The 10 am to 10 pm festivities — touted as "the biggest ever daylong dance gathering in Bangalore of dancers, dance teachers, connoisseurs, aspirants and art lovers" — are being organized by the Bangalore School of Music, Alliance Française and dance historian Ashish Mohan Khokar.
Many events had been held in Bangalore to celebrate World Dance Day but not on a scale where over 150 dancers were performing on stage in a single day, Khokar, the son of legendary dance scholar Mohan Khokar, said.
He said the highlight of the event would be the first-ever exhibition of the Mohan Khokar Dance Collection, showcasing the history of Indian dance from 1901 to 2000.
The collection is considered one of the most comprehensive compilations on the history and heritage of Indian classical, contemporary, ritual and folk dance.
It comprises books, photographs, paper-cuttings, posters, brochures, handbills, banners, drawings, paintings, etchings, costumes, masks, gramophone records, videotapes and other items.
There will also be a seminar on "Dance Matters," which dance guru Maya Rao will inaugurate.
The artists will present classical dances such as mohiniyattam, odissi, kathakali and contemporary dances, each performance lasting between 10 and 15 minutes.
World Dance Day was first celebrated in France in the 1980s to mark the birthday of 17th century French ballet dancer Jean-Georges Noverre. But in India, the celebrations only began in the last decade.
The International Dance Committee started the International Dance Day on April 29 in 1982 as a tribute to Noverre, who was born in 1727.
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