Schedule

December 18 & 19, 2013 

Alliance Francaise, College Road, Chennai

DEC 18 (Wednesday evening)

At Alliance Francaise

7.30pm: Adishakti presents VINAY KUMAR in THE TENTH HEAD (Ravana) - Theatre, Directed by Veenapani Chawla

Post performance discussion moderated by Dr. Anita Ratnam

DEC 19 (Thursday evening)

At Alliance Francaise

7.30pm: Adishakti presents NIMMY RAPHEL in NIDRAVATHWAM - Theatre

Post performance discussion moderated by Prof. Hari Krishnan

December 20 - 22, 2013 

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai

DEC 20 (Friday morning)

10 am: PAVITHRA BHAT (Mumbai)

10.15am: Inauguration by Mr. L. SABARETNAM (Chairman of Kartik Fine Arts)

Welcome address by Dr. ANITA RATNAM (Founder-Artistic Director, Arangham Trust)

10.45am: Opening Address by LEELA VENKATARAMAN (Delhi) on 'Shrinking space for the male dancer' and DR. DEVDUTT PATTANAIK (Mumbai) on 'Comparing Nataraja and Natawar, the dance of Shiva and Vishnu' 

11.30am: Coffee break

11.45am: Panel 1: THE IDEA OF THE MALE DANCER IN INDIA: PATRIARCHY, SEXUALITY, AND PERFORMANCE

Panelists: DR. ANN R DAVID (UK), DR. SANDRA CHATTERJEE (Germany/Austria/India)

Moderator: Hari Krishnan 

DEC 20 (evening)

5pm: PT NARENDRAN AND GROUP (Chennai) - Bharatanatyam

6.15pm: ASTAD DEBOO (Mumbai) presents DANCE EXPRESSION - Contemporary

7.30pm: RUDRAKSHYA DANCE ENSEMBLE (Bhubaneswar) - Odissi

DEC 21 (Saturday morning)

9.30am: Welcome address by Dr. ANITA RATNAM 

9.40am: Gurus to be honored: Udupi Laxminarayan, K Kalyanasundaram, Adyar Lakshman, Herambanathan, CV Chandrasekhar, VP Dhananjayan, CK Balagopalan, A Janardhanan, MV Narasimhachari, Ramli Ibrahim, Dr. Sunil Kothari 

10.40am: Coffee Break

11am: MALE MOVES (1910-2010) from the Khokar Dance Archives. Screening of short film featuring Uday Shankar, Ram Gopal, Nala Najan and Bhaskar Roy Choudury, introduced by ASHISH MOHAN KHOKAR (Bangalore), followed by Q & A 

12pm: Panel 2: BHARATANATYAM AND THE MALE BODY: TECHNIQUE AND QUESTIONS OF EMBODIMENT

Panelists: B HERAMBANATHAN & H Hariharan (Tanjore), Dr. BM SUNDARAM & K Shanmugha Sundaram (Vazhuvoor), CV CHANDRASEKHAR & P Praveen Kumar (Kalakshetra) 

Moderators: Dr. BM Sundaram & Prof. Hari Krishnan

DEC 21 (evening)

5pm: NAVTEJ JOHAR and SUDEEP KUMAR (Delhi) present DRAVYA KAYA - Contemporary Bharatanatyam

6pm: EMERGING DANCERS featuring KALAMANDALAM SURESH KALIYATH (Pondicherry) - Ottanthullal, SINAM BASU SINGH (Manipur) - Manipuri, ANUJ MISHRA (Lucknow) - Kathak, PASUMARTHI MRUTHYUMJAYA SARMA (Hyderabad) - Kuchipudi 

7.30pm: A LAKSHMANASWAMY (Chennai) - Bharatanatyam

At Nageswara Rao Park

7.30pm: Thudumbattam

8pm - 10pm: DRAUPADI VASTHIRAPARANAM, Therukoothu by Purisai Doraiswamy Kannappa Thambiran Paramparai Therukoothu Manram

DEC 22 (Sunday morning)

8.15am: Music by ANIL SRINIVASAN & SIKKIL GURUCHARAN

9.45am: Welcome address by Dr. ANITA RATNAM

10am: TRIBHUVAN MAHARAJ, grandson of Birju Maharaj (Kathak) 

10.15 am: Conferring LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD on Kathak Guru Pt. Birju Maharaj (Delhi). Screening of film snippets of Birju Maharaj's work on stage and film

11.30am: Coffee Break

11.45am: Vote of thanks by Mr. Sabaretnam and Dr. Anita Ratnam

12pm: Panel 3: CONTEMPORARY INDIAN DANCE AND THE MALE DANCER

Panelists: RAMLI IBRAHIM (Malaysia), JAY PATHER (South Africa), SOORAJ SUBRAMANIAM (Belgium)

Moderator: Hari Krishnan

1pm: Closing remarks by RUSTOM BHARUCHA (Kolkata) 

DEC 22 (evening)

5pm: The India premiere of UMA choreographed by Hari Krishnan, performed by SRIKANTH NATARAJAN. Also featuring Apsara Reddy

5.30pm: PARSHWANATH UPADHYE (Bangalore) presents PURUSHAARDHAM: THE MALE HALF - Bharatanatyam

6.15pm: KALA KRISHNA and group (Hyderabad) - Perini Thandavam and NAVAJANARDANA PARIJATHAM in Andhra Natyam 

7.30pm: PT. BIRJU MAHARAJ (Delhi) presents BAITHAK BHAV - Kathak

Program subject to change.