Events include: 

Pancham - Weekly online seminars led by international speakers from the UK, India and Canada, will explore themes from the practice of classical Indian dance. They include Mira Kaushik OBE, former Director of Akādemi and Dr Radhika Shurajit; Roshan Datye; Dr Padma Subramaniam and Dr Swarnmalya Ganesh - all academics working in India. The speakers will illustrate their talks with images, performance clips, and performances in Kathak and Bharatanatyam. (June 3^rd, 10^th, 17^th, 24^th, all at 3pm) 

Rachana – This online interview with Nilima Devi MBE considers her 40 years of artistic Kathak Journey as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, mentor, creative collaborator and artistic director of CICD based in Leicester, UK. (November 2021) 

Parampara - Collecting written memories of traditional Indian dance and videos of ex-CICD students and performances. An online film will be launched during Diwali. (November 2021)

Virtual Diwali - Emerging artist, Meera Patel, will create a piece based on a poem by Tulsidas presenting various aspects of Rama, hero of the epic, Ramayan. (November 2021)

Tattva-2 - This showcase in partnership with Curve Theatre will reprise pieces from past productions, as well as presenting a new work, The Road to Nine Sentiments choreographed by young dancers mentored by Kesha Raithatha. (Early 2022) 

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