Photographs of the Chennai
December Season performances
by Lalitha Venkat, Chennai
e-mail: lalvenkat@yahoo.com
23rd Natya
Kala Conference @ Krishna Gana Sabha
Dedicated
to Rukmini Devi's birth centenary
Convener:
Leela Samson
December 15,
2003
"The
aesthetics of form" - Shanta Dhananjayan, Malavika Sarukkai and Astad
Deboo
December 16,
2003
"The
art of India and its significance" by HH Swami Dayanand Saraswathi
"The
aesthetics of Abinaya" - M K Saroja and Kalamandalam Kshemavathi
December 19,
2003
"Spiritual
background in dance" by A Janardhanan and Kalakshetra troupe
'The
suggestion in Art" by artist, sculptor and writer Shakti Maira
December 20,
2003
"The
rasika" by Gowri Ramnarayan and Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan
December 16,
2003 @
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
Sudharani
Raghupathy and students of Shree Bharatalaya, Prof. William Skelton and
the Colgate University India Study Group presented the classic Tamil epic
THE TALE OF PUHAR
December 17,
2003 @
Narada Gana Sabha
Bharatanatyam
by Sreelatha Vinod, Chennai
December 17,
2003 @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for Kartik Fine Arts
Bharatanatyam
by N Srikanth, Chennai
December 18,
2003 @ Music Academy
Inauguration
of The 77th Annual Conference and Concerts of Music Academy
Kuchipudi
recital by Vidya Murthy, Vishakapatnam
December 19,
2003 @ Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
Special
program on Abhinaya by Lakshmi Viswanathan, Chennai
Andhra
Natyam by Kalakrishna, Hyderabad
December 20,
2003 @ Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
Samanvaya
– A Coming Together: Bharatanatyam and Odissi jugalbandhi by Alarmel
Valli, Chennai and Madhavi Mudgal, New Delhi
Natya Darshan
II 2003 @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for Kartik Fine Arts
Conveners:
Chitra Visweswaran and Sudharani Raghupathy
December 20 - 22, 2003
Nritta
Chitra by Shrikant Sathe, Mumbai
December 21, 2003
Lec-dem
by Anita Ratnam and Arangham Dance Theatre
Mayurbhanj
Chhau performance by Chhau SNA Project
December 22,
2003
Lec-dem
on Mayurbhanj Chhau by Bagulu Jena and members of Chhau SNA Project
Lec
dem on Odissi by Kumkum Mohanty and Odissi Research Centre troupe
Lec
dem on Manipuri by Ibouchouba Singh and Manipuri Jagoi Marup
Lec
dem on Rukmini Devi’s dance dramas by Jyolsana Menon and Kalakshetra troupe
December 22,
2003
Classical,
folk and martial dances of Manipur by Manipuri Jagoi Marup
Odissi
by Kumkum Mohanty and Odissi Research Centre troupe
December 21,
2003 @ Anita Ratnam's residence
Moham:
A Magnificent Obsession by Chitra Sundaram, London
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