This year, apart from the dance festival, an interactive session is also being held. Each morning at the foyer of the Chandela Hotel, arts scholar Sunil Kothari will conduct a dance appreciation course at 11 am with participation from the dancers who perform at the fest.

Besides the dance performances, what attracts you at Khajuraho are the beautiful stone temples built by the Chandela kings, housed all over the town. If you take an early morning walk to the temples, you can catch a glimpse of the dancers posing for a photo session, with the background of the temple sculptures lit up by the morning sun. A drive to the nearby jungles and the waterfall and shopping near the festival venue are other attractions.

Click here to read more about what you can see in Khajuraho and our reportage of the fest in 2003.
http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/news/20030314/dance.asp

Here's the schedule of the 2005 dance festival:

25 February
Nandita Puri - Kathak
The Nritya Kaustubha Cultural Society - Bharatanatyam

26 February
Joyti Shrivastava - Odissi
K. Umarama Rao - Kuchipudi

27 February
Vijayni Satpathi / Swarupa Duet - Odissi
Madhunatraj Heri Group - Kathak

28 February
G. Narendra Troupe - Bharatanatyam
Kerla Kalamandlam State Academy of Art - Mohiniattam

1 March
Anuradha Thakur - Kathak
Vedantam Venkatya Chalapathi - Kuchipudi
Mamta Shankar - Ballet

2 March
Malavika Sarukkai - Bharatanatyam
Huyen Lallong Manipuri Thang-Ta Cultural Society - Manipuri

3 March
Uma Dogra - Kathak
Isha-Ayana Deol Duet - Odissi

For more info, check out: http://www.mptourism.com/ff/khajdance.html