MUDRA, The Essence of Dance - National Dance Festival

 MUDRA, The Essence of Dance - National Dance Festival started at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 19 Dec 2014. The event held at Multi Purpose Cultural Complex, Vylopilly Samskrithi Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram will conclude on 23rd of this month. Performances and seminar on Classical Dance is conducted on all the five days.

The schedule:

19 Dec: 

10.00 am - Registration

11.00 am to 12.30 pm - Lecture Demonstration by Smt Manju Barggavee ( Sub: Kuchipudi - Yesterday & Today)

02.00 pm to 05.00 pm - Class : Lord Muruga Thalattu (Neela Mayil Vaahanano) by Smt. Uma Suresh.

05.00 pm - Inauguration

06.16 pm - Kuchipudi by Smt Manju Barggavee

20 Dec:

08.00 am to 12.00 noon - Class : Lord Muruga Thalattu (Neela Mayil Vaahanano) by Smt. Uma Suresh.

02.30 pm to 04.30 pm - Lecture Demonstration by Smt Aloka Kanungo (Sub: Bandha Nritya - an acrobatic limb of Odissi)

06.15 pm - Mohiniyattam by Smt Kalamandalam Saraswathi

07.30 pm - Bharatanatyam by Smt Uma Ramesh

21 Dec:

08.00 am to 10.00 am - Class : Lord Muruga Thalattu (Neela Mayil Vaahanano) by Smt. Uma Suresh.

10.30 am to 12.30 pm - Lecture Demonstration by Smt Kalamandalam Saraswathi (Sub: Manodharma - Possibilities and applications in Mohiniyattam)

02.30 pm to 04.30 pm - Class : Lord Muruga Thalattu (Neela Mayil Vaahanano) by Smt. Uma Suresh.

06. 15 pm - Odissi by by Smt Aloka Kanungo

07.30 pm - Kuchipudi by Smt Anupama Mohan

22 Dec:

10. 30 am to 12.30 pm - Lecture Demonstration by Smt Rani Khanam (Sub: Improvisation aspects in Kathak - Laya & Bhava)

02.30 pm to 04.30 pm - Lecture Demonstration by Smt Anupama Mohan (Sub : Navavidha Bhakthi)

06. 15 pm - Manipuri by Smt. Suman Sarawgi

07.30 pm - Kathak Smt. Rani Khanam

23 Dec :

10. 30 am to 12.30 pm - Lecture Demonstration by Smt Suman Sarawgi (Sub: Tracing the origin of Manipuri dance - one of the oldest as well as a living traditions in India)

02.30 pm to 04.30 pm - Lecture Demonstration by Dr Venugopalan Nair C (Sub: Sublimity of Recital Item in Bharatanatyam)

05.30 pm - Valedictory Function

05.15 pm - Mohiniyattam by Smt Kalamandalam Kavitha Krishnakumar

07.30 pm - Kathak by Pt. Rajendra Gangani