26th December 2017
Tuesday
9.30 am – 10.25 am : Inauguration of the Natya Kala Conference 2017
Guests of Honour – Nritya Choodamani Ms Lakshmi Vishwanathan (Bharatanatyam Exponent)
and Smt Leela Venkataraman (Arts Scholar and Commentator)
Keynote Address by Dr Srinidhi Chidambaram
Conferring of the Award, “Natya Kala Visaarada ha” on Sri Ashish Mohan Khokar
10.30 am – 11.10 am : Love in the Kingdom of God
Sri Devdutt Pattanaik
11.25 am – 12.05 pm : Sringara Lahari - A Continuum
Smt Geeta Chandran
12.10 pm – 12.50 pm : Samyoga - Depicting Love in Kathakali
Sri Sadanam Balakrishnanan
27th December 2017, Wednesday
9.30 am - 10.15 am : Hues of Shringara in Kathak
Smt Nirupama and Sri Rajendra
10.20 am – 11.05 am : Kaadalin Mozhi – An Exploration of Tamil Love Poetry
Sri Kaviperarasu Vairamuthu
11.25 am – 12.10 pm :Is Sringaram Relevant Today? The Big Debate
Smt Bragha Bessell, Smt Sheela Unnikrishnan, Smt Rajeshwari Sainath, Sri Aniruddha Knight,
Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh, Sri Christopher Guruswamy
Moderated by: Dr Srinidhi Chidambaram
4.30 pm - 6.30 pm : Performing Sringaram - A Workshop
Smt Priyadarsini Govind (Special session at The Folly, Amethyst. To register, write to natyakalaconference2017@gmail.com)
28th December 2017, Thursday
9.30 am - 10.15 am : Paluku Thenala Thalli - Sringaram Exposition in the Bani of Dr Vempati Chinna Satyam
Sri Jaikishore Mosalikanti
10.20 am - 11.05 am : Sringaram - A Male Perspective
Sri Vaibhav Arekar
11.20am - 12.10pm : Coffee and Conversations
12.15pm - 1pm : Sringaram–Through the Eyes of Saint Tyagaraja
29th December 2017, Friday
Sri V Sriram 9.30 am - 10.20 am : Geeta Govindam - Invoking Radha
Smt Sharmila Biswas (Odissi) and Smt Vidhya Subramaniam (Bharatanatyam)
10.25 am - 11.05 am : Alarsaraparitapam - Sringaram in the Compositions of Maharaja Swati Tirunal
Dr Neena Prasad
11.25 am – 12.10 pm : Atimoham - The Sensual and the Sacred in Metaphor and Movement
Smt Alarmel Valli and Ms Arundhathi Subramaniam
12.15 pm - 1.00 pm: Drowning in Bliss: A Performative Paper Exploring
Gender Fluidity in the Vaishnava Tradition
Dr Anita Ratnam
30th December 2017 Saturday
9.30 am - 10.15 am : Enthati Kuluke - Wit and Humour in the World of Sringaram
Ms Lakshmi Vishwanathan
10.20 am - 11.05 am : Musicality in Sringaram
Sri Sid Sriram
11.25 am - 12.20 pm : Impromptu - Improvisation and Spontaneity in Expressing Sringaram
Presented by: Smt Rajika Puri
Participants: Kum Nrithya Pillai, Kum Srividya Sailesh, Kum Harinie Jeevitha
Vocal:Smt Radha Badri
