Dr. Pranamya Suri MD
Known for her eloquent grace and uncompromising precision, Pranamya’s delightful style is the result of a perpetual love for the ancient art form. She is the student of her mother, guru Smt. Srilatha Suri, who is the director of Natyanjali Kuchipudi Dance School, one of the most prominent Kuchipudi training centers in the United Stated. Pranamya underwent advanced training under Padma Shree Dr. Sobha Naidu and Sri Jai Kishore Mosalikanti, both stalwarts of the art. She has performed at some of the most prestigious platforms, such as in Natyanjali Dance Festival (Chidambaram), Devadasi National dance festival(Bhubhaneshwar,) Kajuraho Festival, Konark Dance Festival, Sur Singar Samsad & Haridas Sammelan (Mumbai), various ICCR programs (Delhi, Cuttack, Vizag, Manglore, Hyderabad), Kuchipudi Nrithyotsav, Naada Neerajanam (Tirumala), Drive East Festival (New York) etc. Pranamya has been awarded several prestigious titles such as Natya Visharada, Sringara Mani, Nalanda Nritya Nipuna, Natya Saaradhi, Yuva Ratna,. Her incredible devotion to the art won the hearts of many, including stalwarts such as Padma Shree Dr. Sobha Naidu, Padma Bhushan Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam, Padma Shree Vedantam Satyanarayana Sharma, Padma Bhushan Dhanunjayan, and Padma Shree Asha Joglelar.

Pranamya is also a doctor and completed a surgical year at Harbor-UCLA. With an interest to connect medicine with dance, she is currently pursuing her medical residency in PM&R at the University of California, Irvine. She was also founder and president of Echoes of India, a non-profit organization. She combined her love for dance and service by raising funds through dance. She installed 16 water purification plants in India and established the first medical clinic in Kuchipudi Village, as well as in Nalgonda. The water plants provide clean drinking water to more than 70,000 people and the medical clinics serve more than 50 patients per day.

“Ms. Suri, ravishingly dressed in cream and gold, at once made the rapid footwork and gestures of Kuchipudi absorbing and, in statuesque positions, she has piercing beauty of line, too. Overall, she combines vitality with sweetness; the fluency with which she strings her sharply pattering steps into prolonged phrases is a particular part of her spell” —The New York Times