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21st Natya Kala Conference

December 15 - 21, 2001 Chennai, India
Conducted by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
Convened by Anita Ratnam
The topic - CHOREOGRAPHY: THE ART OF MAKING DANCES
Venue - Dr Nalli's Gana Vihar, 20, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T Nagar

Photo Gallery
Photos Credit: V A K Ranga Rao

Saturday, Dec 15, 2001
9.15am - Kumudhini Lakhia (Ahmedabad)- Keynote Address on "Choreography in the Indian context"
9.30am - 10.30am - Priyadarshini Govind (Chennai)- "Bhava in Choreography"
10.45am - 11.45pm - Navtej Johar (New Delhi) - "Tradition and individual talent"

Sunday, Dec 16, 2001
9.30am - 10.30am - Maya Rao & Madhu Nataraj (Bangalore)- "Kathak as a springboard for traditional and contemporary choreography"
10.45am - 11.15am - Ann Moradian (New York) - "Abstraction in Dance"
11.30am - 12pm - K J Sarasa (Chennai) - "Choreography of Adavus in the Vazhuvoor style"

Monday, Dec 17, 2001
9.30am - 10.30 am - Krishnaveni Lakshmanan (Chennai)- "Group choreography innovations of Rukmini Devi"
10.45am - 11.45am - Preethi Athreya (Chennai) - "Making Dance - a choreological approach"

Tuesday, Dec 18, 2001
9.30am - 10.30am - Leela Samson (New Delhi)- "SPANDA - doing it as it comes"
10.45am - 11.45am - C V Chandrasekar and Manjari (Chennai) - "Rhythm as a signifier"

Wednesday, Dec 19, 2001
9.30am - 10.30 am - Veenapani Chawla (Pondicherry) - "Choreography in Theater"
10.45am - 11.45am - Lata Pada (Canada)- " Choreography and context for South Asian dance in Canada"

Thursday, Dec 20, 2001
9.30am - 10.30am - Ashish Khokar (Bangalore) - "History of Choreography in Indian Dance"
10.45am -11.45am - Astad Deboo (Mumbai) - "Choreography workshops for special needs"

Friday, Dec 21, 2001
9.30am -10.30am - Malavika Sarukkai (Chennai) - "The Expanding Canvas"
10.45am - 10.55am - Adyar K Lakshman (Chennai) - Demonstration of 'Thillana' to western orchestration
11am - 11.10am - L Narendra Kumar and his group - Thillana
Concluding session - Open Discussion & Felicitation

The convenor with the participants 


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