The second edition of The Park's New Festival will be held from Dec. 2 to 6 this year.

The festival was hosted by Prakriti Foundation, Chennai for the first time in 2007. A five day festival was held in the first week of December in Chennai, showcasing new and emerging work in the field of dance, music and theatre for Chennai audience.

Schedule of events of this year's fest:
Dec. 2 - About Ram: Anurupa Roy at the Museum Theatre, Egmore, Chennai
About Ram is based on Balinese Ramayan - the Uttararamacharita by Bhavabhuti. The play uses animation, puppet and live actors with audio visual effect.

Dec. 3 - Pushed: Padmini Chettur at Kalakshetra, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai
A modern dance choreography of six dancers interpreting anger, pain, pleasure, happiness, sorrow and love.

Dec. 4 - Buddhacharitram: Probal Gupta at the Museum Theatre, Egmore, Chennai.
An experimental Kathakali rendering on the life of Lord Buddha.

Dec. 5 - On Seeing: Zuleikha Allana - Lalit Kala Academy, Greams Road, Chennai.
An installation art - mapping the landscape of memory, through light installations as well as the physicality of the performer, where the performer is negotiated to become an extension of the visual language of that space.

Dec. 6 - 60 Seconds Deep by Jaimini Pathak at the Museum Theatre, Egmore, Chennai.
A play of wit, fun and modern life - the story of 4 standard sized lives and 4 larger than life dreams.

Spirit of the City by Pascal Monteil, an exhibition of portraits of musicians, dancers and other cultural personalities from Chennai and India by French photographer Pascal Monteil will be on display at the Park Hotel, Chennai from Dec. 2 to 6.

For more details on the fest, contact Prakriti Foundation at Block C, 9th Floor, Gemini Parsn Apartments, 599 Anna Salai, Cathedral Garden Road, Chennai 600 006
Phone: 044 - 32990005
email: prakritifoundation@gmail.com