It will be streamed live on Facebook page of Bharat BhavanAn eight-day online Indian classical dance festival, organised as tribute to the late Kapila Vatsyayan, a scholar of Indian classical dance and art who passed away recently, is set to begin on Tuesday. Balan will inaugurate the programme being jointly organised by the Culture Department, Bharat Bhavan, and State Youth Commission. Bharat Bhavan member secretary and festival director Pramod Payyannur, Youth Commission chairperson Chintha Jerome, Malayalam Mission director Suja Susan George, and Director of Culture Sadasivan Nair T.R. Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan, Padma Subrahmanyam, dance historian and scholar Sunil Kothari, dance critic Tapati Chowdhurie, playwright Omchery N.N. The dance festival, which will be streamed live on the Facebook page of Bharat Bhavan from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on all days, will feature 80 exponents of various classical dance forms, including Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Rabindra Nritham, Vilasini Natyam, and Chhau Nritham.

Source: The Hindu December 07, 2020 19:38 UTC