Mudra, National Dance Festival at Thiruvananthapuram

Mudra, The Essence of Dance- National Dance festival organised by Vylopilly Samskriti Bhavan will be conducted from 06-10 Jan 2016 at Multipupose Cultural Complex, Vylopilly Samskrithi Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India).  Besides dance performances, the festival provides classes and lecture demonstration on various subjects in dance. Eminent artists will participate in the festival. The dance forms Mohiniyattam, Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Manipuri etc will be presented in the evenings of the festival days.

06 Jan:
10.00 am: Registration
11.00 am:
Class: Kuchipudi, An Invocation to Goddess Durga-DurgaSthuthi
02.00 pm:

Class: An Expressional no. from Swathi Thirunal Composition
By: T Reddy Lakshmi

06.00 pm: Inauguration
06.15 pm: Mohiniyattam by Jayaprabha Menon
07.30 pm: Kuchipudi by Pratheeksha Kasi
07 Jan:
08.00 am – 09.30 am & 3.00 pm-05.00 pm:
Class: Kuchipudi, An Invocation to Goddess Durga-DurgaSthuthi
By: T Reddy Lakshmi

09.00 am – 10.30 am: Lecture Demonstration

Sub: Time Space Interrelationship in Mohiniyattam
By: Jayaprabha Menon.
01.30 pm -02.30 pm: Lecture Demonstration.
Sub: Tradition, Transition & Transformation in Kuchipudi.
By: Vyjayanthi Kasi & Pratheeksha Kasi.
06.15 pm: Bharatanatym by Dr.Rajashree Warrier.
07.30 pm: Courtesan Dance by Dr Yasoda Thakore.
08 Jan:
08.00 am – 12.30 pm & 3.00 pm-05.00 pm:
Class: Kuchipudi, An Invocation to Goddess Durga-DurgaSthuthi
By: T Reddy Lakshmi

01.30 pm – 03.00 pm: Lecture Demonstration

Sub: Aesthetics of Manodharma in Bharatanatyam
By: Dr Rajashree Warrier.
By: Vyjayanthi Kasi & Pratheeksha Kasi.
06.15 pm: Mohiniyattam by Kalamandalam Ajitha.
07.30 pm: Odissi by Manjushree Panda.
09 Jan:
08.00 am – 12.00 pm
Class: Kuchipudi, An Invocation to Goddess Durga-DurgaSthuthi
By: T Reddy Lakshmi

01.30 pm – 03.00 pm: Lecture Demonstration

Sub: Navarasa & Nayikas in Odissi Dance
By: Manjushree Panda.
03.00 pm -05.00 pm: Lecture Demonstration.
Sub: Tandava & Lasya aspects of Manipuri Dance.
By: Sanjib Bhattacharya.
06.00 pm: Odissi by Dipty Mishra.
07.00 pm: Mohiniyattam by Uma Tapasyananda.
07.45 pm: Kuchipudi by T Reddi Lakshmi

10 Jan:
09.00 am – 10.30 am : Lecture Demonstration
Sub: The Spectrum of Viraham : Comparitive Charcterisation in Kuchipudi Dance.
By: Kala Ratna A B Bala Kondala Rao.

11.00am – 01.00 pm: Lecture Demonstration
Sub: Odissi Dance as depicted in Temples of Odisha
by: Dipty Mishra

06.00 pm: Valedictory Function
06.15 pm: Manipuri by Sanjib Bhattacharya.
07.30 pm: Kuchipudi by Kala Ratna A B Bala Kondala Rao & Aditya Bulli Brahmam.