Nrityabharti hosts three days
mega event "THE NATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL" every year in
February since 2000,
which is the brainchild but an arduous attempt of Chandan Thakore to
bring the art of renowned artiste and Legends not only in Bharatnatyam,
but of various classical dances from all over the country in front of
the culture lovers of Ahmedabad and also to provide platform to the New
Dancers thriving to mark their niche in any form of dance.
At
the confront of this festival till now many Legends & renowned
institutions namely Padmashri Smt. Sobha Naidu (Hyderabad), Padmashri
Smt. Chitra Visweswaran (Chennai), Smt. Asha Joglekar (Mumbai), Shri B.
Bhanumati (Bangalore), Odissi Research Centre (Bhubaneswar), Smt. Uma
Dogra (New Delhi), Shri Sharmila Biswas (Kolkata), Shri Pasumarthy
Venkateswara Sarma (Andhra Pradesh), Sri Durga Charan Ranbir
(Bhubaneswar), Shri Puru Dhadeech (Indore), Smt. Vinitha Nedungadi
(Kerala), Smt. Aruna Mohanty (Bhubaneswar) and many more have focused
their artistic dance talents.
Also, the motto
behind this festival is to give motivation to prevent our rich art and
culture in this stage-scarce society by conducting such dance festivals
in various regions and thereby interchanging the art of various
classical dances and to exhibit strong faith in the young artistes of
today thereby conserving and promoting our rich tradition of classical
dance.
DANCE-YOUR WAY TO LIFE
It is the event under which the new productions of Chandan Thakore are
launched every year through the Nrityabharti Performing
Group, which is the foundation laid by Chandan Thakore
who have given National and International performances
under the direction and tutelage of Chandan Thakore.
ACADEMIC FESTIVALS
ANNUAL PROGRAM
Every year Nrityabharti arranges "Annual
Function" in February
for the students of Nrityabharti who are in the basic learning period
in order to built their self-confidence and disclose their art in front
of their family members.
RANGPRAVESHAM MAHOTSAV
Nrityabharti celebrates "Rangpravesham
Mahotsav" every year in May-June,
to give platform to the young budding artists who have completed the
basic learning period in Bharatnatyam known as Margam,
thereby raising the floor for the freshly bloomed students of
Nrityabharti to give a commendable performance in front of the public.
JUNIOR AAJ KE KALAKAR
Inorder
to bring out the creativity, imaginations of the students to surface
and conserve our rich heritage, Nrityabharti hosts the Experimental
Show-"Junior Aaj Ke Kalakar" in January
for the students of Nrityabharti.
It
is an act to give a platform to a very young breed of dancers, who are
just stepping their initial footsteps in the world of dance, while
the dancers who are to conduct the workshop and choreograph the dance
items are not renowned famous dancers, but the senior students of Nrityabharti
Performing Group. Hence it is an activity wherein
both the dancers and the choreographers have yet to achieve their first
milestones in this field. Thus, through these festivals
Nrityabharti plays a vital role in bringing the twilight stars into
limelight.
WORKSHOPS
In 1971, Nrityabharti conducted nearly 6 workshops at Ohio
and Cleveland, U.S.A
From 1984 to 1990 every year, Nrityabharti conducted
workshops at the Dance Department in Heritage Summer
Camp organized at Stroughsburg, P.A.-U.S.A.
Since 2007 every year, Nrityabharti conducts the
workshop on Bharatnatyam at Austria and Germany.
In July 2011, Nrityabharti was invited for the Workshop
on Bharatnatyam at Shanghai, China.
In 2010, he conducted five days
classical dance workshop in collaboration with Gujarat
State Sangeet Natak Academy, Gujarat Government in order
to create harmony between the young dancers wherein 36
students from various institutes of Gujarat participated
and were given training in Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi style.
Nrityabharti
also conducts workshops in Bharatnatyam Dance Style organized by
Gujarat State Sangeet Natak Academy and Youth Services and Cultural
Activities, Department of Culture, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar
jointly and for many other organizations and educational institutions
in India.
Apart from this, every year the
institute also arranges lectures and demonstrations, thus opening the
new horizons for classical dance among younger generations.