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Delhi festival to highlight Kashmir's folk theatre

A three-day festival at the Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts in Delhi will showcase the traditional folk theatre of Kashmir -- Bhand Pather -- from April 5. The traditional dance drama of Kashmir......

R-Day parade: Cultural heritage, military might on show

A kaleidoscopic view of the country's rich cultural heritage and military prowess were on display at the 64th Republic Day parade Saturday on the 8-km stretch from Rajpath to Red Fort. An eager......

10,000 visitors at Kochi Biennale in first 3 days

The first three days of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale registered roughly 10,000 footfalls with a chunk of them at the Aspinwall House in Fort Kochi, according to organisers of the three-month art......

41st Kolkata Rath Yatra gets a Russian flavour

The nine-day festival, June 21-29, is considered the biggest of all Iskcon celebrations and the theme for this year's yatra was 'Krishna Bhakti in Russia'. Prakriti Prasad reports The 41st Kolkata......

Taking the Mahabharata into the digital age

Dr Bulbul Tiwari, a postdoctoral fellow in the humanities at Stanford University, has taken on the onerous task of creating an online, digital, audio-visual encyclopedia of the Mahabharata. On May......

China prepares for the handover

On June 1 last year, almost half of Hong Kong's 7m population switched on their televisions to discover who would inherit a HK$600m ($77m) family business at the centre of a popular fictional......

Tracing Bollywood over six decades

Choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant caught the attention of Bollywood with her first solo work in the song Dhol Baaje for the hit film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. She bagged a National Award for it. Her......

The Best of Nirmal Pandey

Even in a short career span, Nirmal Pandey created an impressive body of work. Although, despite earning tremendous acclaim for his early films, the actor with his unconventional looks and......

Meet American Idol finalist Anoop Desai

Whether Anoop Desai lasts in American Idol or not, one thing is certain, say his family members -- his passion for music will continue. Desai was back in the competition after being nearly booted......

Ronnie Screwala on Jodhaa Akbar

With Jodhaa Akbar ready to roll out across over 1,200 theatres worldwide -- at least 125 of them in North America -- distributor and co-producer UTV expects another breakthrough hit. For UTV......

Marigold: Salman's worst mistake

Director Willard Carrol's Marigold plays like an unedited video blog -- offering a stereotypical view of Bollywood and India, much like a foreigner that takes pictures of half-naked street beggars,......

Zimbabwe finish Day 1 on a high

ScorecardHalf-centuries by debutant Terry Duffin and captain Tatenda Taibu helped Zimbabwe register a respectable 265 for 7 against India on the opening day of the first Test, at the Queens Sports......

People speak for traditional dance drama

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Q. 64 KALAA kaun kaun si hai ... ????
Manoj Joshi: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/64-kalaa-kaun-kaun-si-hai-...-/25343604/answers/

Q. What is OPERA music and its origin ?
Manoj Joshi: A. Why not Copy and paste?The word "opera" means "work" in Italian (from the plural of Latin opus meaning "work" or...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-opera-music-and-its-origin-/25343604/answers/17021166

Q. Which one of the following you enjoy watching a live show: cultural programs like concert, ghazal, dance, drama, etc. OR sports like cricket, badminton, soccer, basketball, hockey, etc.? Why?
Joyesh Chakraborty: A. I love watching classical dance performances liove.I feel like in heaven watching Ms Dona Ganguly giving Oddessi dance performance.Last month I was...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-one-of-the-following-you-enjoy-watching-a-live-show-cu/17021034/answers/16338393

Q. There are many rare, unique, culturally rich rural art forms which are gradually getting extinct because of no support and encouragements, for example Kathakali, Theyyam, Ottamthullal, etc. from Kerala. Which is the unique such art form you have seen, what are the special features which attracted you?
Muktha Radhakrishnan: A. Muktha ji, a distinctive feature of life in Kerala is the living presence of a wide variety of art forms. The splendid performances rendered in...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/there-are-many-rare-unique-culturally-rich-rural-art-forms-w/16337709/answers/16579443

Q. \"Kathakazhi\" and \"Mohini attam\" . can any one highlight them?
Muktha Radhakrishnan: A. Kathakali is a highly stylised classical dance drama noted for its make up of the characters and their actionsMohiniattam is the traditional dance of state of Kerala more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/quotkathakazhiquot-and-quotmohini-attamquot-.-can-any-one-hi/16579128/answers/16171564

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Melattur comes alive with Bhagavatha Mela

Come May, the small and sleepy town of Melattur comes alive with the five-day Bhagavata Mela Natya festival. Organised by and Natak Trust, the... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/melattur-comes-alive-with-bhagavatha-mela/article4749970.ece

The theatre still in play

If you-ve ever asked a traditional Gujarati family on the outing plans for a Saturday or Sunday evening, the answer inevitably will be a Gujarati... ...

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/the-theatre-still-in-play/article4746922.ece

Trap of the Chakravyuha

As in most dance drama traditions in India, Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra's corpus of ballet productions has relied largely on myth and history as... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/trap-of-the-chakravyuha/article4742962.ece

Ministry of Culture Initiatives in North - East Region*

Backgrounder Backgrounder North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) €¢ The Loko Ranjan Utsav was organized in collaboration with Department of... ...

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Maintaining purity in tradition

Shivanand Hegde interacting with a few participants at the Yakshagana workshop | EPS Yakshagana as an art form was developed centuries ago to... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Maintaining-purity-in-tradition/2013/05/22/article1600858.ece

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Traditional Dance Drama

News for Traditional Dance Drama

Delhi festival to highlight Kashmir's folk theatre

R-Day parade: Cultural heritage, military might on show

10,000 visitors at Kochi Biennale in first 3 days

41st Kolkata Rath Yatra gets a Russian flavour

Taking the Mahabharata into the digital age

China prepares for the handover

Tracing Bollywood over six decades

The Best of Nirmal Pandey

Meet American Idol finalist Anoop Desai

Ronnie Screwala on Jodhaa Akbar

Marigold: Salman's worst mistake

Zimbabwe finish Day 1 on a high

People speak for traditional dance drama

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