(TOURISM) Khajuraho Dance Festival 2008

(TOURISM) Khajuraho Dance Festival 2008

The Khajuraho Festival of Dances draws top classical dancers in the country who perform against the spectacular backdrop of the floodlit temples every year in February/March.

KHAJURAHO FESTIVAL OF DANCE 2008
Date: 25TH FEB TO 02ND MARCH

The dance performances takes place at the open - air auditorium in front of the famed Chitragupta Temple dedicated to the Sun God and the Vishwanatha Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh in India.

• 25 Feb 2008: Aruna Mohanty Odissi ,Aditi Mangal Dass Kathak New Delhi
• 26 Feb 2008 :Sailaja Kuchipudi, Chennai and Sarodi Saikiya Satriya Guwahati
• 27 Feb 2008 :Guru Naba Mishra Odissi Bhuwaneshwar and Purva Dhanshree, Vilasini Natyam Hyderabad, Ashim Bandhu Bhattacharya, Kathak,Kolkata
• 28 Feb 2008: Suchita Bhide Chalekar Bharatnatyam Pune, Preeti Patel (Group)Manipuri Kolkata
• 29 Feb 2008: Kala Mandalam Raman Kutty Nair (Group), Kathakali Palakad, Roja Kannan Bharatnatyam Chennai, Sumeeta Sharma,Kathak New Delhi
• 01 Mar 2008 :Shovana Narayan, Kathak, New Delhi,Kalamandlam Leelamma Mohiniattam Trissur
• 02 Mar 2008 :Jaya Ramarao, Vanashree Rao, Kuchipudi New Delhi,Shashdhar Aacharya (Group) Saraikelachhau New Delhi

More details and schedule of this dance festival can be had from http://www.mptourism.com/ff/khajdance.html

Courtesy: http://www.mptourism.com/