Krishna Gana Sabha 42nd Natya Kala Conference December 26 - 29, 2024 Chennai Convenors: Nirupama & Rajendra DETAILS Day 1, December 26, Thursday 9:30am to 10:30 am: Inauguration 10:30am - 11am: BHAANAKA: An expression of divine ecstasy, by Piyal Bhattacharya 11:15am - 12pm: SHASTRAANUBHUTHI: Realising the shastras within, by Shatavadhani Ganesh 12pm - 12:45pm: AMARUSHATHAKA: A spectrum of love poems through dance, by Padmini Upadhya, Sunil Sunkara, Shijith Nambiar & Parvathy Menon, Archana Raja & Kasi Aysola 12:45pm to 2pm: NRITTAPRATHIMALA: Stringing extempore movements, by Anushree Padmanabha, Harshita Dadheech, Kavya Ganesh, Ramya Venkataraman, Shreema Upadhyaya and Vithya Arasu Day 2, December 27, Friday 8am to 9am: Workshop YAKSHA HEJJE: Step with Badagatittu Yakshagana by Shivananda Hegde 9:30am to 10am: SANYOJANA: Creative orchestration for dance, by Praveen D Rao 10am to 11:30am: DAAMPATHYAM: When hearts meet for art, by VP Dhananjayan & Shanta Dhananjayan, Kiran Subramanyam & Sandhya Kiran, Maulik Shah & Ishira Parikh 11:30am to 12pm: ASEEMA: Indian principles in Greco-Roman dramaturgy, by Arjun Bharadwaj 12pm to 1pm: LOKA & NATYA: Understanding the blend of Dharmis in Dr Padma Subrahmanyam's choreographies, by Dr Padma Subrahmanyam 1pm to 1:45pm: KAL KE KALAAKAAR: The artistic path of the Maestros, by Madhavi Mudgal and Uma Dogra Day 3, December 28, Saturday 8am to 9am: Workshop TATAH-KATHA: A cappella expressions, by Praveen D Rao 9:30am to 10am: BHOOMIKA: Character portrayals in Yakshagana, by Shivananda Hegde 10am to 11:15am: PANEL DISCUSSION on TAANTRIKAM: Technology & Theatre Panelists - Prachi Saathi, Aravinth Kumarasamy, Gaurav Singh Nijjer and Sai Shravanam Moderator - Madhu Nataraj 11:30am to 11:45am: AMOORTHA: The Intangible benefits of Natya, by Padmini Ravi 11:45am to 12:15pm: CHITRARANGA: Dance and music in popular media, by Rajiv Menon 12:15pm to 1:15pm: AASHU: Improvs in Abhinaya, by Indira Kadambi, Dr Shobha Shashikumar, Sujatha Srinivasan and Dr Sreedhara Akkihebbalu 1:15pm to 2pm: LAVANI: Shringara in Deshi theatre, by Bhushan Korgaonkar Day 4, December 29, Sunday 8am to 9am: Workshop CHALANA: Move with Chhau, by Shashadhar Acharya 9:30am to 9:50am: SAMANVAYA: Confluence of Kathak and Bharatanatyam in Marga, by Mahati Kannan and Rohini Srinivasa Prabhath 9:55am to 10:30am: OF MASKS AND MOVEMENTS: Chhau, Dance theatre, by Shashadhar Acharya 10:30am to 11:30am: PANEL DISCUSSION: Dharma & Artha of dance Panelists - Anupama Hoskere, Piali Ray and Sunil Sunkara Moderator - Akhila Krishnamurthy 11:45am to 12:10pm: VIKAASA: An excerpt from the folk tale Flowering tree, by Hema Rajagopalan 12:15pm to 1pm: KAVYA ABHINAYA: Creative retelling of Kannada Literature, by Rakesh KP, Rupesh KC, Sharath Prabath and Washim Sheik Raja 1:00pm: AVALOKANA: An overview by Conveners Interaction with the Convenors 1:25pm to 1:45pm: BHAKTI: Villu Pattu, by Bharathi Thirumagan FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK |