Patruni Chidananda Sastry

Patruni Chidananda Sastry
Nationality	Indian
Pronouns	they/them
Gender identity	genderfluid & nonbinary
Occupation	Expressionist dancer , drag artist, activist
Known for	being India's first Tranimal drag queen

Patruni Chidananda Sastry is a Gender Fluid Indian expressionist ^[1] dancer, India's First Tranimal Drag performer ^[2] and Orator, born on 25th December from Kharagpur of West Bengal and presently lives in Hyderabad.^[3] Patruni Sastry has performed more than 200 dance and drag shows across the India, as well conducted Workshops.^[4]Patruni is known for his dance style “Indian expressionism” and performs drag with the name Suffocated Art Specimen.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Early Life

Patruni had created his owns styles like Sufiyattam^[9] and Pseudo Natyam . They uses dance to talk about tabooed subject such as LGBTQIA issues^[10], sexual education^[11] and gender equality.^[12]They identifies themself as gender fluid.^[13]Patruni learnt Classical dance form Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Odissi. Initially started performing as a traditional artist and slowly moved to contemporary art.

Patruni also went through training of Butoh under Adam Koan.^[14] They created his unique renditions of Butoh called as Butohnatyam.^[15]Patruni has given TEDx Talks and actively voiced out his activism for LGBTQIA^[16] and transgender rights.^[17].Patruni carries a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Bankura Unnayani institute of technology and an MBA from Jaipur National University. they also holds a Diploma in Bharatanatyam.

References

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[1] ttps://www.thebetterindia.com/154024/hyderabad-patruni-chidananda-sastry-gender-fluidity-india/

[2] ttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/lgbtq-art-fest-blurs-boundaries-garners-ovation/articleshow/59848044.cms

[3] ttps://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/meet-the-hyderabad-dancer-who-is-unboxing-gender-one-step-at-a-time/story-cqZKt7doXOtpkfoFkGhmJI.html

[4] ttps://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-weekend/dance-in-boardrooms-hyderabad/article25523464.ece

[5] ttps://www.firstpost.com/living/patruni-chidananda-sastry-on-expressionist-form-of-dance-and-how-it-can-give-a-voice-to-communities-5047771.html

[6] ttps://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/7/19955/Reimagining-Heroines-of-Rabindranath-Tagore-with-Drag

[7] ttps://telanganatoday.com/celebrating-the-diversity-of-drag

[8] ttps://www.gaystarnews.com/article/south-asian-drag-stars-demand-visibility-with-brown-drag-exists-campaign/

[9] ttps://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/savour-hindi-flavours/article24825754.ece

[10] ttp://democracynewslive.com/lifestyle/a-rhythmic-battle-for-equal-rights-507296

[11] ttps://www.vice.com/en_in/article/43pavn/how-to-learn-about-sex-through-bharatnatyam-kuchipudi-and-odissi

[12] ttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/the-trials-and-tribulations-of-men-who-dance/articleshow/66499091.cms

[13] ttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/it-took-me-23-years-to-finally-realise-that-i-am-gender-fluid/articleshow/65821744.cms

[14] ttp://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/2018/dec/24/integrating-bharatanatyam-and-japans-butoh-with-grace-1915877.html

[15] ttps://www.edexlive.com/campus/2018/dec/24/trained-classical-dancer-patruni-chidananda-sastry-integrates-the-distressing-japanese-art-form-but-4785.html

[16] - http://democracynewslive.com/lifestyle/a-rhythmic-battle-for-equal-rights-507296

[17] ttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/what-happened-to-pranay-can-happen-to-any-one-of-us-lgbtq-activists/articleshow/65934124.cms

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