21st Natya Kala Conference 
   December 15 – 21, 2001 Chennai, India
Conducted by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha 
Convened by Anita Ratnam
 The topic - CHOREOGRAPHY: THE ART OF MAKING DANCES 
Venue - Dr Nalli's Gana Vihar, 20, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T Nagar
 
Photo Gallery 
Photos Credit: V A K Ranga Rao
 
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Saturday, Dec 15, 2001 
9.15am - Kumudhini Lakhia (Ahmedabad)- Keynote Address  on "Choreography in the Indian context"  
9.30am – 10.30am - Priyadarshini Govind (Chennai)- “Bhava in Choreography”  
10.45am – 11.45pmNavtej Johar (New Delhi) – “Tradition and individual talent” 
 
Sunday, Dec 16, 2001 
9.30am – 10.30am - Maya Rao & Madhu Nataraj (Bangalore)- “Kathak as a springboard for traditional and contemporary choreography”  
10.45am – 11.15amAnn Moradian (New York) – “Abstraction in Dance”  
11.30am – 12pmK J Sarasa (Chennai) – “Choreography of Adavus in the Vazhuvoor style”
 
Monday, Dec 17, 2001 
9.30am - 10.30 am - Krishnaveni Lakshmanan (Chennai)- “Group choreography innovations of Rukmini Devi”  
10.45am - 11.45am - Preethi Athreya (Chennai) – “Making Dance - a choreological approach”
 
Tuesday, Dec 18, 2001 
9.30am – 10.30amLeela Samson  (New Delhi)- “SPANDA – doing it as it comes”  
10.45am - 11.45am - C V Chandrasekar and Manjari (Chennai) - “Rhythm as a signifier” 
 
Wednesday, Dec 19, 2001 
9.30am - 10.30 am - Veenapani Chawla (Pondicherry) - “Choreography in Theater”  
10.45am - 11.45am - Lata Pada (Canada)- " Choreography and context for South Asian dance in Canada" 
 
Thursday, Dec 20, 2001 
9.30am – 10.30amAshish Khokar (Bangalore) – “History of Choreography in Indian Dance”  
10.45am -11.45am - Astad Deboo (Mumbai) - "Choreography workshops for special needs" 
 
Friday, Dec 21, 2001 
9.30am –10.30am - Malavika Sarukkai (Chennai) – “The Expanding Canvas”  
10.45am – 10.55amAdyar K Lakshman (Chennai) - Demonstration of ‘Thillana’ to western orchestration 
11am – 11.10am –  L Narendra Kumar and his group - Thillana  
Concluding session - Open Discussion & Felicitation
 
The convenor with the participants