Dancin’ India

A Celebration of World Dance Day

As per UN Convention, April 29 is designated as International Dance Day. We celebrate this on the first Sunday following it, since India is home to a rich plethora of classical, folk, film dances and Bangalore is a hub to all of these forms.

Featuring over 55 dancers, the occasion brings three generations of gurus, dancers, writers and more. The best of Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Mohiniattam, Kuchipudi, and Modern come together through prodigious talents and established stars. This is the 10th year of this famed Dance Day celebration, mentored and curated by Ashish Khokar, the editor of India’s only yearbook on dance – attendance, now in its 25th year!

The evening begins with a display of 21 photos at the entrance leading to an onstage assembly of 30 shishyas in many forms followed by 9 top soloists, one ballet group work and in the end, coming together of the male ang. The evening brings diversity of forms and this careful curation ends in a crescendo of many dancers coming together.

Programme:

4:00 pm | DANCIN’ PHOTOS | A photo exhibition by Trio – Suresh Babu, Madhukar & Ravi

4:25 pm | Inauguration by Vani Ganapathy

4: 30 pm | Opening Ceremony

Bharatanatyam by guru Gayatri Keshavan ensemble

Kathak by NADAM ensemble

Odissi by Nrityantar ensemble

Modern by Vishwakiran Nambi

Mohiniattam by Nair Sisters’ Shishyas

Kuchipudi by guru Veena Murthy Shishyas

5:00 pm | Film and Book Launch of Mohan Khokar – The Father-Figure of Indian Dance History by IGNCA

5:15 pm | The Art of the Soloists

Bharatanatyam by Aditya Nataraja BN

Bharatanatyam by Shaivi Gururaj

Kathak by Laxminarayan Jena

Bharatanatayam by Archana-Chetana

Kuchipudi by Washim Raja

Bharatanatayam by Bianca Radhakrishnan

Gandhi Gita by Rasadhwani

Bharatanatyam by Shobhit Ramesh

Bharatanatyam by Aishwarya Nityanand

8:15 pm | Purush Ensemble

Nikhil Pawar, Anil Iyer, Raja and Vishwakiran Nambi

In collaboration with: attendance

Supported by: JSW