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Kala Samprekshana - The Art of Seeing Art
- 13 December 2019
Kala Samprekshana- The Art of Seeing Art
Art for Unity
Kalakshetra organizing a conference ‘Kala Samprekshana’ from 22nd – 24th December 2019. This will highlight the practice, tradition and history through a series of lectures and demonstrations.
Day 1 – 22nd December 2019
09.00 am – 09.30 am - Inaugural Function
Inaugural Address: Dr.Sudha Seshayyan, Vice-Chancellor, Dr.MGR Medical University
Keynote Address: Dr.Ritha Rajan, Eminent Musician, Musicologist and Teacher
Concept Presentation: Smt. Revathi Ramachandran, Director, Kalakshetra Foundation
Vote of Thanks
Session -1
Venue: Rukmini Arangam
09.30 am – 11.00 am - Centenary Celebration of Master of Many – S.Rajam | Dr.Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam & Mr. Lalitha Ram
Day 2 – 23rd December 2019
Session-2
Venue: Banyan Tree
9.00 am – 9.30 am : Tarkka Pattu | Smt.Ramaa Bharadvaj
9.35 am – 10.05 am : Role of a teacher in Indian culture | Dr. Śukavanam Krishnan
10.10 am – 10.40 am : Kutcheri – Its Origin & Growth | Dr. Radha Bhaskar
10.40 am -10.50 am : Session Summary
Session-3
Venue: Rukmini Arangam
11.00 am – 11.40 am : Kuravanji Natakas of Kalakshetra Foundation |Smt. Nandhini Nagraj, Smt. Nirmala Nagraj, Smt. Jyolsana Menon
11.40 am – 11.55 am : Reminiscence about Kuravanji Natakas | Prof. A.Janardhanan
12.05 pm – 12.35 pm : Music for Life Cycle | Dr. Rama Kausalya & Smt. Madhuvanthi Badri
12.40 pm – 12.50 pm : Session Summary
Session-4
Venue: Rukmini Arangam
02.00 pm – 02.20 pm : Role of the Younger Generation as Custodians of Culture | Smt. Geetha Chandran
02.30 pm – 02.50 pm : Tradition and Culture – Its Role in Indian Art | Smt. Chitra Visweswaran
02.55 pm – 03.00 pm :
Session Summary
Tea Break
Session-5
Venue: Rukmini Arangam
03.10 pm – 03.30 pm : Weaving at Kalakshetra Foundation | Dr. Bessie Cecil
03.30 pm – 04.30 pm : Kalakshetra Learning – Impact & Influence | Smt. Pushkala Gopal(moderator), Smt. Priya Murle, Smt. Anjana Anand, Smt. Sathyabhama, Dr. Sreelatha Vinod, Smt. Urmila Satyanarayanan
Day 3 – 24th December 2019
Session-6
Venue: Banyan Tree
09.00 am – 09.30 am : Aesthetics of Bihu Dance & Music – It’s Semantics & Semiotics with relation to codified notations of Music | Dr.Prashanna Gogoi, Ethnomusicologist
09.35 am – 09.55 am : E. Krishna Iyer and Resurrection of Bharatanatya | Prof.Ashish Mohan Khokar
10.00 am – 10.30 am : Groves and Gods | Dr.Nanditha Krishna
10.30 am – 10.40 am : Session Summary
Tea Break
Session-7
Venue: Rukmini Arangam
10.50 am – 11.35 am : Appreciation of Indian Art- Sculpture, Bronzes and Painting | Dr.R.Nagaswamy
11.40 am – 12.40 pm : Araiyar Sevai | Prof. Madhusudhanan Kalaichelvan
12.40 pm – 12.50 pm : Session Summary
Lunch Break
Session-8
Venue: Rukmini Arangam
02.00 pm – 03.00 pm : Paavai Koothu – Traditional Shadow Puppet Session presentation by V.R.Devika | Shri Muthu Lakshmana Rao
Tea Break
Venue: Rukmini Arangam
03.30 pm – 04.00 pm : Valedictory Function
Valedictory Address – Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam
