Kartik Fine Arts hosts lec-dem/performances on classical dance

Every 'season' Kartik Fine Arts hosts a seminar / lec-dem on classical dance. It is called Natya Darshan.

This year, it opens on Dec.26 morning at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and ends on Dec.28.

Senior dancers Narasimhachari and his wife and Lakshmi Vishwanathan will be honoured.

Lec-dems are by Mythili Prakash, Dr. Padma Subramaniam and Mahathi, Dr. Chitra Madhavan and Kausalya Srinivasan,

Shobana Chandrakumar, Sashdhar Acharya, Sharadi Saikia (on Chattriya) and Methik Devika.

There are also performances every evening - by Kerala Kalamandalam troupe, Arushi Mudgal,
Chitra Visweswaran, Darshana Zaveri and troupe and guru Birju Maharaj.

Kalakshetra's Fest from Dec.20

Kalakshetra is to host its 'December season' fest from Dec.20 to Jan.5, 2010 at its campus in south Chennai.

The fest is planned in three parts - the famed dance drama series of Kalakshetra from Dec.20 to 25, a North Indian Music Fest in association with the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Delhi and a Carnatic Music and Classical Dance Fest from Jan 1 to 5 which includes a Kathakali performance.

All the shows are ticketed and tickets can even be bought online at the Kalakshetra web site - www.kalakshetra.in. Students can avail of concessional rates.