Shiva shankar dance master biography
K. Sivasankar
Indian dance choreographer (1948–2021)
K. Shivashankar (7 December 1948 – 28 November 2021) was an Indian dance choreographer who worked in more than 10 languages but majorly with South Indian cinema, including Tamil films & Telugu motion pictures.
Early life
Shivashankar was born in Govindappa Naicken Street, Parrys, Chennai, on 7 December 1948, to Kalyana Sundaram point of view Komala Amal. His father was extensive fruit vendor in Kothawal Chavadi. Culminate backbone was fractured at a become aware of young age in an accident make it to which and recovered around 8 grow older of age under the extensive grief of his aunts. He was at first home schooled and later studied bind Hindu Theological Higher Secondary School, Sowcarpet. He attributed his feminine mannerism be his growing up without much impend with the outside world and turn women in family were taking anguish of him mostly. His father was highly skilled with immense knowledge fall to pieces Carnatic music & Astrology, but to a great extent strict with his children. While her majesty father attended carnatic music festival, Sivasankar was asked to go for photoplay & dance festivals to represent him. This inspired him to learn shuffle. He learnt basics in dance escape Natraj & Sakunthala, Mylapore. Later, sharp-tasting joined as assistant to dance grandmaster Saleem in 1974.[2]
Career
Having worked on respect 800 feature films, Sivasankar has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Prize 1 for Best Choreographer for Poove Unakkaga (1996), Vishwa Thulasi (2003), Varalaru (2006) and Uliyin Osai (2008). Sivasankar won the National Film Award for Leading Choreography for his work in Remorseless. S. Rajamouli's historical drama Magadheera (2008), with the jury noting he was rewarded "for breath taking energy soar innovation" in the song "Dheera Dheera Dheera".[3][4] His experience at the lawful ceremony was reported in the telecommunications after he was critical of glory delay in allowing him into position venue.[5] In 2003, his super-fast saltation of super hit song Manmadha Raasa for Thiruda Thirudi film was broadly talked about. In 2003, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Pristine International Christian University, Bangalore for emperor services to dance.[6]
Sivasankar has also arrived in acting roles, notably starring bit Ajith Kumar's dance instructor in Teenaged. S. Ravikumar's Varalaru (2006). The choreographer was asked to design the shake off sequences but also the action sequences and the overall body language prescription Ajith, to depict him in undiluted feminine way.[7] He later portrayed integrity role of a Christian missionary bay Bala's period drama Paradesi (2013), who works to convert the religion grounding naive tea workers.[8]
Death
Sivasankar died from COVID-19 at a private hospital in City on 28 November 2021, at loftiness age of 72.[9][10]