WORLD DANCE DAY

Manipuri Workshop: Yangshak Movement; 25th and 26th April 2026
Facilitator: Surjit Nongmeikapam, choreographer and contemporary performing artist

Open to dancers of all classical styles

Yangshak Movement is an exploration into ‘Lairen Mathek’ — a philosophy that has evolved from the movements and stories of the Manipuri martial art form, Thang-Ta (Khuthek Lal Thek) and dance, Jagoi.  The workshop on choreographing Yangshak, focused on an in-depth understanding of the body with the help of Yangshak movements.

C.D Deshmukh Auditorium
At 16:00 
PRAVAAHITA (Marathi and Hindi Repertoire)
Illustrated Lecture/Performance by Dr. Sucheta Bhide Chapekar (Pune), accompanied by Arundhati Patwardhan and Sagarika Patwardhan

At 18:30 Young Dancers Festival
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Karuna Sagari (Chennai) Followed by Kathak RecitalBy Ameera Patankar, Pune
 

Basant Sandhya
By Mukul Kulkarni, Hindustani music-vocalist specialising in Khayal, tappa and tarana. Disciple of Guru Pt Sharad Sathe (Gwalior Gharana) and Pt Arun Kashalkar (Agra Gwalior and Jaipur Gharana)

Accompanists: Vedang Kshirsagar on Tabla and Rishit Honnavarker on Harmonium
 

ANTARATMA — A Bharatanatyam Dance Production 
Exploring Navarasa Through Tagore

Antaratma is a Bharatanatyam dance production that journeys through the Navarasa – the nine fundamental emotions that shape the full spectrum of human experience, as laid out in the Natyashastra by Bharata Muni. 
Drawing inspiration from Rabindranath Tagore’s vast and diverse body of work, the production highlights how Tagore’s poetry and songs effortlessly traverse love, longing, courage, devotion, wonder, peace, and the darker shades of fear, anger, and despair. His artistic universe becomes the canvas upon which the Navarasa come alive. Antaratma becomes both an inner voyage and a collective experience – a celebration of the human spirit in all its colours.

(Collaboration: Impresario India)
 

IIC SPRING FESTIVAL OF MUSIC
Kuchipudi Recital
By Amrita Lahiri from Delhi
Accompanists: Satish Venkatesh (Vocal), Manohar Balatchandirane (Mridangam), Varun Rajasekharan(Nattuvangam) & G Raghavendra Prasath(Violin)

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Duet Recital
By Yogesh Kumar & Sneha Narayan from Bengaluru, disciple of Guru Sri. Sathyanarayana Raju and Guru Smt. B Bhanumati.
 

IIC Spring Festival of Music: 15 & 16 April 2026

Carnatic Vocal Recital

By Uttara Swaminathan from Bengaluru, disciple of Vidushi Ranjani and Gayatri

At 19:00

Hindustani Classical Recital

By Chinmayee Athale Oak from Delhi, disciple of Vidushi Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Smt. Rachna Bodas and Vidushi Shashwati Mandal

Accompanists: Ishan Sharma (Tabla) & Mausam (Harmonium)

Chaiti Gaayan: Melodies of Longing and Renewal
By Mamta Sharma from Varanasi

The performance presents Chaiti singing, a traditional folk form from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, rendered during the month of Chait to welcome the advent of spring.
Rich in emotion, these songs evoke themes of love, longing, and separation, deeply rooted in the rhythms and sensibilities of rural life.

(Collaboration: NCZCC, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India)

Veena Recital  
By Ustad Bahauddin Dagar - Rudra Veena &
Vidushi Saraswati Rajagopalan - Saraswati Veena

Followed by a jugalbandi
 

THURSDAY 9 & 10

FESTIVAL ¦ C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:00                
Carnatic Music Vocal Duet Recital
By Vidwan Malladi Sreeramprasad & Vidwan Malladi Dr.Ravi Kumar

On Friday 10 April at 18:00
Veena Recital  
By Ustad Bahauddin Dagar - Rudra Veena &
Vidushi Saraswati Rajagopalan - Saraswati Veena

Followed by a jugalbandi

   
Carnatic Music Vocal Duet Recital
By Vidwan Malladi Sreeramprasad & Vidwan Malladi Dr.Ravi Kumar

On Friday 10 April at 18:00
Veena Recital  
By Ustad Bahauddin Dagar - Rudra Veena &
Vidushi Saraswati Rajagopalan - Saraswati Veena

Followed by a jugalbandi
 

Nritya Nada: An Illustrative Essence in Swara and Tala
Conceptualized and directed by : Dr. Sucharita Khanna
Choreographer: Chitra C. Dasarathy
Composer: Praveen D. Rao
Melodious taranas by Dr. Veena Pani Shukla
Performers:  Dr. Sucharita Khanna; Aparnika Sahu; Tarini Chandrashekhar; Harshit Singh; Karuna Solomon; Anyesha Kheria; Vandita Bhandari; Shivanshi Agarwal.

Nritya Nada is a Bharatanatyam dance ballet based on the original ragas of the five faces of Panchamukhi Shiva and Devi Parvati. Through its artistic narrative, it beautifully conveys the timeless ethos of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, while celebrating the profound beauty and spiritual depth of Indian classical music. The production features several bandish compositions by Padma Shri Balwantrai Bhatt and Shri Shankar Shripad Bodas.

(Collaboration: Kalanidhi – Centre for Performing Arts, Kanpur)