Jan-Feb)". NEWNMEDIA™ – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Indian Tranimal Drag Artist Patruni Sastry & His Story Of Coming Into Himself". homegrown.co.in.
  6. ↑ "'VisssKanya' - The Art of Being Queer - Artist Feature". www.theartofbeingqueer.com. 28 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Damien Frost's Social Distancing, Portraits". Dazed.
  8. ↑ "La vida queer sobrevive, dramática y genuina, a la pandemia". 21 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "Damien Frost". PROVOKR.
  10. ↑ Pant, Manasi (26 September 2019). "In Conversation With Patruni Chidananda Sastry: Exploring Dance And Sexuality". Feminism In India.
  11. ↑ "Meeting S.A.S.: Metamorphic Reality". 16 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Dhar, Vrnda. "Masquerading Paradoxes: Drag in India after 377 | Dhaara".
  13. ↑ "Who Am I: 25-YO Hyderabad Dancer Will Make You Question Gender Norms". 1 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "This 25-year-old classical dancer is integrating the distressing Japanese art form, Butoh with Bharatanatyam". The New Indian Express.
  15. ↑ "Meet the Hyderabad dancer who is unboxing gender, one step at a time". Hindustan Times. 4 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Celebrities That Were Our Queer Awakening". 9 September 2020.
  17. ↑ Reid-Smith, Tris (19 March 2020). "How a 27-year-old queer Indian brought drag to their city". Gay Star News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  18. ↑ Tan, Kiki. "Here comes… Gothic drag".
  19. ↑ Rao, Siddharth. "When body becomes a work of art". Telangana Today.
  20. ↑ "Leading in his own footsteps". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  21. ↑ "India's drag queens put politics front and center". Nikkei Asia.
  22. ↑ "Hyderabadi behind India's first virtual space for drag". 19 June 2020.
  23. ↑ "Celebrating the diversity of drag". Telangana Today.
  24. ↑ Borah, Prabalika M. (17 April 2020). "COVID-19: 'Polar night' is a short film on loneliness during lockdown" – via www.thehindu.com.
  25. ↑ "'Avvai Shanmughi', 'Mayamohini' and others: How cinema misrepresents drag culture". The News Minute. 1 July 2019.
  26. ↑ publication, FollowGaylaxyIndia's #1 LGBT (30 April 2019). "'Where Art Prevails There is No Scope of Violence' : An Interview with Dancer Patruni Chidananda Sastry".
  27. ↑ "How to Learn About Sex Through Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi and Odissi". www.vice.com.
  28. ↑ Verma, Vandana (8 August 2018). "A rhythmic battle for equal rights". www.democracynewslive.com.
  29. ↑ "It took me 23 years to finally realise that I am gender fluid - Times of India". The Times of India.
  30. ↑ sastry, patruni chidananda. "My Queer Quarantine Story". The Citizen.
  31. ↑ Maqsood, Zofeen. "BWW Interview: 'Some coined me gay and some as bisexual' - Expressionist Dancer PATRUNI CHIDANANDA SASTRY". BroadwayWorld.com.
  32. ↑ "Brown queens exist! Britain's 'first Muslim drag queen' is tired of South Asian performers being overlooked". 22 April 2020.

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