Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 49 views

    Concept Iidf

    Uploaded by

    sambit kumar mohapatra
    The India International Dance Festival (IIDF) seeks to celebrate all styles of dance on a common platform without divisions. It was launched in 2015 in Bhubaneswar, India and has since expanded to multiple cities across India and includes performances from Indian classical, folk, tribal and contemporary dance traditions as well as international guests. The festival is hosted by the Samskritiki cultural society and various local dance institutions in different cities with the goal of strengthening cultural bonds between nations through dance.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Concept Iidf

    Uploaded by

    sambit kumar mohapatra
    49 views5 pages
    The India International Dance Festival (IIDF) seeks to celebrate all styles of dance on a common platform without divisions. It was launched in 2015 in Bhubaneswar, India and has since expanded to multiple cities across India and includes performances from Indian classical, folk, tribal and contemporary dance traditions as well as international guests. The festival is hosted by the Samskritiki cultural society and various local dance institutions in different cities with the goal of strengthening cultural bonds between nations through dance.

    Original Title

    CONCEPT IIDF

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The India International Dance Festival (IIDF) seeks to celebrate all styles of dance on a common platform without divisions. It was launched in 2015 in Bhubaneswar, India and has since expanded to multiple cities across India and includes performances from Indian classical, folk, tribal and contemporary dance traditions as well as international guests. The festival is hosted by the Samskritiki cultural society and various local dance institutions in different cities with the goal of strengthening cultural bonds between nations through dance.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    49 views5 pages

    Concept Iidf

    Uploaded by

    sambit kumar mohapatra
    The India International Dance Festival (IIDF) seeks to celebrate all styles of dance on a common platform without divisions. It was launched in 2015 in Bhubaneswar, India and has since expanded to multiple cities across India and includes performances from Indian classical, folk, tribal and contemporary dance traditions as well as international guests. The festival is hosted by the Samskritiki cultural society and various local dance institutions in different cities with the goal of strengthening cultural bonds between nations through dance.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 5

    INDIA INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL (IIDF)

    IIDF SEEKS TO CELEBRATE DANCE SANS DIVISIONS

    IIDF has been conceptualized to celebrate dance without divisions of tribal, folk, classical, contemporary, oriental,
    and western and so on. It was launched in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha State in eastern India, in 2015.

    The motto is to strengthen bonds among counties and cultures through dance and to bring all dance traditions and
    styles together to a common platform. It seeks to strengthen global goodwill and international integration apart from
    developing a cultural bond between India with the rest of the world through this gathering.

    The event is being hosted by Samskritiki cultural society based in Bhubaneswar in association with several dance
    institutions across India. The festival has been conceptualized by Shyamhari Chakra, a journalist and dance critic
    who is the founder of Samskritiki cultural society and IIDF.

    IIDF has grown into a multi-city festival. It is being hosted in Bhubaneswar-Bengaluru-Hyderabad-Mumbai-Kolkata-


    Delhi-Guwahati-Pune-Imphal-Siliguri-Amravati (Maharashtra) while Chapters in Baroda, Thrissur, Bhopal, Nagpur,
    Surat, Agartala and Puducherry are set to be launched soon.

    IIDF-BHUBANESWAR-2015
    More than 200 delegates that included dancers, dance scholars and exponents of different dance styles from India
    and abroad attended IIDF-Bhubaneswsar during October 25-27. The dance styles featured in IIDF-2015 were
    Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri, Mohiniattam, Sattriya, Chhau, Vilasini Natyam,
    Jhumar folk dance of Odisha and folk dances of the North-East including Ojapalli dance of Assam. Dancers and
    dance researchers from Argentina, Japan, France, USA, Hong Kong, Muscat, China and Israel attended this
    festival.

    IIDF-BENGALURU-2016
    The second edition of IIDF was hosted in 2016 in Bengaluru city by Samskritiki cultural society in association with
    Sai Arts International, Nrityantar Academy of Performing Arts and Indira Nagar Sangeet Sabha, the three major
    cultural institutions of the City, on November 19 and 20 at Indira Nagar Sangeet Sabha cultural complex. The two-
    day festival focused on highlighting the young soloists of various Indian classical dance styles. Apart from several
    prominent dance personalities of Bengaluru city, eminent dance historian Ashish Mohan Khokar, US-based
    Mohiniattam exponent Sunanda Nair, Mumbai-based Nalanda Dance Research Centre’s director Uma Rele,
    Assam’s Sangeet Natak Akademi award winner Sattriya exponent Anita Sarma were special invitees to the festival.

    IIDF-FUTURE FACES, HYDERABAD-2017


    IIDF launched its FUTURE FACES festival in Hyderabad in March 2017 in order to discover and highlight talented
    young dancers as solo performers. This talent-search event, that was hosted on Telugu University campus on
    March 18 and 19 jointly by Samskritiki cultural society and Muvva Nritya Raaga Nigamam, an institute for
    Kuchipudi dance training and research headed by dancer-scholar Dr.Hima Bindu Kanoj. It received rave response
    from the dances’ fraternity of the City. Young Indian classical dancers from across the country participated in this
    event. Several faculty members and students of the departments of dance from the Central University of
    Hyderabad and Potti Sriramulu Telugu University actively participated in this national level dance event.
    Besides the Vice Chancellor of the University, several prominent dance personalities watched the solo performers
    and evaluated them for the title of FUTURE FACES. Among them were Professor Anuradha Jolangadda, Guru P B
    Krishna Bharathi, actress and Kuchipudi exponent Sabitha Krishna, Professor Aruna Vikshu, Guru Deepika Reddy
    and writer-researcher and archivist on Kuchipudi Shri Samba Shiva.
    A seminar on “Classical Dance As a Career” was held during the festival involving the aspiring dancers, their
    parents and dance festival organisers.

    IIDF- BHUBANESWAR-2017
    For the second time since 2015, Bhubaneswar City hosted IIDF from July 20 and 23 at Bhanja Kala Mandap
    Cultural Complex of Odisha Government. It was attended by more than 250 dancers and delegates from India,
    Australia, China, Thailand, Argentina, Japan, Singapore, USA, Dubai-Abu Dhabi-Sarijah (UAE).

    IIDF-HYDERABAD-2017
    Designed as a travelling dance festival, IIDF-2017 was hosted in the historic city of Hyderabad on November 3,4,5
    following IIDF-2015 in Bhubaneswar and IIDF-2016 in Bengaluru. The Department of Art and Culture of
    Government of Andhra Pradesh collaborated with IIDF and its Shilparamam Cultural Complex auditorium was
    offered free of cost to host the three day event.
    IIDF-Hyderabad showcased seven Indian classical dance traditions – Kathak, Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri,
    Mohiniattam, Odissi, Sattriya – besides Kerala Natanam, gaudiya Nritya, folk dances of Madhya Pradesh and
    contemporary dance. More than 100 dancers from various parts of India and from Malayasia, Singapore, Hong
    Kong, USA, Dubai and Maritius participated. The festival further featured a talk on “Classical dance as a Career”
    involving a number of young dancers, their gurus and parents/guardians. IIDF-Hyderabad was hosted collectively
    by Samskritiki cultural society, Muvva Nritya Raaga Nigamam and Shilparamam of Hyderabad.

    IIDF-MUMBAI-2018
    IIDF-Mumbai was launched during March 2-3-4 at Urban Haat, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai by host Samskritiki
    Cultural Society in association with Aratrika Institute of Performing Arts, Mumbai. For the first time, IIDF received
    support of the central Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi that sponsored Pung Cholam dancers and drummers
    from Manipur. Shri Sekhar Sen, Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi inaugurated the festival. The
    three-day festival was graced by a host of eminent dancers of Mumbai like Padma Sri Darshana Jhaveri who
    delivered a talk on the evolution of Manipuri dance tradition.
    The festival featured an exhibition of publications on dance and two lecture demonstrations on the evolution of
    Kuchipudi and Manipuri.

    IIDF-DELHI-2018
    IIDF was launched at the national capital of India on April 14-15 at ICCR’s Azad Bhavan auditorium in New Delhi by
    Samskritiki Cultural Society in association with Nrityadhara dance institute of Gurugram (Delhi). The festival was
    supported by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and was attended by several eminent personalities
    from the field of dance and arts like celebrated Indian dance critic Smt. Leela Venkatraman.

    2019
    IIDF-PUNE: January 26-27
    IIDF-MUMBAI:February 2-3-4
    IIDF-AMRAVATI (Maharashtra): February 6-7
    IIDF-GUWAHATI: February 23-24, 2019
    IIDF-BHUBANESWAR: June 22-22-24
    IIDF-BENGALURU: August 24-25

    IIDF CALENDER-2020
    IIDF-IMPHAL: February 1-2
    IIDF-DELHI: March 7-8
    IIDF-CHENNAI: June 27-28
    IIDF-KOLKATA: September 12-13
    IIDF-BENGALURU: October 28-29
    IIDF-HYDERABAD: November 7-8

    IIDF SPECIAL VIRTUAL SERIES-2020

    IIDF ANNUAL AWARDS


    (FOR DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHERS & DANCE SCHOLARS/RESEARCHERS)
    IIDF has instituted awards for all the dance styles in order to honour young achievers from different dance
    traditions.
    IIDF Award Winners of 2015
    Sachiko Murakami from Japan for Odissi
    Warda Rihab from Bangladesh for Manipuri
    Leena Malakar Vij from Nepal for Kathak
    Sreelakshmy Govardhnan from Kerala for Kuchipudi
    Dr. Lima Das from Assam for Sattriya
    Renjith-Vijna (dancing couple) from Chennai for Bharatanatyam
    Vidya Pradeep from Kerala for Mohiniattam
    Carolina Prada from South America for Chhau.
    IIDF Award Winners of 2016
    Navia Natarajan from USA for Bharatanatyam
    Pavitra Reddy from Nrityagram near Bengaluru for Odissi
    Swati W Tiwari from New Delhi for Kathak
    Maalyada Anand from Visakhapatnam for Kuchipudi
    Sattriya dancers duo Madhusmita Bora-Prerona Bhuyan from USA/Assam for Sattriya
    Sinam Basu Singh-Monica Singh from Imphal as the dancing couple for Manipuri

    IIDF Award Winners of 2017:


    BHARATANATYAM: RAGINI CHANDERSHEKAR, NEW DELHI
    KATHAK: PRASHANT SHAH, USA
    KATHAKALI: DR.HARIPRIYA NAMBUDIRI, KOCHI, KERALA
    KUCHIPUDI:PASUMARTHY MRUTYUMJAY SARMA, KUCHIPUDI VILLAGE, AP
    MANIPURI:MR.MANJU ALANGBAM, IMPHAL, MANIPUR
    MOHINIATTAM:AYSWARIA WARIAR, BARODA, GUJARAT
    ODISSI: MADHULITA MOHAPATRA, BENGALURU
    SATTRIYA: NAREN BARUA, GUWAHATI, ASSAM
    CONTEMPORARY: MITUL SENGPUTA, KOLKATA
    CHHAU: SHRI SAMBHU DAS, BARIPADA, MAYURBHANJ, ODISHA
    DANCE RESEARCH: DR.ANUPAMA KYLASH, HYDERABAD

    IIDF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMT HONOURS are conferred on eminent personalities associated with dance.

    We seek support of and solidarity with all who love and serve DANCE…….

    Iidf-What-Why-When-Where-Who-How
    WHAT IS IIDF?
    IIDF is India International Dance Festival. The ONLY of its kind, it attempts to bring together
    all dance traditions together on a single platform. IIDF is primarily by-of-for the dancers.
    WHY IIDF?
    It seeks to celebrate dance as a whole and without divisions of classical, folk, tribal, contemporary etc.
    WHEN DOES IIDF HAPPEN?
    It happens annually. IIDF was launched in Bhubaneswar City in Odisha in October 2015 as a travelling dance
    festival. It was hosted in Bengaluru City in November 2016. In view of its rapidly rising popularity among dancers, it
    was redesigned as a multi-city event in 2017 in order to create more platforms for dance and dancers across India.
    It is scheduled to happen throughout the year in various cities.

    WHO HOSTS IIDF?


    IIDF is hosted by a committee and a community of dancers and dance-lovers as a self-help-group. It doesn’t wait
    for any financial support from any agencies – Government, Corporate or sponsors.
    The committee and community members join the festivals at different cities on their own. Organised as
    economically as possible, the members share the expenditure with a small contribution that is NOT compulsory.
    Appeals for financial support are being made to the dance institutions to be INSTITUTIONAL PATRONS. Thus,
    IIDF-Bengaluru was managed by Sai Arts International and Nrityantar Academy of Performing Arts and there was
    NO registration fee for the dancers-delegates. Similarly, IIDF-Pune was supported by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and
    Infosys Foundation while IIDF-Mumbai was managed by resourced generated through crowd-funding.

    WHERE IIDF IS BEING STAGED?


    As a multi-city festival, IIDF has been scheduled to be hosted in Bengaluru-New Delhi-Hyderabad-Bhubaneswar-
    Guwahati-Imphal-Thrissur-Siliguri-Kolkata-Baroda-Pune-Mumbai-Indore-Chennai-Puducherry-Bhopal.

    For further queries, please write to: iidfbhubaneswar@gmail.com, iidf.bengaluru@gmail.com,


    iidf.hyderabad@gmail.com, iidf.delhi@gmail.com, iidf.mumbai@gmail.com,
    iidf.guwahati@gmail.com, iidf.pune@gmail.com, iidf.kolkata@gmail.com, iidf.imphal@gmail.com,
    iidf.nagpur@gmail.com
    WhatsApp Group: 91-9437108815
    Facebook: IIDF

    You might also like

    pFad - Phonifier reborn

    Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

    Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


    Alternative Proxies:

    Alternative Proxy

    pFad Proxy

    pFad v3 Proxy

    pFad v4 Proxy