| Krishna Gana Sabha 40th Natya Kala Conference titled "Roots" December 26-30, 2022 Chennai Convenor: Rama Vaidyanathan with support of Rajika Puri, in honour of her mentor Indrani Rahman and the Art & Culture department of the Government of Tamilnadu Day 1 Monday, December 26 9am: Mangala Isai by students of Tamilnadu Government District Music schools 9.30am to 11am: Inauguration Invocation: Vachika Abhinaya by Ragini Chandershekar, Uma Sathyanarayanan and Dr S Vasudevan Lighting of Lamp Welcome Address by Saashwathi Prabhu Curator’s Address by Rama Vaidyanathan Address by Guest of Honour & First Convenor of NKC, Dr Padma Subrahmanyam 11am to 11.50am: Inaugural Lecture Breath and Rasa: Explicit & Implicit in the Natya Shastra by Dr Sreenath Nair with Rajaneesh Chakyar 12pm to 12.50pm: Movements and their Meanings - Delsarte’s theory of Applied Aesthetics for Indian dance and theatre by Ramaa Bharadvaj 12:50pm to 1:30pm: Lunch 1.30pm to 2.30pm: Planted Seeds: Three senior artistes re-visit their memories with their gurus and mentors Rajika Puri on Indrani Rahman Padmini Ravi on KJ Sarasa Dr Sandhya Purecha on Parvati Kumar 2.40pm to 3.40pm: Footprints of Aadal in Ancient Tamizh Literature by Dr S Raghuraman with Apoorva Jayaraman 3.45pm to 4.30pm: High Tea hosted by Krishna Gana Sabha 4.30pm to 6pm: Moksha: Celebrating the legacy of the Trinity by Usha RK, Nisha Rajagopalan, Karuna Sagari, Parshwanath Upadhye and Pavitra Krishna Bhat Day 2 Tuesday, December 27 8am to 9.15am: Workshops for Dancers Roots to Explore: Texts and textures of Hasta Abhinaya by S Jayachandran 9.30am to 9.50am: Bark to Bough Legacy Of Rajarathnam Pillai by Ramya Ramnarayanan and disciples 10am to 10.50am: Roots, Entwined: Interlinking architecture, painting, sculpture and dance by Dr Choodamani Nandagopal 11am to 11.50am: Roots, In-depth: Integrating Kerala’s indigenous arts into Mohiniattam by Bharati Shivaji 12pm to 12.50pm: An Overview of the History of Dance Patronage in India by Dr Anita R Ratnam Followed by a discussion on dance patronage in the current scenario, challenges and politics with Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant, Kavitha Ramu and Zakir Hussain 12.50pm to 1.30pm: Lunch 1.30pm to 2.45pm: Mahari: A journey from the Natya Mandir to the proscenium by Aruna Mohanty Day 3 Wednesday, December 28 8am to 9.15am: Workshops for Dancers Roots To Explore: An interactive talk on taking dance to the grassroots through the workshop demonstration model of SPICMACAY by Ashok Jain 9.30am to 9.50am: Bark To Bough, Legacy of Dr Vempati Chinna Satyam by Sailaja and disciples 10am to 10.50am: Roots, De-mystified: Unravelling the mysteries of Kathakali by Kaladharan Viswanath with Kalamandalam Adithyan 11am to 11.50am: Canopy: Extension of Bharatanatyam’s branches outside Tamizhagam by Dr Parul Shah 12pm to 12.50pm: Kathak: Carrying echoes of Rajasthani literature and folk traditions by Prerana Shrimali 12.50pm to 1.30pm: Lunch 1.30pm to 2.45pm Deity and Dance: Ritual repertoire from Tanjore traditions by Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh with Niveda Aadithya Day 4 Thursday, December 29 8am to 9.15am: Workshops for Dancers Roots To Explore: Negotiating rhythm in dance by Kiran Subramanyam 9.30am to 9.50am: Bark To Bough Legacy of Balasaraswati by Aniruddha Knight and Disciples 10am to 10.50am: Thanjavur Natyam: Roots of Sringara by Lakshmi Viswanathan 11am to 11.50am: Traveling Roots Sattriya in changing spaces: Monks, pedagogy & performance by Anwesa Mahanta with Hari Prasad Saikia 12pm to 12.50pm: Set in Stone: Exploring the pan-Indian epigraphical history of dance through lecture, illustrations and performance by Dr Chithra Madhavan with Divya Shiva Sundar 12.50pm to 1.30pm:Lunch 1.30pm to 2.45pm: Mehefil-e-Raqs: Tawaiff repertoire from the Mughal era by Rani Khanam Day 5 Friday, December 30 8am to 9.15am: Workshops for Dancers Roots To Explore: Nritya Samskritam —--- Spotlight on ancient literature for dance by Shatavadhani Ganesh 9am: Tevaram by students of Tamilnadu Government District Music Schools 9.30am to 9.50am: Bark To Bough Legacy Of Adyar K Lakshman by Nithyakalyani Vaidyanathan and Disciples 10am to 10.50am: Bala and Rukmini: Transnational legacies by Dr Avanthi Meduri 11am to 11.50am: Seeds of Abhinaya: Insights into the Telugu literary and dance traditions by Dr Anupama Kylash 12pm to 12.50pm: Inter-Weaves: An illustrated lecture on the interdependency of cinema and dance by Radhika Shurajit 12.50pm to 1.30pm: Lunch 1.30pm to 2.45pm: Colours of the Earth: Mahabharata in Dravidian Nadu by Dr VR Devika with Tamil traditional Koothu artistes Venue: Krishna Gana Sabha, T Nagar, Chennai Workshop for Dancers between December 27 and December 30, 8am - 9:15am are ticketed. Tickets |