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PANAJI
The 25th edition of the prestigious Classical Dance Festival jointly organized by Kala Academy Goa and West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur will be held on March 8, 9 & 10 daily at 7.00 pm with the courtesy of Shree Mahalasa Saunsthan, Mardol in the precincts of Mahalasa Devasthan, Mardol, Goa with the participation of national as well as international repute artists.
The festival will be inaugurated on Friday at 7.00 pm at the hands of Minister of Art & Culture Govind Gaude, Govt of Goa & Chairman of Kala Academy and in the presence of Vinod Kamat, President, Shree Mahalasa Saunsthan, Sudhanshu Singh, Additional Director, West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur and Laxmikant Khedekar, Sarpanch, Village Panchayat, Veling-Priol, at the aforesaid venue.
The performances will commence at 7 pm. The festival is open to students and connoisseurs. The festival is considered amongst top ten Classical Dance Festivals of India.
This being the Silver Jubilee year of the dance festival, Kala Academy has invited top ranking artists of the country in various dance forms besides Goan artists of repute to perform in this festival. After the inaugural function on March 8, Kathak-Bharatanatyam dance will be presented by teaching faculty members of Kala Academy namely Varada Bedekar, Sapna Naik & Mandira Joshi from 7.10 pm onwards. This will be followed by Kuchipudi solo dance by Prateeksha Kashi from Bengaluru at 8. 15 pm onwards.
On March 9 at 7 pm, Dr. Kshitija Barve, Goan artist will present Bharatanatyam solo dance recital. This will be followed by Kathak Duet by Vishal Krishna from Varanasi & Ragini Maharaj, New Delhi at 8.15 pm onwards.
On the concluding day i.e on March 10 at 7.00 pm, Rashmi Menon from Chennai will present Mohiniattam dance followed by Odissi Duet at 8.00 pm by Madhusmita Mohanty & Rameshchandra Jena from Bhubaneshwar. The festival will conclude with Shweta Prachande’s Bharatanatyam Solo Dance Recital commencing from 9.00 pm onwards.
