Natya Kala Conference

The Natya Kala Conference, NKC for short, is a dance conference that was conceived by the Krishna Gana Sabha in 1981 with an intent to allow dancers of a certain class and calibre (those who were conferred the title of Nritya Choodamani), to share their knowledge, insights and understanding of dance and its world at large with a group of like-minded people under the umbrella of a five-day conference year after year.

The NKC is one of the Sabha’s Marquee properties & has remained unprecedented and unparalleled as a single forum showcasing the varied classical dance forms of India through annual lecture demonstrations, research paper presentations and live performances of artists from all over India. The NKC is the brain child of (Late) Sri R Yagnaraman, who was General Secretary of KGS for 54yrs. The NKC is a primarily educative & interactive platform in which there is ample opportunity for seekers of art to understand and share each other’s artistic journeys and processes.

The NKC unfolds across five days (December 26 to December 30) every year and has attained a landmark status of sorts, bringing into its fold, dancers and dance enthusiasts, scholars, rasikas, writers, commentators, and scholars to converge and deliberate upon dance and the many aspects that pertain to it and are of crucial concern to it.

Over five days, a convenor who is chosen, uses her/his intelligence and imagination to identify and present a host of artistes and scholars who share their know-how of a particular idea or thought, allowing the possibility of deliberate discussion and debate.

Natya Kala Conference: Intent -As a marquee property of the Krishna Gana Sabha, the Conference has stood the test of time, growing from strength-to-strength, becoming an annual affair that is considered prestigious and is extremely educative & participative in nature It brings under its roof, dancers and enthusiasts of the arts from across the world becoming a hub of sorts, allowing the Sabha to celebrate its legacy and keep intact its heritage in encouraging the tradition of dance and the many innovations within it.