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May 3, 2012

Mylaporeans among India’s great artistes honoured with Tagore award

Mylaporeans among India’s great artistes honoured with Tagore award

On May 2 evening, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Delhi decorated a group of about 30 great artistes of India with the specially designed Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna awards and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Puraskar awards. The event was [...]

April 30, 2012

Warli painting workshop held for children

Warli painting workshop held for children

A Warli painting workshop was held at Nageswara Rao Park this weekend for children. About 35 children in the age group 11 to 14 years participated in it. Children were taught this form of painting on a cotton duppatta that [...]

April 30, 2012

Chennai Drama House staged its play

Chennai Drama House staged its play

Mylapore theatre group Chennai Drama House staged its play ‘Kuruku Vazhiyil traffic jam’ at Narada Gana Sabha on April 27. The play was written and directed by Vivek Rajagopal. It was part of the Kodai Nataka Vizha organised by Kartik [...]

April 30, 2012

World Dance Day; a seminar

World Dance Day; a seminar

ABHAI (Association of Bharatanatyam Artistes of India) organised a seminar at Narada Gana Sabha to mark World Dance Day. The seminar was on the theme Socio-Economic Issues of Dancers, Then and Now. It looked at the status of dancers, their [...]

April 28, 2012

Women on stage

Women on stage

Three Mylaporeans Rajashri, V. J. Bhuvanashri and Maheshwari are part of the theatre group, Prayoga. The group staged its new play Karmayogi on April 23 at Narada Gana Sabha for Kartik Fine Art’s drama fest that is currently on at [...]

April 28, 2012

Thyagaraja aradhana held at Velleeswarar Temple

Thyagaraja aradhana held at Velleeswarar Temple

Thyagaraja aradhana was held at Sri Velleeswarar Temple on April 21 in the presence of the temple’s chairman R. Shanmugam. The famed pancharatna kritis composed  by the saint-composer Thyagaraja were sung by 60 students of varied ages. – Reported by [...]

April 23, 2012

Status of dancers, then and now; seminar on April 28

ABHAI (Association of Bharatanatyam Artistes of India) is organising a seminar on “Socio-Economic Issues of Dancers, Then and Now”, on Saturday 28th April 2012 at the Mini Hall of the Narada Gana Sabha. It is a celebration of World Dance [...]

April 21, 2012

Cultural event by special children

Cultural event by special children

Members of Clark School for the Deaf, Mylapore and Aikya School for children with special needs, R. A. Puram were among the many participants of a event organised by Sathva at C. P. Ramaswamy Community hall. About 200 children from [...]

April 21, 2012

Docu-films on great dance gurus: screening on April 22

Three documentary films on three dance legends are to be screened on April 22 in Chennai. The films are on Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai, Kamala and Padma Subrahmanyam The films produced by the Films Division, will be screened under the auspices [...]

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