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ICCR presents A Century of Indian Dance: 1901-2000 The Mohan Khokar Dance Collection Pics courtesy: Ashish Mohan Khokar August 19, 2011   Ashish Khokar walks the VIPS through the historical exhibition at Delhi, July 2011. Ashish Khokar, Mr. Suresh K Goel, Dr. Karan Singh, President ICCR, and Ms. Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary  Mr. Suresh K Goel, Director General ICCR, presents the 1st copy of the Coffee Table Catalogue to Ms. Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary and Ambassador Designate to US  Mr. Suresh K Goel and Leela Samson with the catalogue of the exhibition  From MKDC exhibits at New Delhi, 17-24 July 2011  Shambu Maharaj  Kalakshetra journal  Advt in Liddell's Simla Weekly for performance by Ragini Devi and Gopinath, July 28, 1934  Photos of Hasna Jehan, Ragini Devi and Gopinath, in The Statesman, Oct 1, 1934  Painting of Shanta Rao by Magda Nachman  Air India advertisement  Invitation for Yamini Krishnamurti's presentation of 3 styles of dance on Jan 13, 1963  Invitation for Uday Shankar's 'Kalpana' dated March 4, 1976  Review about Ram Gopal in Times of India, Sept 23, 1956  Navarasa by Rajamani Mohan  
 Ashish Mohan Khokar has made writing and recording dance history his mission. As a merit-lister in M.A. History from the Delhi University, he loves the process and technique of writing history and its reconstruction. He is the most sought-after biographer because of this and his 30 years of direct dance writing, with 35 published titles to credit, makes him India's reputed dance historian. With practical background in dance and theory, his opinions are much sought after and respected. He wrote as dance columnist for many magazines like India Today, First City and Life Positive. He was the dance critic of the Times of India in Delhi, then Bangalore, before starting his own dance journal - attendance - now in its 12th year of publication. As India's pioneering arts administrator way back in mid-eighties, he served the Delhi State Akademi and the Festivals of India in France, Sweden, Germany and China and worked as one of the Directors at INTACH, under PM, Rajiv Gandhi's chairmanship. He is currently on many committees and boards, nationally and internationally. attendance-india.com ; dancearchivesofindia.com |
