A Festival of Dance

25 - 30 March 2004

Thiruvanathapuram

The Sangeet Natak Akademi is glad to present Swarn Nritya Pratibha, a national level festival of young dancers in Thiruvananthapuram in collaboration with Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi. Swarn Nritya Pratibha is a part of series of events being held in the country since last year in celebration of Akademi's Golden Jubilee (1953-2003), which was inaugurated by the Hon'ble President of India on 28 January 2003. Several major events have been held in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and other places and to promote artists of the new generation festivals are being held in Chandigarh, Vadodara, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Allahabad and Jaipur.

Sangeet Natak Akademi, with a rich heritage spanning 51 years, has played a key-role in creating and reinforcing awareness of various aspects of the performing arts, stimulating fresh thinking among practitioners through several major expositions held across the country.

The dance festival in Thiruvananthapuram is designed to bring forth some of the best talents from the younger generation who will have the responsibility of carrying forward the tradition of India's different dance styles as taught to them by distinguished masters. The event is particularly focused on dancers of the Southern region of the country. With a view to bringing in greater variety and representation of different styles as also to impart a national character to the event, a few dancers from other regions have also been included. Different major traditions of dance, namely Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Manipuri, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam, Sattriya and Chhau dances will be featured. Apart from these forms of dance, Nangiarkoothu of Kerala supported under the Akademi Project of Support to Kutiyattam started in 1991, will also be presented. The emphasis is mainly on promising soloists. A notable feature of the festival is that the concluding evening is exclusively devoted to the new generation of Kathakali artists. It is hoped that the festival will give the young dancers of the region an opportunity to grow further and take their art beyond their region.

The Akademi gratefully acknowledges the support and collaboration of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Thrissur in organizing the festival in Thiruvananthapuram.

We do hope that 'Rasikas' of Thiruvananthapuram would not only welcome the event but also participate actively and avail the opportunity to contribute towards further development of the art in their region.

25 March 2004

Jayant Kastuar

Secretary

Sangeet Natak Akademi

Programme:

25-30 March 2004, 6.30 p.m. daily

25-29 March: Tagore Theatre, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram

Thursday 25 March

Screening of film: " Sangeet Natak Akademi reminisces ... "

VINDUJA MENON & J.L. SARITHA, Thiruvananthapuram, Mohiniattam

LAVANYA ANANTH, Chennai Bharatanatyam

PROGRESSIVE ARTISTE LABORATORY, Imphal  Manipuri Ras & PungCholom

Friday 26 March

KIRTI RAMGOPAL, Bangalore Bharatanatyam

EVA PAVITHRAN & SINI THANKAPPAN, Thrissur Mohiniattam

VANDANAKAUL, Delhi Kathak

GEETA MADHURL Hyderabad

Saturday 27 March

NATUN SRI SRI BHOGPUR SATTRA, with PALLAVI KHAUND & ANJALI BORBORA, Jorhat Sattriya

PB. PALLAVI & A. SARASWATHI PURNIMA, Hyderabad Kuchipudi

YUDHISTHIR NAYAK & LIPSA DASH, Bhubaneswar Odissi

MARGI USHA, Thiruvananthapuram Nangiarkoothu

N. SRIKANT & ASWATI V. NAIR, Chennai /Kozhikode Bharatanatyam

Sunday 28 March

SWETALEENA SWAIN & SMARANIKAJENA, Bhubaneswar Odissi

DIVYARAMACHANDRAN & UNNI KRISHNAN, Chennai Bharatanatyam

SANDEEP K. MAHAVIR, Mumbai Kathak

MAYUR ART CENTRE, Bhubaneswar, Mayurbhanj Chhau

KERALA KALAMANDALAM,Cheruthuruthy Mohiniattam

Monday 29 March

SANGEETHA GOPI & SALINI S., Ernakulam/Tripunithura Mohiniattam

CHEMTA RAVI BALAKRISHNA, Kuchipudi Kuchipudi

PARVEEN GANGANI & G AURI DIWAKAR, Delhi Kathak

Tuesday 30 March : Samskriti Bhavan, Vailoppilly Koothambalam, Thiruvananthapuram

Special Evening of Kathakali

Nalacharitham 1st Day & Dakshayagam

Vesham:

KALAMANDALAMMUKUNDAN, Muthukulam, Alappuzha

VISHNU NELLIYODE, Thiruvananthapuram

KALAMANDALAM SHANMUGHAN, Pullangadi, Alappuzha

KALABHARATHIVASUDEVAN, Madavoor, Pallikkal

KALAMANDALAM ANIL KUMAR, Kollam

KALAMANDALAM PRASANTH, Kollam

KALAMANDALAM HARI R. NAIR, Attingal

Pattu:

KALAMANDALAM HARISH NAMBOODIRI, Kottayam

KALANILAYAM RAJWAN, Alwaye

KALAMANDALAM AJESH, Cheruthuruthy

Chenda:

KALAMANDALAM SRIKANTH, Mavelikkara

KALAMANDALAM THAMPI, Thiruvananthapuram

Maddalam:

MARGIRATNAKARAN, Thiruvananthapuram

KALABHARATHI RAJIV, Pallikkal, Thiruvananthapuram