Activities of 2022

Curated “Rasashwat” a dance film festival for Akshara’s “Rasa Festival” in collaboration with the Michigan Library System

Partnered with the Kalpa Society to present the four day Pragjyoti International Dance Festival ( PIDF), 2022

Presented the first ever Dance Film Curation from the North East- “Destination Northeast- Dance Films from a Land Deeply Loved” for the Pragjyoti International Dance Festival ( PIDF), 2022

Conducted an awareness session on  “Arts and the Law” for the Guwahati based NEF Law College ( affiliated with Gauhati University) for the Law students in an attempt to engage the next generation of lawyers with intersections of Law and Arts issues.

Curated and presented a special and timely curation of Dance Films of issues of Environment and Climate Change.

Lead a Guided Viewing session of three “Dance films as Documentaries”, with students from Gauhati University

Invited by the NCERT to join a preliminary meeting on NEP, where the paper on “The New Education Policy and the Performing Arts”, was presented, by Founder and Managing Trustee Kri Foundation, Dr. Arshiya Sethi.

Presented an illustrated talk at the Kathak Kendra on Nritya evam Baudhik Sampada Adhikar (Dance and Intellectual Property Rights).

Presented a Lecture at St. Catherine’s university, St. Paul, Minnesota on “On Target: Making art for, about and with 'at risk' communities: Closely observed Case Studies".

Participated in a meeting on the National Education Policy 2020, organized by the Bharatiya Shiksha Board.

Launch of the Book supported by Kri Foundation- “Non-Gharanedaar: Pt Mohanrao Kallianpurkar The Paviour of Kathak” at NCPA Mumbai.

National Focus Group Meeting on NEP, 2020, Organised by NCERT.

Launch of the Book supported by Kri Foundation- “Non-Gharanedaar: Pt Mohanrao Kallianpurkar The Paviour of  Kathak” at Kathak Kendra Delhi.

Participated in the WDA discussion on “Dancing the Change and Changing the Dance” speaking in particular about Kri Foundation’s efforts during the Covid times.

Arts and the Law series- Workshop for performing Artists on Copyright issues and Ancillary Laws, with National University of Juridical Sciences

Participated on line on a Panel Discussion on Arts for Impact on Society, as part on the online Sanskriti Mahotsava ( UK Edition)

Participated in the Pondicherry Literature and Aerts festival: Towards the essence, ( May 28th -29th 2022), with a Talk on Non-Gharanedaar- Pt. Mohanrao Kallianpurkar, the Paviour of Kathak, read poetry written during Covid times and Participated in the discussion Towards the Essence: Emotion, Humanism, Poetics, Ecology

Paper on “Gurbani as an example of singing Bhakti” for the “Singing Bhakti Session of ‘Unmesha International Literature Festival’ organized by Ministry of Culture and Sahitya Akademi as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsava.

Selected to present a Paper on “Challenging Content: Making “stairways to happiness” through dance for the child") for the Dance and the Child International – based on Kri Foundation’s work on Arts and the Law.

Talk organized by Stem Natya as part of its Kampni Konversations, on “Braiding Arts and Cultural Ecologies”.

“Smarananjali” “Non-Gharanedaar”’s Book Launch at Hubbali in a function organized in gratitude by Pt. Mohanrao Kallianpurkar.

“Samarpan”, The Book Launch Ceremony for “Non Gharanedaar, organized by SKE’s Cultural Academy at Belgaum.

Shoonya Dialogues- “Lessons from a Failed Journey: Trying to get Delhi a World Heritage City Status”; Based on experiences and learnings as part of the core team that prepared the dossier for Delhi’s inscription as a World Heritage City.

DanzLenz: The Dance and the Camera curation, the largest ever special on South Asian dance practices, film makers and artistes ( 67 films ( 14 countries) by Kri Foundation for In/Motion International Dance Film Festival

Kolkata Book Launch of “Non- Gharanedaar, Pt. Mohanrao Kallianpurkar: The Paviour of Kathak”- and Conversation on the Book with Kathak dancer and arts visionary Vikram Iyengar.

Public Lecture on "Why artistes and arts leaders must be aware and 'Unmute"-d about the intersections between Arts and The Law " for the Centre for Knowledge Ideas and development Studies, Kolkata.

Orientation Workshops on the prevention of Substance Abuse and related harms, for Ashoka University.

Presentation for Bakul Foundation, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha on "Why Artistes and Arts leaders need to be "Unmute"-d about Arts and the Law".

Presentation on “Arts and the Law: What the Police needs to know” for Odisha Police’s training programme.

Launch of the 1 st edition of the online journal South Asian Dance Intersection’s (SADI) on on the focused virtual platform of Dance Studies Association’s (DSA) Asian and Asian Diaspora Dance Studies Working Group. The journal is housed in the stable of online journals of the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Paper presented and interventions made at the two day Consultative Conference on “Traditional Cultural Expression, IPRs and the Performing Arts Copyright and Ancillary Laws in respect of Performing Arts”, conducted in collaboration with NUJS and Unmute.help (Unmute.help has been co - founded by Kri Foundation)

Presentation at Gauhati University (The new Centre for Performance Studies) on the journal South Asian Dance Intersections ( SADI).

Presentation to the Department of Law, Royal Global University, Guwahati on “Arts and the Law”.

Paper presented on the occasion of Nritya Parv the National Festival of Sattriya Dance on the subject “Altered Landscapes Altered Landscapes: Shifting Contexts and Changing Populations of Sattriya Dance”

Participation as discussant with the legendary artiste Prof. Rita Ganguly, at the Natya Ballet Centre’s Biennale Festival.

Invited as Guest of Honour at the Inauguration of the Jorhat Granth Mela (The Jorhat Book Fair), followed by a session on the Biography “Non-Gharanedaar: Pt Mohanrao Kallianpurkar the Paviour of Kathak”

Addressed dance and arts students of Guwahati university on how and why we established SADI.

Addressed the students of IIT Guwahati on “Our Dance, Our Voice: The new journal- South Asian Dance Intersections”

Kathak Charcha with students of dance, particularly Kathak, organized by the Sadhna Kala Kendra, Guwahati.