Lec-dems at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
8 Dec.
10.00 a.m. - Revathi Ramachandran - 'Tevara Isaiyil Nattiakkurippugal - Dance Reference in Tevarams'.
11.00 a.m. - Prof. C. V. Chandrasekhas 'The Concept and Types of Nayakas in Bharatanatyam'.
9 Dec.
10.00 a.m. - Gopika Varma 'Tamil Compositions in Mohiniyattam'.
11.00 a.m. - K. J. Sarasa 'Vazhuvoor Technique'.
10 Dec.
10.00 a.m. - Jayanthi Subramaniam 'Nayikaa Bhava in Ulla Literature'.
11.00 a.m. - Kalanidhi Narayanan 'Kshetrayya Padams'.
11 Dec.
10.00 a.m. - Kalaivani Rajmohan 'Keeranur Dance Lineage'.
11.00 a.m. - Sucheta Chapekar 'Synthesis of Hindustani Music and Bharatanatyam.
12 Dec.
10.00 a.m. - Sangeetha Isvaran 'Ancient Ways, Modern Directions'.
11.00 a.m. - Sonal Mansingh 'Compositions in Odissi - Traditional & Contemporary.
13 Dec.
10.00 a.m. - Lakshmi Mani 'Tiruppavai in Kuchipudi Format'.
11.00 a.m. - Rajeswari Sainath 'Role of Mridangam in Bharatanatyam'.
14 Dec.
10.00 a.m. - Dr. Neena Prasad 'Adavu Structure, Mudras & their Applications in Mohiniyattam'.
11.00 a.m. - Indira Rajan 'Aspects of Nattuvangam'.
Advisory Committee: Justice K. S. Bakthavatsalam, Nandini Ramani.
Convenor - Co-ordinator: Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala.
Lec-dems at Narada Gana Sabha
Narada Gana Sabha presents its annual lec-dem series for the Season from December 22 to 31, 2003 at the sabha's mini hall on TTK Road, Chennai. Timings: 9.30 am to 11.30 am.
22 Dec: 'Nuances and features in solo dance Drama' - Urmila Sathyanarayanan
23 Dec: Preliminaries for Nirupanam in Harikatha - Prameela Gurumurthy
24 Dec: Violin techniques in Western and Eastern Music - Lalitha & Nandhini
25 Dec: Advaitham and Arutpa - Kausalya Shivakumar
26 Dec: The place of Ragamalika in concert music - Ambujam Vedantham
27 Dec: Beauties in Indian (Hindustani and Carnatic) Music with special emphasis on Raga
Sanchara - M. Narmada
28 Dec: The purpose of Natya - Ambika Kameshwar
29 Dec: Thirumurai Tharum Isai - Saraswathi Ramanathan
30 Dec: Mudras in Dikshitar's Compositions - B. Madhavan
31 Dec: Thodi and Sadhguru Thyagaraja - R. Vedavalli
Seminar on 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, Madras.
Schedule:
20 Dec: 5.30 pm - Inauguration
21 Dec:
9.30 am - Lec-dem by Ananda Shankar Jayant
10.30 am - Lec-Dem on Manipuri dance by Jawaharlal Nehru Music and Dance Academy
11.30 am - Lec-Dem by Uma Rao
22 Dec:
9.30 am - Lec-dem by Kalakshetra artistes
10.30 am - Lec-dem by Kumkum Mohanty
11.30 am - Lec-dem on Chau by Sangeet Natak Academy and Valedictory.
Kartik Fine Arts will hold a seminar on dance dramas, 'Natya Darshan - II' on December 20, 21 and 22. The convenors are dance gurus Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy and Chitra Visweswaran, who also convened the seminar themed on the same topic last year.
The Natya Kala conference at Krishna Gana Sabha will be convened by dancer Leela Samson (who was the convenor last year too). The theme, topics will be posted as and when they are finalised.
