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A month long workshop on Kathak and other classical dances was inaugurated on September 16, 2003 in Jail # 5 of Tihar's Central Jail in New Delhi. The workshop is the latest venture of an NGO Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan, to introduce jail inmates to the arts through yoga, meditation, music and de-addiction programs. The organization has been working in Tihar Jail since 1995 and many have given up a life of crime and reformed after their release from jail. |
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Chicago Dance Awards were created by the Chicago Dance Arts Coalition in
1986, and were called the Ruth Page Awards through 2001. Following the
Coalition's merger with Chicago Music Alliance to form Chicago Dance and
Music Alliance that year, the Alliance undertook a review of the awards
in an effort to assure that they better reflected the full range of dance
in the Chicago area. These Awards continue to be the benchmark of excellence
for dance in Chicago. Chicago Dance and Music Alliance provides direct services to members engaged in all genres of dance and music in the Chicago area, acts as an advocate on their behalf, and disseminates information about their activities to the general public through its website at www.chicagoperformances.org. |
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The prestigious MAHARI AWARD for outstanding contribution in promoting and propagating Odissi in India and abroad is an annual award, given by Guru Pankaj Charan Odissi Research Foundation. |
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29th April is observed as International Day of Dance. UNESCO established the day in 1982 to attract the attention of the wider public to the art of dance. The International Dance Council is the official umbrella organization for all forms of dance in all countries of the world. The Day aspires to reach out to new public and get them to appreciate and enjoy dance. |
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