Swati Bhardwaj has been dancing since she was four and has won several awards.

It is a dream come true for Swati P. Bhardwaj, an eighth standard student in Channarayapatna. For, she has entered the Guinness World Records as part of the 2,850-member troupe that performed the largest Kuchipudi dance.

The event was held as part of the second annual International Kuchipudi Convention at the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad on December 26, 2010. Swati received the certificate from the Guinness World Records recently. The record-setting performance lasted for four hours and 26 minutes.

Swati has been into dancing since she was four and has performed Bharatanatya at various programmes.

She has won several medals in the State- and national-level dance competitions.

“Swati, who has been learning Bharatanatya for the last 10 years, now conducts classes for over 350 children in Channarayapatna,” said her father, M.K Prakash Bhardwaj, an employee in the Alur court. Swati wants to teach Bharatanatya to children in rural areas under the banner of Sri Natya Bhyravi Trust, headed by her mother, Anita. She plans to identify schoolchildren interested in learning dance and conduct classes for them during weekends from next month.

Swati performed Kuchipudi with a 2,850-member troupe for four hours, 26 minutes

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / National / by Staff  Correspondent / Hassan, July 08th, 2011