Kalakshetra Art Festival 2009

Kalakshetra’s Annual Art Festival coincides with the Christmas Holiday season.

The traditional performance spaces and the ambiance and the theme for each year’s festival make it very special among the art patrons and rasikas.

Ticket rates
Rs. 500/-, 300/-, 200/-, 100/- (also for floor) 50/- available at Kalakshetra
(call +91-44 -24521169) or online at www.kalakshetra.in

The Schedule of Annual Art Festival of Kalakshetra – 2009

The theme for the year is Six Parts of Ramayana

December 20, 2009 – Sunday
6.30 p.m. – Sita Swayamvaram – Dance-drama

December 21, 2009 – Monday
6.30 p.m. – Sri Rama Vanagamanam – Dance-drama

December 22, 2009 – Tuesday
6.30 p.m. – Paduka Pattabhishekam – Dance-drama

December 23, 2009 – Wednesday
6.30 p.m. – Sabari Moksham – Dance-drama

December 24, 2009 – Thursday
6.30 p.m. – Choodamani Pradanam – Dance-drama

December 25, 2009 – Friday
10.00 a.m. – 04.00 p.m. – Gilligilippu – Children programme
6.30 p.m. – Maha Pattabhishekam- Dance-drama

SAMAGAM – NORTH INDIAN GANDHARVA FESTIVAL

December 26, 2009 – Saturday
6.00 p.m. – Shri Sayed Zafar Khan – Sitar
7.30 p.m. – Shri Madhup Mudgal – Hindustani Vocal

December 27, 2009 – Sunday
6.00 p.m. – Shri Kailash Sharma – Flute
7.30 p.m. – Smt. Padma Talwalkar – Hindustani Vocal

December 28, 2009 – Monday
6.00 p.m. – Smt. Manjusha Kulkarni ‘Patil’ – Hindustani Vocal
7.30 p.m. – Dr. N. Rajam & Sangeetha – Violin

December 29, 2009 – Tuesday
6.00 p.m. – Pandit Tejendra Narayan Mazumdar – Sarod
7.30 p.m. – Pandit Vinayak Torvi – Hindustani Vocal

December 30, 2009 – Wednesday
6.00 p.m. – Pandit Nayan Ghosh – Sitar
7.30 p.m. – Smt. Ashwini Bhide ‘Despande’ – Hindustani Vocal

December 31, 2009 – Thursday
6.30 p.m. – ‘Punarmava’ by Kathak Kendra

January 1, 2010 – Friday
6.30 p.m. – Krishna Bharatam by Sheejith Krishna

January 2, 2010 – Saturday
6.30 p.m. – Carnatic Vocal Concert by Smt. Sudha Raghunathan & Party

January 3, 2010 – Sunday
6.30 p.m. – Carnatic Vocal Concert by Sri. P. Unnikrishnan & Party

January 4, 2010 - Monday
6.30 p.m. - Carnatic Vocal Concert by Madurai Sri. T.N. Seshagopalan & Party

January 5, 2010 - Tuesday
6.30 p.m. - ‘Karna Sapatham’ by Mali presented by Kalamandalam Gopi, Sadanam Balakrishnan and Party (Kathakali)

Note : The repeat performance of ‘Sabari Moksham’ Dance-drama will be held at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha on December 29, 2009 – Tuesday at 7.30 p.m.

The official website of Kalakshetra Foundation here.

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