Natya Kala Conference At Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
December, 26 2009 - Theme: Past - Present continuous
Session I - 9.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m
Inauguration by Smt D Purandeswari, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India
Convenor’s address by Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant
Key Note Address by Jayant Kastuar, Secretary, Sangeet Natak Akademi
10.30 a.m. to 10.45 a.m. - Tea break
Session II - 10.45 a.m. to 11.40 a.m.
Plenary session:
Where do we go from here? - Dr Sunil Kothari
Session III - 11.45 a..m to 1.00 p.m.
Changing Kinetics by Harikrishnan, Srividya Natarajan, Priyadarshini Govind
December, 27 2009 - Theme: Legacy
Session I - 9.15 a.m. to 10.05 a.m.
The Balasaraswati legacy by Nandini Ramani
Session II - 10.10 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
The male dancer – Kalakshetra legacy by VP Dhananjayan
Session III - 11.10 a.m. to 12.00 noon
Kuchipudi – The Vempati China Satyam legacy by Dr Anuradha
Session IV - 12.10 p.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Documenting Dance - The Mohan Khokar legacy by Ashish Mohan Khokar
Special Evening Performance
NATA SANKIRTAN of Manipur, 27 December 2009, 7.30pm
By Jawaharlal Manipuri Dance Academy, Imphal
Sponsored by Sangeet Natak Akademi
December, 28 2009 - Theme: Inner World-Outer world
Session I - 9.15 a.m. to 10.05 a.m.
The Expressive Body by Sujata Mohapatra
Session II - 10.10 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
Essence of Abhinaya by Lakshmi Vishwanathan
Session III - 11.10 a.m. to 12.00 noon
Panel: Media and Dance : Participants - Sadanand Menon, Ramnarayan, Anjana Rajan, Chitra Mahesh, Anuradha Ananth, Aniruddhan Vasudevan
Session IV - 12.10 p.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Past Forward Excerpts from new works by Arangham Trust, Natya - STEM dance company, Thiruchelvam, Samudra
December, 29 2009 - Theme: New Directions
Session I - 9.15 a.m. to 10.05 a.m.
Re-imagining the image by Chitra Vishweswaran
Session II - 10.10 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
In Conversation -Collaborations by Anita Ratnam, Astad Debbo
Session III - 11.10a.m. to 12.00 noon
Thaka Dimi Tha - TV,Reality shows and dance by Radhika Shurajit
Session IV - 12.10 p.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Panel: Dancing Difference Moderator: Anita Ratnam, Participants : Lata Pada, Rama Bharadwaj, Ratna Kumar, Harikrishnan, Aravinth Kumaraswamy, Siri Rama
Satellite activity:
TWINKLE TOES: 29 December 2009, 3pm – 4.30pm
A special afternoon of dance, for and by children - Curated by Churchill Pandian
As part of CSR (Cultural Social Responsibility)
Venue: Kamakoti Gana Mandir (Mini hall of Krishna Gana Sabha)
December, 30 2009 - Theme: New Directions
Session I - 9.15 a.m. to 10.05 a.m.
Dance Choreography by Kumudini Lakhia
Session II - 10.10 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
In Conversation: Stretch Marks by Geeta Chandran, Ramli Ibrahim
Session III - 11.10 a.m. to 12.00 noon
Panel: Young Gurus - Gen Next Moderator: Leela Venkataraman. Participants : A Lakshman, Gopika Verma, Kishore Mosalikanti, Deepika Reddy, Anita Guha
Session IV - 12.10 p.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Film Choreography by Saroj Khan
December, 31 2009 - Theme: Dance Matters
Session I - 9.15 a.m. to 10.15 a.m.
Dance Lights by Gautam Bhattacharjee
Session II - 10.20 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
IPR and Dance by Uttara Asha Coorlawala, Jayaprada Ramamurthy, Universal-Legal
Session III - 11.10 a.m. to 12.10 p.m.
Panel: Art, Beauty, Creation Moderator: Anil Srinivasan. Participants : Unnikrishnan, Rajeev Menon, Devdutt Patnaik
Session IV - 12.20 p.m. to 1.20 p.m.
Valedictory - Shanta Serbjeet Singh participates
COFFEE DIALOGUES - Everyday post conference at venue
About December Season
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