MONODHARMA DANCE FESTIVAL

 

FROM 10:00 TO 17:00 AT THE ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II

Seminar on Beyond Technique

Welcome by Sharon Lowen, festival organizer

 

Screening of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra monodhama films

 

Followed by presentations by renowned classical dancers on their approach to monodhama interpretation and elaboration of text

Speakers include: Vidushi Saswati Sen; Guru Lakshmi Vishwanathan; Guru Singhajit Singh and Charu Singh; and Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan

 

Guru Kamalini Dutt and Sharon Lowen will speak on Pedagogy of Teaching Monodharma to Today’s Students

 

At 18:30 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Kathak

By Pt. Birju Maharaj, the undisputed master of Kathak, torch bearer of the Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Lucknow. A wonderful poet, musician, and singer of thumri, dadra, bhajan and ghazals, he has applied his nuanced abhinaya on non-mythological and social issues as well as classical mythology and spirituality