Yogini Gandhi and the troupe of Kalanidhi present NRITYA RANG, at the BASANT UTSAV to be held under the aegis of the Bangiya Sanskriti Samsad, Pune. The program is designed on the lines of the Basant Utsav held at the Shantiniketan to mark the spring festival. This program will feature Kathak & Odissi items with special emphasis on items related to Basant and Hori. At 11am at the Empress Gardens, Pune.
E-mail:yoginigandhi@gmail.com /www.yoginigandhi.com

Vyjayanthi Kashi presents KUCHIPUDI TRADITIONS, a dance feature as part of SREE SWATHI THIRUNAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, 7pm
E-mail: vyjudance@yahoo.com
For details visit:www.schoolofkuchipudi.com

International Physical Theatre Laboratory During the Lab accommodation and meals for participants are provided.
For details visit: www.iugte.com/projects/PhysicalTheatre.php

sampad and mac present LAYA PROJECT:
THE FILM Venue: Theatre, mac at 8pm
Six shores sharing one ocean, one sky and one language of survival and music. On December 26 2004, the Asian tsunami devastated communities across the regions of Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar and India. Following the disaster, Laya Project worked with musicians across these areas, recording the folk songs and lives of these resilient people. The result is Laya Project: The Film, a personal and collective tribute to the tsunami survivors and a musical journey which crosses borders. Recorded almost entirely on location, the film is much like a series of music videos with amazing imagery, coming together to tell the story of the human spirit. Winner of the Best Documentary at the New York Independent Film Festival 2007. There will be a post-screening discussion with director/producer Yotam Agam from Earthsync.
For more information please contact Helen Stallard: 01684 594376
E-mail: helen@helenstallard.co.uk

Jaipur is the venue of the VIRAASAT FESTIVAL OF CLASSICAL DANCES. The five-day fest features some of the greatest names in classical dance today. It opens on the 25th of March with a solo Kathak recital by the legendary Pt. Birju Maharaj. On 26 March, Madhavi Mudgal presents Odissi. Mallika Sarabhai’s Kuchipudi is featured on 27th. On 28th, maestro Ramankutty Nair will present Kathakali. The festival will close with a solo Bharatanatyam performance by Geeta Chandran. The performances on all days begin at 6pm and the festival is being organized at the Maharana Pratap Auditorium in the famed pink city
E-mail: info@spicmacay.com

ODE TO LOVE'S ARROWS is a traditional Bharatanatyam dance recital celebrating the whimsical and mischievous nature of Kamadeva, the God of Desire from Indian mythology. Kamadeva, a character similar to Cupid, is a master archer, shooting helpless victims who become lost in love's delightful agony.

Dance & new choreography by Malini Srinivasan

Music performed by Jayamangala: Jaya Bala (vocal), Shobha Subramaniam (nattuvangam and vocal support), Sandhya Srinath (violin), Srinath Bala (mrdangam)

Friday March 28, 7:30pm - Vassar College, Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater, Kenyon Hall, Poughkeepsie, NY. Free and open to all. Contact Anna Karra at
E-mail: ankarra@vassar.edu

Saturday March 29, 7pm - Colgate University, Palace Theater, Hamilton, NY. Free and open to all. Contact 315 824 1424, http://www.palacetheater.org/site/index.php

Saturday April 5, 10:30am-4:30pm - Wellesley College, Alumni Ballroom, Wellesley, MA. Evolving Traditions: A Mini-Festival of Indian Music and Dance. Free and open to all.

Sunday April 6, 3pm - Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway 2nd Fl, NY, NY 10007 (with entrance on Chambers Street). Contact Malini at maliniks@yahoo.com.

Saturday May 17, 5:30pm - Sri Siva Vishnu Temple, Lanham MD. Free and open to all. Contact R. Srinivasan at srinivasanwb@yahoo.com

'Ode to Love's Arrows' is co-sponsored by the Center for India Studies, the Department of Asian and Asian-American Studies, and the Wang Center at SUNY Stonybrook
For more information, visit www.malinisrinivasan.com

Pagrav Dance Company presents BHARAH - SPRING featuring dancers Urja Thakore Akash Odedra and Ashwini Kalsekar. Musicians are Hiren Chate, Jatanil Banerjee, Nicole Collarbone, Soumik Datta Bharan-Spring is the first of its creation by the company's Artistic Director representing the three stages of Spring longing, arrival and celebration. This unique creation of work will also capture those human emotions that relate to the transitional phase from winter to spring and its resolution. At: Arena Theatre, Uni of Wolverhampton, 7pm

Veshnu with Manu and TK Thiruchelvam, presents MARGAM IN SADIR, a traditional classical dance performance, celebrating the journey of Bharatanatyam from ' Sadir kachari' to what it is known now.
E-mail: veshnu69_artiste@hotmail.com

Natya Dance Theatre presents MARGAM: THE SACRED PATH, accompanied by live orchestra. At: Center for Performing Arts Concert Hall, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790 www.deanofstudents.ilstu.edu\about_us\diversity-advocacy.shtml
Time: 8pm.
Free E-mail: bill@natya.com
For More Details :info@natya.com www.natya.com

Performance schedule for Ramya Harishankar and Arpana Dance Company.
Thursday thru Saturday, Apr 3-5: GANGA...LIFE AS A RIVER
Unknown Theatre, Hollywood, CA
Monday, Apr 14: Performances
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Wednesday, Apr. 30: Family presentation
Public Library, Whittier, CA(Performance under the banner of the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, CA)
E-mail: info@arpanadancecompany.org
For More Details : www.arpanadancecompany.org

Keshava, Anjali and Sumitra perform in Villmergen, Switzerland for only invited audience
E-mail: keshava@kalasri.com
For More Details :www.kalasri.com

The new issue of ATTENDANCE will be released on April 4, 2008 by Dr Karan Singh, President ICCR and first copy received by Mr Abhijeet Sengupta, Sect., Culture. This special anniversary issue will feature about ten dance figures, who have made a difference, as well as dancers who have become "stars" in last ten years.
Venue: TBA
Planned nationwide launches on its tenth anniversary: Delhi in April; Bangalore in May; Malaysia in June: USA in July; Chennai in Aug; Hyderbad in Sept; Orissa in Oct., Mumbai in Nov, Kolkata in Dec.
E-mail: khokar1960@gmail.com
For More Details :www.attendance-india.com

Ragamala presents FROM TEMPLE TO THEATER
Bloomington Cultural District, Bloomington, Illinois, 7:30pm
Box Office: (309) 434-2777 or (866) 686-9541
E-mail: khokar1960@gmail.com
For More Details :www.ragamala.net

Performance of the Indian epic RAMAYANA by the Natya Dance Theatre Company. At: Sri Venkateswara Temple of Greater Chicago, 1145 W. Sullivan Rd., Aurora, IL 60506
Time TBA. Free
E-mail: bill@natya.com and info@natya.com
For More Details :www.natya.com

Kathak dancer Sujata Banerjee, collaborates with classical theatre director Nona Shepherd in A SACRED THREAD, a dance theatre piece. A fabulously layered fabric of Kathak dance, narratives and new age music retells the story of two women from the 16th and 18th centuries - Mira and Amrita. One born rich and the other born humble; one wedded to God, the other wedded to nature - both fiercely in love and both pay the price for their beliefs. A Sacred Thread is performed to new music specially composed by Pandit Birju Maharaj and played live by Yogesh Samsi on tabla, Surjeet Singh on sarangi with vocals by Chandra Chakravarti.
At: South Bank Centre, 8pm.

International Conference on PERFORMING ARTS TRAINING TODAY in the heart of Julian Alps. The conference is open to professional performers, performing arts educators and teachers from all over the world interested in the research of topical questions and processes in contemporary performing arts education and training. The main tasks of the conference are to demonstrate various methods and techniques in contemporary performing arts education and training, to open discussions about successful and effective strategies, to establish new contacts, to exchange experiences with colleagues from different countries and to lay the foundation for future networking and collaboration. PARTICIPANTS: actors, directors, dancers, choreographers, performing arts educators, teachers, playwrights, stage designers, script writers, theatre critics, journalists and cultural managers.
Program: http://www.iugte.com/projects/theatre_conference.php
Registration: http://www.iugte.com/projects/conf.reg.php
Accommodation and venue: http://www.iugte.com/projects/Bovec.venue.php
If you are unable to attend there is opportunity to send your promotional materials: booklets or flyers about your company, announcements of workshops, courses, performances and other events. All materials will be displayed at the main information stand and will be available to the delegates during the entire period of the conference

Ragamala presents SVA (VITAL FORCE) Featuring Yathra (Journey), which brings together the artistry of light designer Jeff Bartlett, New York-based visual artist Shubhendra Rao (sitar) and Saskia Rao-de Haas (cello); and the evening's title work, Sva, a collaboration with Wadaiko Ensemble Tokara of Nagano, Japan.
The State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ
Thursday, April 17th, 2008, 8pm
Box Office: (732) 246-7469 E-mail: ragamaladance@yahoo.com
For More Details :www.ragamala.net