Skip to main content

Kathak Recital by Saumya Shukla, based on selective Miniature Paintings from the Museum Collection

Chandigarh, 20th December 2018: As part of the commemoration of fifty years, the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh is celebrating its Indian miniature painting collection through a unique event where Saumya Shukla, an exponent of Kathak will be presenting through her narrative dance, the close connection between the miniature painting and Kathak. Invocation of Ganesha, love play of Radha-Krishna, celebrating the monsoon, dance at the court, will be some themes she will dwell upon to bring alive the miniature art tradition.  
Saumya began her dance under the guidance of her guru Nrityashri Alaknanda, a renowned Kathak dancer and a disciple of Guru Munna Lal Shukla and Pandit Birju Maharaj.  She holds a graduation degree from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Mumbai. She is a senior dancer in her Guru’s dance troupe, ‘Alaknanda Sanskriti’ and has travelled with her extensively in India, Singapore, Poland, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina for performances in her choreographies. She has also given solo performances at various venues in India and abroad. Saumya was also selected by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations as a Kathak Dance Teacher and Performer for the Amrita SherGil Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Budapest, Hungary where she was posted from February 2016 to July 2018.
The recital will be held at the museum auditorium, Sector 10 on 22nd December at 5 pm. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

E auction of various commercial, residential and industrial sites to begin in Chandigarh

7th January 2019: Chandigarh Administration is about to begin the e auction process of various commercial, residential and industrial sites in Chandigarh. 10 residential sites on freehold basis,13 commercial sites on leasehold basis and 1 industrial site on leasehold basis are proposed to be e auctioned. The auction will be made public on 9th January 2019 at 9:00 AM and the documents can be submitted/EMD can be paid from 9th january till 23rd January 2019. Document/EMD approvals will be given from 24th January till 30th January. In addition to this the Estate Department will create a help desk at Estate Office Chandigarh on the above dates to create digital signatures of the applicants. Bidding will begin from 31st January (9:00 AM) till 4th February 2019 (till 4 PM)
Post a Comment
Read more

Pulse Polio Campaign

Chandigarh, 4 th   April, 2017:   Activities conducted for three days i.e. from 2nd – 4th April, 2017 during Pulse Polio Campaign ‘Do Boond Zindgi Ki’ to win the war of eradicating Polio from the society and to immunize the children in the age group of 0-5 Years with Oral Polio Drops were successfully completed today. The campaign was held for three days in which Day 1 was dedicated for Booth Round and Day 2 & 3 were planned for door to door visit to immunize all children of Chandigarh in this age group with Oral Polio drops. A total of 1, 00, 236 children were immunized with oral polio drops during pulse polio activity and 929 teams visited 2, 65, 042 Houses and immunized Children with oral polio drops on day 2 and 3. 'X’ houses will be covered in the coming days too to track the unimmunized children and give them polio drops. Department of Health, Police, Social Welfare, Transport and NCC Volunteers from different colleges of Chandigarh joined hands together in the...
Post a Comment
Read more

“Vote for Healthy Democracy” Campaign

Chandigarh, 18th March, 2019: Taking the “Vote for Healthy Democracy” campaign forward to motivate citizens to use their Right to Vote during the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections of Chandigarh, Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh today launched a stamp with the message of "Voting is your Right, Please Cast your Vote". The stamp will be included on all the OPD cards of the patients who visit the hospital.  This initiative is a part of the drive undertaken by Medical Community to motivate more and more people to participate and vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. As part of this campaign, IMA has designed stickers with the message “Vote for a healthy democracy”, which will be stuck on all the prescriptions of patients. Similarly, to promote the message of “Voting is a must for Healthy Democracy” a stamp was also launched by the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, which is being stamped on OPD cards of all the patients of the hos...
Post a Comment
Read more