Re: Natya Kala Conference

Posted by anita ratnam on December 30, 2007 at 22:50:45:

In Reply to: Natya Kala Conference posted by GS RAJAN on December 29, 2007 at 13:33:44:

i agree with GS RAJAN about the lack of musicians and composers at the NKC conference at Krishna Gana Sabha. Without the active collaboration of sensitive musicians - either through recordings or as live accompanists, dancers would have little to dance and sing about!
My dance actively seeks the EQUAL participation of the composer and the musicians since I consider a performance as "DANCE AND MUSIC" and not "Dance with MUSIC" or "MUSIC for DANCE"
I hope that the next convenor is able to include all aspects of the topic rather then only concentrate on the dancers.
anita ratnam

Thanks to Mad-Ras civic administartion. Almost all the roads are blocked everywhere in the city due to construction of flyovers plus regular repairs. Thus reaching Krishna Gana Sabha was a difficult task. Many regular participants avoided attending the conference this year.
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: An interesting topic, Sangeetham in Dance was the theme for this year's Natya Kala Conference. Convenor Bharati Shivaji did a good job of brining dance forms from all over India to represent. However not a single dance music composer was invited to present a paper nor a single session had a collaborative presentation by a dancer/choreographer and composer.
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: Very unfortunate.