In 1986, with a 18 member troupe she gave more than thirty performances in the various cities of the U.S.A, from New York to San Francisco. In 1988, impressed by Sobhas dance performance, which evoked great response, during her month long tour in Russia, two girl students came all the way to Hyderabad to learn Kuchipudi dance. In 1996 Sobha led a team of artists and gave dance performance in the U.K. and the U.S.A. In the more exotic realm of ballet she, as the prime Donna, steals the limelight, as Satyabhama, the central attraction in ‘Bhamakalapam’ and ‘Sri Krishna Parijatam’, as ‘Chandalika’ in Tagore’s play, as Devadasi in the hilarious comedy ‘Vipranarayana’. To top it all, as Padmavathi in her selfchoreographed ‘Kalyana Srinivasam’ her spell is cast far and wide. Padmavathi may well be the crown jewel of Kuchipudi to the wider audiences both in India and abroad. Striving for excellence as performing artist, choreographer and an exacting teacher, she has trained more than 1500 dancers, as the Principal and Director of the Devi Kuchipudi Art Academy, Hyderabad.

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