Reviews
Dance Season 2023 - Kalakshetra's December Festival

Kalakshetra’s 70th Annual Art Festival began on 20 December,
2023 with an impressive inauguration ceremony featuring mridangam maestro
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman as the chief guest. He was honoured by Chairman S.
Ramadorai and Director-in-charge Aneish Rajan.
In his inaugural address, Sivaraman paid great tributes to Rukmini Devi
Arundale and recalled his association with the institution from a very tender
age. Director Rajan spoke briefly of the important role of the Kalakshetra Art
Festival in Chennai’s music season.
This year’s fare was a judicious mix of music,
classical and contemporary dance, folk theatre, and a jugalbandi of flute and
vocal music. Three productions of Rukmini Devi were also showcased, which
always draws rasikas to fill the grand auditorium no matter how many times they
have been staged.