'Natya Darshan': Showcasing dance dramas

Kartik Fine Arts hosts 'Natya Darshan - II' a seminar on dance dramas on December 20, 21 and 22 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's auditorium, Mylapore. The convenors are dance gurus Sudharani Raghupathy and Chitra Visweswaran.

The seminar will be inaugurated tomorrow evening (20 Dec.) at 6.15 pm by dancer Padmini Ravi. This will be followed by 'Raghuvamsa Tilakam' a dance drama by Chitra Visweswaran and her sishyas. (This dance drama was first performed on the occasion of Ramanavami for Krishna Gana Sabha in the early 80's. It has been revived now this Season).

Schedule of lec-dems:
Dec.21: 9 am-12.30 pm - Theme: Exploration within Tradition
Anita Ratnam - Creativity within boundaries
Radhika Shurajit - Dance through lens
Ananda Shankar Jayant - Group Choreography Evolution of a visual vocabulary.
Panel Discussion: Shanta Dhananjayan, Sujatha Vijayraghavan, Gowri Ramanarayan and Sita Ratnakar

Evening performances:
6 pm:- Manipuri Jagoi Marup - Classical Folk and Martial dances of Manipur
7.30 pm: Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan - South Indian Folk music and dance

Dec.22: 9 am - 1 pm, Theme: Traditions
Chhau SNA project - Mayurbanj Chhau
Kumkum Mohanty - Odissi
Manipuri Jagoi Marup - Classical Folk and Martial Dances
Kalakshetra - Presentation by Prof. Janardhanan
Valedictory address by Smt.Y.G.Parthasarathy

Evening performances:
6 pm: Mayurbanj Chhau, SNA Project
7 pm: Kumkum Mohanty and Odissi Research Centre.
An exhibition of Nritta Chitra by Srikant Sathe of Mumbai, will also be on display.