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{{short description|Dancer, Performance Artist, Drag queen}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Patruni Sastry
| image = Patruni Chidananda Sastry.jpg
| alt = Suffocated Art Specimen
| caption =
| birth_name = Patruni Chidananda Sastry
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|12|25}}
| birth_place = [[Kharagpur]], [[West Bengal]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = Dancer, Drag Artist, performance artist
| television =
| spouse =
| website = www.sas3dancingfeet.com
}}

'''Patruni Sastry''', popularly known as '''Patruni Chidananda Sastry''' or '''Suffocated art Specimen''' is a Expressionist Dancer<ref>{{Cite web|last=Borah|first=Prabalika M.|date=30 April 2019|title=Dance towards positive thoughts: Patruni Chidananda Sastry|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/patruni-chidananda-sastry-expressionism-performance-therapy-sas3s-dancing-feet/article26989741.ece|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>, Performance Artist <ref>{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Siddharth|title=When body becomes a work of art|url=https://telanganatoday.com/body-work-of-art|website=Telangana Today}}</ref>, Visual Artist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Artograph_Vol_02_Iss_01_2020_Jan_Feb.html?id=O0ECEAAAQBAJ|title=Artograph Vol 02 Iss 01 (2020 Jan-Feb)|first1=Multiple|last1=Authors|first2=Hareesh N.|last2=Nampoothiri|first3=Praveen Kumar|last3=P|first4=Priyanka|last4=B|first5=T. Reddi|last5=Lakshmi|date=21 April 2020|publisher=NEWNMEDIA™|via=Google Books}}</ref>, Model and [[drag queen]] .

==Biography==
Sastry started dancing at the age of 5. He was inspired by [[Ramya Krishnan]] from [[Padayappa]] in his initial days<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/154024/hyderabad-patruni-chidananda-sastry-gender-fluidity-india/|title=Who Am I: 25-YO Hyderabad Dancer Will Make You Question Gender Norms|date=1 August 2018}}</ref>. Later from the [[Expressionist]] movement<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 August 2018|title=Patruni Chidananda Sastry on expressionist form of dance, and how it can give a voice to communities - Living News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/patruni-chidananda-sastry-on-expressionist-form-of-dance-and-how-it-can-give-a-voice-to-communities-5047771.html|website=Firstpost}}</ref> .He later learned [[Kuchipudi]], [[Bharatanatyam]] <ref>{{Cite web|last=Chakravorty|first=Reshmi|date=31 July 2018|title=Demystifying a taboo|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/310718/demystifying-a-taboo.html|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>, [[Odissi]], [[Butoh]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=This 25-year-old classical dancer is integrating the distressing Japanese art form, Butoh with Bharatanatyam|url=https://www.edexlive.com/campus/2018/dec/24/trained-classical-dancer-patruni-chidananda-sastry-integrates-the-distressing-japanese-art-form-but-4785.html|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>, [[Contemporary dance ]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/meet-the-hyderabad-dancer-who-is-unboxing-gender-one-step-at-a-time/story-cqZKt7doXOtpkfoFkGhmJI.html|title=Meet the Hyderabad dancer who is unboxing gender, one step at a time|date=4 August 2018|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>. Sastry was inspired from [[Daniel Lismore]], [[Austin Young]] and started performing [[Tranimal]] drag<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/how-a-27-year-old-queer-indian-brought-drag-to-their-city/|title=How a 27-year-old queer Indian brought drag to their city|first=Tris|last=Reid-Smith|date=19 March 2020|website=Gay Star News}}</ref>. Sastry performed at Hyderabad Literature festival, Namma Pride ,The Lalit Ashok, Lamakaan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2019/feb/03/leading-in-his-own-footsteps-1933240.html|title=Leading in his own footsteps|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>,Shilparamam, and in many other Public Spaces<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/India-s-drag-queens-put-politics-front-and-center2|title=India's drag queens put politics front and center|website=Nikkei Asia}}</ref>. He founded Dragvanti<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/culture/dragvanti-how-indias-first-drag-website-aims-to-encourage-the-art-form/|title=DragVanti: How India’s first drag website aims to encourage the art form|date=19 June 2020|website=Lifestyle Asia India}}</ref> and also acted in a short film 'Polar Night' which is based on the [[Polar Night]] effect by Rakesh Asileti<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/polar-nigts-is-a-short-film-by-rakesh-asileti/article31362155.ece|title=COVID-19: 'Polar night' is a short film on loneliness during lockdown|first=Prabalika M.|last=Borah|date=17 April 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>. Sastry uses dance to talk about social topics such as sex education<ref>{{Cite web|title=How to Learn About Sex Through Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi and Odissi|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/43pavn/how-to-learn-about-sex-through-bharatnatyam-kuchipudi-and-odissi|website=www.vice.com}}</ref>, queer activism and women empowerment . Sastry identified himself as gender fluid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/it-took-me-23-years-to-finally-realise-that-i-am-gender-fluid/articleshow/65821744.cms|title=It took me 23 years to finally realise that I am gender fluid - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10zuNF1BCJY Unboxing Gender | Chidananda Sastry Patruni | TEDxMLRIT]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gewgABOPJMo Dance with Data | Patruni Chidananda Sastry | TEDxIBABangalore]
* [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/lifestyle/spotlight/artiste-patruni-chidananda-sastry-gets-into-tranimal-drag-avatar/videoshow/78544406.cms Etimes]
* [https://radio-mischpoke.net/radioprogramm-inside-the-festival-2020/ Radio Interview ]
* [https://podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/drag-queen-of-telugu-states-chidananda-patruni-sastry/id1531014444?i=1000509362549/ Podcast Interview ]
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{{wiktionary|drag queen}}

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