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NATYA KALA CONFERENCE Presented by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai Venue: Dr.Nalli's Gana Vihar, Chennai Dates: December 15 - 21, 2002 Time: 9am to 12noon Convener: Leela Samson DANCE - CONTEXT, CONTENT AND CORE Dr. Smt. Kapila Vatsyayan will chair the Seminar 15th December '02 'The Socio-Political Spaces of the Dance' Speakers: 1. Dr. Rajeev Bhargav - Head of the Department of Political Science, Delhi University 2. Smt. Sonal Mansingh - Dancer/ Choreographer Demonstration - Folk form of Tamil Nadu 16th December '02 'The Vaastu of Dance' Speakers: 1. Smt. Sashikala Ananth - Architect/Vaastu Practitioner/Author of books on Vaastu: Sacred Spaces, with Ganapathy Sthapathi. 'The Impact of Energy fields and building geometry on the Dancer' 2. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan - Scholar, writer on aspects of Indian art. 3.Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam - Dancer/ Scholar 'The Karanas' Demonstration: Kathakali - Sadanam Balakrishnan, Principal, International Centre for Kathakali, Delhi 17th December '02 ''The Word in Dance' 1. Dr. C. S. Lakshmi, Writer - 'Capturing Art and Artists' 2.Margi Madhu - Kudiyattam - 'Transcending Text' 3.V. A. K. Ranga Rao - 'Poetry for Dance' Demonstration: Margi Madhu 18th December '02 'The Dancers' Body' 1. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan - 'The Geometry of body-space - its Philosophy and Execution' 2. Dr. Desikachariar - Yoga Mandiram - 'Breath in the Yoga Shastra' 3. Dr. Kannan Pughazhendi - Doctor of Sport Medicine, Y.M.C.A. Chennai - 'Martial arts, Injury and Maintanence' 4. Padmini Chettur - Modern dancer Demonstration: By participant speakers 19th December '02 'The Musical Content in Dance' 1. Dr.Karaikudi. S. Subramaniam - Formerly, Professor, University of Madras. Founder, Brhaddhvani, Research and Training Centre For Music of the World, Chennai - 'Transcending limits through an exploration of the tana varnam'. 2. S. Rajaram - Director, Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai - Composer/ Musician - 'Composing for Dance/Dance Dramas' 3. Guru Rohini Bhate - '' The Literary and Musical Content in Kathak' 4. O. S. Arun - Singer 'Singing and Composing for Dance - A musicians point of view' Demonstration: By the speakers 20th December '02 'Teaching and Learning' 1. Prof. Anandalakshmi - 'Process, Product and Person' 2. Prof. S. Ramanujam - 'New Methods for Old Sciences' 3. Radhika Herzberger, Director, Rishi Valley School - 'Aesthetics in Education' 4. Leela Samson, Dancer/ teacher - 'Transfer of Technique or a Culture' Demonstration: By Anusham - Group choreography for children by Sri. L. Narendra Kumar 21st December '02 Concluding Session - Summing Up 1. Smt. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Scholar/Writer 2. Smt. Leela Venkataraman, Critic |
