July 5 - 9, 29 - 30, 2017 Athens, Greece July 5 - 9: CID's WORLD CONGRESS 2017 - Pearl anniversary: 30 years, 50 Congresses! This will be a great congress with hundreds of members attending. Venue is the national Dora Stratou Dance Theatre, on the pine tree covered Philopappou Hill opposite the Acropolis. Stay in the Plaka district at walking distance from the venues to save time on transport. http://2017congressathens.cid-world.org/ July 29-30: CID's FESTIVAL IN GREECE International festival Anapale 2017 invites companies, duos or solos from all countries to perform at the Dora Stratou Dance Theatre under the Acropolis of Athens. Open to all forms of dance. Contact: ExecSec@cid-portal.org

July 5 - 31, 2017 Chennai The biggest short-play theatre festival is back again in South India. Prakriti Foundation and the Blu Lotus Foundation in association with the Alliance Française de Madras present this year's edition, which will run from 5th July to 31st July. For more details about the festival, log on to shortandsweet.org/festivals/short-sweet-south-india-2017 email: prakritifoundation@gmail.com

July 7 - August 8, 2017 Umayalpuram, London Schedule for Bala Devi Chandrashekar - 7th July, Umayalpuram: Bharatanatyam performance - 15th July to 5th August, London Bhavan - Residential Workshop - 29th July, London Bhavan, performance of KARNA - DESTINY'S CHILD - 8th August, Nehru Center, London - lecture demonstration on ‘Abhinavabharati' For more info: www.baladevichandrashekar.com / www.shreepadmanrityam.org

July 9, 14 & 26, 2017 Chennai & Bangalore Schedule for Kavya Kasinathan, Disciple of Natyacharya Shri Mithun Shyam, Vaishnavi Natyashala, Bangalore. 9th - Ganamukundapriya, TAG Auditorium, Chennai, 6.30pm 14th - Sapthaswara Arts Creations, Monthly Program, Kannada Bhavana, Nayana, JC Road, Bangalore, 6pm 26th - "Yuva Sourabha", Kannada Bhavana, Nayana, JC Road, Bangalore 4.30pm Info : kavyakasinathanv@yahoo.co.in / 9341248059

July 17 - 30, 2017 China Attakkalari's artistic director Jayachandran Palazhy and the repertory's rehearsal director Hema Bharathi Palany will lead workshops and seminars in Beijing from 17th to 30th July. Hema Bharathi will also perform her solo Trikonanga. Other members of the repertory company will join them later for performances and workshops in Guiyang during the first week of August 2017. Info: www.attakkalari.org

July 21 - 30, 2017 Paris, France Schedule for Shantala Shivalingappa in Festival Paris l'été, Lycée Jacques Decour The 2017 session of Festival Paris l'Ete will present Shantala first in "Bach", a new collaboration with cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton, and then with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui in "Play" which will run for four nights. BACH: July 21st - 6:30pm / July 22nd - 8:30pm PLAY: July 27th - 9:30pm / 28th of July - 9:30pm / July 29th - 9:30pm / July 30th - 9:30pm Info: h-ikari@h-ikari.com

July 24 - 28, 2017 NYC Jiva's upcoming Summer Dance Camp & Dance Intensive for Adults offers a 5-day Dance Camp for children including yoga, dance and music (July 24 - 28, 9am to 1pm) and a 4-day Dance Intensive for adults focusing on technique (July 24 - 27, 6.30pm to 8.30pm). At: Lucid Body House 230 Lexington Ave, NYC Contact:  jivaperformingarts@gmail.com

July 25, 2017 New Delhi   The Honour for Women National Campaign presents the 3rd edition of Nirbhaya Samaroh, the flagship event of the OYSS Women and Honor For Women National Campaign to raise awareness on women’s rights and stop violence against women. The 2017 honour list includes social-activist Kamla Bhasin; actor-activist Shabana Azmi; classical dancer Geeta Chandran; banker Chanda Kochhar; education-activist Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath; sportswoman Deepa Malik; and dancer/social-entrepreneur Shallu Jindal. Nirbhaya Samaroh features 4 innovative classical dance choreographies, by Odissi dancers Arushi Mudgal and Lipsa Dash, Kathak exponent Swati Tiwari and Kuchipudi dancer Ranjini Nair. At: India International Centre (Multipurpose Hall), 6.30pm Info: oysswomen@gmail.com

July 26, 2017 Berlin Kathak by Ragini Makkhar & Naadyog group, a 16 member dance group from India. At: Indian Embassy, Tiergartenstr. 17, 10785 Berlin Info: (030) - 25795405

July 27, 2017 Bangalore   Rasika Arts Foundation presents Pallavi Prabhu from USA, disciple of Gurus Kiran Subramanyam and Sandhya Kiran, in a Bharatanatyam repertoire MARGAM.  At: Seva Sadan, Malleswaram, Bangalore at 6.30pm. Info: ramyaj752@gmail.com

July 27, 2017 Chennai The Mylapore Trio & Sugathan, and members of Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation conduct 138th monthly program KALA POSHAKAM. Sugathan Mohandass presents Bharatanatyam repertoire “Natya Samarpanam” to his Guru Late Thangamani Teacher (Kalakshetra Foundation) on her 3rd year of remembrance. Chief Guest - Vasundara Thomas (Retd. Prof of Dance, Kalakshetra Foundation).  At: Narada Gana Sabha (Mini Hall), 5.30pm. All are welcome preferably in traditional attire. Contact: 9382698811 / 9791127255 / 9381038385 www.srimylaporetrio.blogspot.in

July 27 - August 3, 2017 NYC Preeti Vasudevan's Thresh (with Amar Ramasar) ME...YOU (An excerpt from Études) Performed and created by Preeti Vasudevan and New York City Ballet principal dancer Amar Ramasar, the Études series explores how South Indian Bharatanatyam dance can have a profound impact on classical western forms of ballet. Preeti Vasudevan presents BOXED, a solo Bharatanatyam work with collaborators Roopa Mahadevan on vocals and Rajna Swaminathan on mridangam. Boxed reveals this classical dance form as it is experienced in a studio, without the traditional costumes and bells. At: The Duke on 42nd Street (just down the block from the New Vic) Info: vasudevan.preeti@gmail.com

July 28, 29 & August 1, 2017 Bangalore    Sandhya Mahesh, Divya Prabhakar and Raaga Mahesh perform at following venues. - July 28, 6 to 7.30pm: Gaana Moukthikam Naatyabharanam @ Indian Institute of World Culture, 6 BP Wadia Rd, Basavangudi - July 29, 6.45 to 7.30pm: Panchavidha Bhaava Bhakti @ Seva Sadan, Malleswaram - Aug 1, 5.30 to 6pm: Panchaanana Shivaya Namah @ Shukra Auditorium, 36, 15th Cross, Malleswaram Info: divyapkar@gmail.com

July 29, 2017 Bangalore The festival BHARATIYAALAYA, hosted by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Aatmalaya academy is to commemorate Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi through dance presentations, most of them dedicated to him and based on his novels. Reputed artistes from all over India are participating while school students are being motivated to gather and present talks on Dr. Munshi. K.M. Munshi was an ardent freedom fighter who contributed immensely to the cultural ethos of India and was closely working with Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders. From 5pm, performances by Raadha Kalpa dance school, Aishwarya Natarajan, Ujwal & Revathi. After 6pm presentations are JAI SOMNATH, a dance drama based on K M Munshi’s book of the same name by Dr. Padmaja Suresh and troupe, LOMAHARSHINI by Revathi Srinivasaraghavan, Odissi by Shaili Chatterjee and Isha Das, Kathak by Soma Ghosh, Mohiniattam by Rekha Raju and group, KRISHNAVATARA The Magic Flute by Namita Bodaji.  At: Khincha Auditorium of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 10am to 8pm Info: padmajasuresh@hotmail.com

July 29, 2017 Mumbai    Sangit Kala Kendra in association with Kalasadan presents Manipuri by Anusuya Roy (disciple of Darshana Jhaveri) and Kathak by Sarita Kalele (disciple of Uma Dogra) At: Saraswati Hall, 3rd floor, Int Aditya Birla Centre, Dadi Seth Lane (near Babulnath temple), Chowpatty, 6.30pm Info: umadogra@gmail.com

July 29, 2017 London Shane Shambhu Productions presents CONFESSIONS OF A COCKNEY TEMPLE DANCER. Shane shares his life experience of growing up in London, speaking two languages and living within the cultural mix of East Ham. His story is familiar to all those who have moved cities, migrated from other countries and struggled to create the cultural world of their dreams and lived experience. At: Rich Mix, London, 7.30pm

July 29 & 30, 2017 Washington DC Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company performs two Sokolow dances: "Homenaje a David Siqueiros" and "Ballade" as well as a hybrid work "Chakra" showcasing the company's multiple social interests and backgrounds. Siqueiros is based on the Mexican revolutionary painter, and is particularly timely as it draws on the painter's own text combined with several other poets to remind us that art is a powerful tool for resistance against oppression. Ballade is a light and airy summery dance that explores the joy of relationships in an abstract quartet. In Chakra, you will see excerpts of hybridity that combines modern dance and Bharatanatyam into a syncretic dance work. At: The Dance Place (July 29 at 8pm, July 30 at 7pm)