Kalabharathi brochure

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Introduction..................................................................................................................4

Mission and Vision........................................................................................................5

Advisory Board.............................................................................................................7

Guiding Panel Of Experts.........................................................................................8

Kalabharathi Activities ..........................................................................................10

About the present programmes..........................................................................31

Kalabharathi Centers Map.....................................................................................34

Administrative Section...........................................................................................40

Curriculum...................................................................................................................41

Index

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The Kalabharathi Foundation for Indian Culture and Heritage is an organization aimed at providing value based education to the youth and to make them skilled professionals in their field of interest. Being a non-profitable organization regis-tered as a charitable society, Kalabharathi, has been working for the past 7 years with a motto of ‘Empowering the Nation by Enhancing the skills of the youth’. We focus on cultural and creative skill development by nurturing the various attributes of an individual in order to develop a total quality person, and thus contributing to the strength of our nation. The Kalabharathi Foundation has its head quarters in the cultural capital of the state, Thrissur. Since inception, Kalabharathi has followed a unique approach to serve the community with an objective of service through art education, life skill development programmes and empowerment of the youth and women. The Foundation was set up in 2004 by an elite group of connoisseurs from various disciplines with the sole vision of serving the community and was registered as a charitable society in 2010 with the register no. R- 561/10. Kalabharathi has designed educational programmes for the youth who can take up these courses along with their formal academics. Presently we have imple-mented three such programs namely “Professional Diploma/Certification in Per-forming Arts( Dance) and Skill Development Programme”, “Professional Diplo-ma/Certification in Performing Arts( Music) and Skill Development Programme” and “Career Plus Life Skill Development Programme” in more than 60 prime colleges/institutions/schools of the state. A wide range of career prospects are open to the young aspirants in the fields of Entertainment, Tourism, Multimedia, Acting, teaching, corporate training and also self employment. Any person who is devoid of formal education can also attend these programmes and thereby join the mainstream of the nation. The curriculum and study materials have been prepared systematically by the Academics and Research wing, headed by Guru Padmashri Kalamandalam Kshemavathy, Prof. CP Unnikrishnan, Prof. Arackel Nandakumar, and Smt Sujatha Nair. Kalabharathi is regularly involved in training, education, publications, workshops, exhibitions, festivals, concerts, discussions and also cultural exchange programmes.

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India is a vast country with enormous man power unexploited. It is critically important to identify and utilize these creative skills of the individuals, to trans-form India into a developed nation. Art initiates the sparks of innovative ideas of any individual and India is a country with rich cultural heritage. We have a mis-sion of empowering the youth of this country to build up a “New India which is a Skilled India” by cultural orientation blended with proper channeling of skills. Students are the future nation builders. Hence, the vision of empowering India through effective orientation of youth is envisaged.

Mission & Vision

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1. To help students from economically poor backgrounds and enable them to pursue studies in arts as per their interest by giving scholarships.2. To work for the upliftment of women, backward and minority communities and structurize programmes for their overall development.3. To work for the society and the people, taking into consideration their social, cultural and economic prosperity.4. To implement job orientation centres to create employment opportunities for the people who are devoid of jobs.5. To develop and design educational programmes in arts and culture for the benefit of students and society, taking into consideration the fast moving needs of the global society.6. To organize and conduct study classes for people who lacks technical and aca demic education.7. To preserve, promote and popularize the rich artistic treasures of Indian Culture and Heritage like theatre, music, dance, painting, photography, folk arts, kathakali, ottamthullal and Malabar arts with the prime focus on youth. 8. To propagate health consciousness in the society by organizing study classes, awareness classes and yoga classes.9. To develop and safeguard museums and galleries for preserving and exhibiting paintings, pictures, sculptures, other natural, traditional and important treasures, instruments, technical and philosophical inventions or products. 10. To nurture and promote the state tourism sector like cultural tourism and environmental tourism by conducting tourism campaigns and also by developing resorts and other associated institutions.11. To constitute awards, titles, honours for people and organizations who has given major contributions in the field of arts, literature, film, theatre, education, social, and overall contributions.12. To conduct national, international festivals, global workshops, camps in the arenas of dance, music, theatre, folk arts, education, literature, film and health.13. To provide help and assistance for people suffering from chronic diseases like heart diseases, kidney disorders or eye related diseases with treatment and surgeries.14. To design and develop programmes for the overall upliftment of economically backward people from forward community devoid of any other privileges from government or any other organizations.

MainObjectives

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advisoryBoard

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Guided by a set of highly professional, vibrant and experienced panel of personnel from the cultural and educational sector of the state, Kalabharathi could achieve its goals in a very short span of time. Our advisory panel of ex-perts are as follows : 1. Prof. C P Unnikrishnan. B.Sc. [Hons], M.Sc (Research)., M.Ed., Dip (Finearts)., Dip. (Vedanta) Principal- Kalabharathi College

The curriculum, and study materials of the Kalabharathi Diploma/Certificate courses in dance have been designed and prepared by a panel headed by Prof. C P Unnikrishnan. A physiologist, brilliant scholar and acclaimed academician, writer, choreographer and per-forming artist (Kathakali & Dance Dramas), Sri C P Unnikrishnan is a keen student and propagator of Bharata’s in Natyasastra (the oldest known treatise on Indian Dramaturgy) . A teacher by profession, he was the Head of the Department of sciences at the Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Ernakulam and has written many books in the field. Apart from the 18 Science & Educational research publications, ‘A Window to Kathakali’- (Pub: The RCM Printers Ernaku-lam), ‘Karanangal Oru Patanam’ (malayalam) – (Pub:the Sree Sankara School of Dance, Kaladi) & ‘Learning to Learn is Learning a Life Style’- (Pub: Self ) are the 3 short handbooks he has written for beginners in the respec-tive subjects. He is a lyricist and some of his productions, as classical drama have been tel-ecast by the State & the National DD.

2. Padmashri Guru Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Director –Academics & Research, Head- Department of Dance

Guiding panel of experts

An expertise in the field, she is an artist, teacher, choreographer for the past 50 years. She has to her credit many awards including Kerala-Kendra Sangeetha Nataka Akademi awards, State award for Mohiniyattom, the honour of “Padmashri”, Govt. of India at 2011.

3. Sri. Arackal Nandakumar M.A.Music (IInd Rank), U.G.C.(NET)Qual. ,

‘ Ganabhooshanam’-Dip(Vocal) Head, Department of Music,

A Musicologist, Composer and a Professor in Department of music at University of Calicut. He has a lot of famous musicians as his stu-dents to his credit. He is a renowned resource person and has presented a lot of papers and Seminars till date. He regularly takes classes and orientation sessions for the teachers in the Calicut University and was also the member of Screening committee ‘Song & Drama’ division, Govt. of India, 2010. The syllabus and study ma-terials in music has been prepared by a panel headed by him. 4. Smt. Sujatha Nair Head- Department of Skill Development

A highly experienced mentor and trainer, she was born and brought up in Delhi, and has more than 25 years of experience in the field of corporate training. She was the Manager of Syndicate Bank Ltd and has presented many papers, research works and published books in this field. 5. Sri. K I Shebeer BA (Literature), MA, MBA Director- Kalabharathi

A renowned cultural activist, organizer and writer , Sri K I Shebeer was the Convener of student welfare standing committee of Cali-

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cut University, organizing many National, University, Inter-university cultural festi-vals. He has also written and published a book of Malayalam poems- “VenalPakshi”. He has served as the Syndicate member, Senate member and Academic Council member of the University of Calicut for the years 2007-2010(3yrs).

6. Smt. Aparna B Marar Artist / engineer [B.Tech, M.Tech-pursuing]

Creative Director- Kalabharathi

An artist and an electronics engineer, she is the recipient of Kerala Sangee-tha Nataka Akademi Yuva Prathibha Pu-raskaar, 2010 in Mohiniyattom. She is also an ICCR empanelled artist and a member

International Dance Council, UNESCO, 2011. A recipient of National Scholarship in Mohiniyat-tom by Ministry of Culture, she is the winner of National youth festival, 2010 conducted by All india universities association and Ministry of Youth Affairs and a Doordarshan grade artist in Mohiniyattom.

7. Adv. Rajesh Pallippat (B A in Economics, LLB) Head- Placement & Career Guidance Cell

With a background of industry experience in the creative & media sector, in India & abroad, he is a perfect personality to guide students, choose their career of interest, also to contact with the industry persons for the purpose of placements.

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Ouractivites

The Kalabharathi foundation for Indian Cul-ture and Heritage is an umbrella organiza-tion that regularly organizes and conducts workshops/ festivals/ concerts/ performanc-es/ exhibitions and educational programmes etc.h benefiting the society at its best. The or-ganization which was initially constituted in the year 2004, found a new breakthrough in the year 2010 with the introduction of Indian Classical arts training programme at a large scale across the state, targeting the younger generation. The organization was registered as a charitable society in the same year as per

the 1955, Travancore-Cochin registration act of Literature, Science & Charity. Kalabharathi is active in the printing and publishing sectors contributing to the fields mentioned above.The formal inauguration of Kalabharathi was held on September 22, 2004 at the Sree Krish-na College Guruvayoor, by Dr. Sukumar Azhee-kode. The famous poet Prof. D. Vinayachandran was the chief guest. The welcome speech & the presidential addresses were delivered re-spectively by Prof. K Ravindranath (Principal, Sreekrishna College, Guruvayoor) and Sri. K I Shebeer, (Director, Kalabharathi).

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INAUGURATIONOFLItERAtURE

CAMP

FIRST ANNUAL DAY OFKALABHARATHI &

KERALA PIRAVI CELEBRAtION

Kalabharathi conducted a 2 day Literature Camp on December 21st and 22nd at Sree Kerala Varma College , Thrissur. Inaugurated by poet Sri. Ravunni, the camp was aimed at bringing out the creative skills of the stu-dents and was enriched with the presence of renowned writers Sri. Vyshagan, Prof. Sara Jo-seph, Sri Ashokan Cheruvil and poets Sri Aal-angode Leelakrishnan and Rafeeq Ahamed. Prof. K Raveendranath gave the presidential address and Sri. C Gopinath, Staff advisor, de-livered vote of thanks.

The first annual day of Kalabharathi & Kerala Piravi Celebrations were held at Sree Krishna college, Guruvayoor, on November 1, 2005, which was inaugurated by Sri Priyanandan, Film director. Cine artist Irshad and Rafeeq ahamed honoured the dais. The drama “Chak-ki’s Changaran” by Sri. Vinod and Binoy, Guest lecturers of Sree Sankara University Kalady, was staged on the day. This was a new expe-rience and was well appreciated by the audi-ence consisting of students, faculty members and others.

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Awarding Scholarship

Secondannual day of Kalabharathi

Kalabharathi has always played a fine-tuned role in activities that focus on the enhance-ment of art, artists and students. The institu-tion has devoted its activities also to render financial assistance to talented students and renowned-aged artists. The beginning was marked in the month of December, 2005 when 4 deserving talented students were given scholarships to pursue art studies. Dr. Shankaranarayanan distributed the scholar-ships on 2005 December 1, at SKC, Guruvay-oor. The general body meeting of Kalabhar-athi was held on the same day prior to the said programme.

The second annual day was inaugurated by Padhmasree Mattanoor Shankarankutti Marar, the renowned Chenda expert (percussionist). The Caricature show by the renowned carica-turist and cine artist Sri. Jayaraj Warrier added colour to the celebrations, at Sree Krishna Col-lege auditorium, Guruvayoor.

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General Body meeting &

ScholarshipDistribution

third annual day of Kalabharathi

As a follow up of the first year, scholarships were given to 4 students from poor financial background at the general body meeting on December 24, 2006 at GEC,Thrissur. Sri K I Shebeer, Director of Kalabharathi gave the Presidential address and the famous cultural activist C. Ravunny distributed the scholar-ships. Sri M. Swaraj, social worker, and Dr. C. Joshy, syndicate member- Calicut University, felicitated the days programme.

Padmasree Peruvanam Kuttan Marar , inau-gurated the 3rd annual day celebrations of Kalabharathi on August 20th, 2007 at the Sree Krishna College, Guruvayoor. As a step towards the promotion of young talents, Kalabharathi honoured young artists, includ-ing the prize winners of various school and college youth festivals. They were Sri. Ab-hishek Ammanath, Smt Sithara Krishnaku-mar, Kumari Aparna Marar, Sri. Aadarsh, and Sri. Vineeth K V. The function was presided over by Sri. K I Shebeer and Dr.Varkey, Syndi-cate member Calicut university, gave felicita-tion.

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General Body meeting &

CulturalProgramme

Fourth annual day &Gazal Concert

On December 28th, 2007 general body meet-ing was held at Sree Krishna College, Guru-vayoor. This was followed by a performance by Prof. C P Unnikrishnan.

Marking the fourth year, celebrations were held in a larger scale. Sri M Bhaskaran, Wor-shipful Mayor of Calicut inaugurated the programmes on August 7, 2008. The celebra-tions were held in association with the Cali-cut university union at the Malabar Christian College, Calicut. Sri. Rateeshkumar K Man-ikyamangalam, General Secretary, Calicut university union, presided over the function. Prof. C P Aboobackar – Syndicate member and Prof. V Rajagopalan, examination con-troller, university of Calicut felicitated the function. Sri K I Shebeer, Director, Kalabhar-athi, extended the vote of thanks. The gener-al body meeting was held and scholarships were distributed. A musical Gazal concert by Smt. Sithara Krishnakumar was conducted.

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Saamskarika Yathra

Fifthannual day &Celebration

With the expansion acquired in our range of activities and with a motto to spread arts amongst people of all doctrine and com-munities we conducted our second cultural journey, inaugurated by Padmashri Kalaman-dalam Gopi at Muthuvara on April 6, 2009. The inauguration was followed by a jazz performance by Abhishek Ammanath. Many renowned personalities and artists like Sri. Kalabhavan Mani, Padmashri Kalamandalam Gopi, Sri Irshad, Singers Arun Gopan, Sithara, Aparna Marar,Vineetha etc. participated in the journey at different places.

The annual celebrations were held on August 7th, 2009 at SKC auditorium, Guruvayoor and inaugurated by Dr. N R Gramaprakash, former Registrar Kerala Kalamandalam Sri C Ravun-ny, presided the function. Prof. R Bindu, Her Worshipful Mayor of Thrissur, Dr. M Sajeesh and Prof Sathidevi, felicitated the function. Sri K I Shebeer delivered the vote of thanks. The evening was showcased with the music show by Sri. Ratheesh Vega, Renowned Mu-sic Director.

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Print/Publication

Book Releasing Venal Pakshi

The second edition of the series of poems written by Sri. K I Shebeer and Sri. M Swaraj was published on May 23, 2010 at Kerala Sahithya Akademi hall, Thrissur by Sri. Pinarayi Vijayan. The Book was received by Sri. Priyanandan, the famous Film Director.

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AnnouncingIndian

Classical artstraining

Programme

Sixth annual day of Kalabharathi

The 6th annual celebrations, held on August 12th 2010 at SKC, Guruvayoor was inaugu-rated by Musician Arakkal Nandakumar. He officially declared the commencement of the Classical Arts training programme. This was widely accepted and appreciated. 2010-11 was the golden year for Kalabharathi, mark-ing new heights in its innovative ventures and setting new objectives. Adequate num-ber of programmes & workshops were con-ducted throughout the year.

The general body meeting was held on De-cember 11th, 2009 Inaugurated by Path-masree Kalamandalam Kshemavathi at GEC Thrissur. A new decision was made to reg-ister Kalabharathi as a trust and conduct training programmes in Indian arts which would benefit the student community to get transformed into skilled individuals. This was indeed an innovative venture, the fruits of which are seen ripening now.

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Celebrations of 150th birth anniversary ofSri. Rabindranath tagore

the Celebration of Anandhadhara

The 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the great poet and one of the master minds behind the idea Bharatham (India), was celebrated in association with the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, from October 22 to 25, 2010 at the state capital Trivandrum and the Cultural capital Thrissur. The festival showcased artists and art forms from different parts of the country with performances to pay tributes to the great master. The festival was conducted simultane-ously in 2 districts and inaugurated by Smt. Leela Samson, the noted artist who is the head of Kalakshetra, Chennai.

The celebrations began on 22nd October 2010 at Vailoppilly Samskrithi Bhavan, Trivandrum and was inaugurated by the Chairperson of Kendra Sangeetha Nataka Akademi and the Director of Kalakshetra Foundation Smt. Leela Samson. Sri. C.Ravunny, Secretary Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi gave the welcome speech and the function was presided by Sri. Mukesh, the Chairman of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi and Mr. Jayanth Kastuar, Secretary, Kendra Sangeetha Na-taka Akademi was the chief guest. Sri. V Shivankutty, MLA and Adv. Chandrika, Mayor of TVM was also present. Sri. K I Shebeer, Director, Kalabharathi delivered the vote of thanks. The inaugural ceremony was followed by a beautiful and breathtaking performance by Kalamandalam Venkity and troop from Kolkata. The Rabindra music and Rabindra Dance were the subjects chosen for performance.

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The second day was inaugurated by Sri. M A Baby, Hon’ble minister of the state for Culture & Edu-cation. Sri. ONV Kurup, Sri. Madhusoodanan Nair and Dr. K Omanakutty were the other dignitaries on the dais. This was followed by a scintillating performance of Mohiniyattom by Miss. Aparna B Marar, disciple of Guru. Smt. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy. She made the audience spell bound with her delicate expressions and choreography of Tagore poems: Geetanjali & Brahmin. Later Miss. Abrita Banerjee from Kolkotta, presented a concert of Rabindra Music.

The third day was graced by the presence of Sri. Sukumar Azhikode. Danseuse Pallavi Krishna presented a group choreography based on Tagore poems which won great appreciation from the audience.

Celebration ofNaatya geethanjali

State Level Inaugaration of Indian Classical Arts training Programme

The cultural capital, Thrissur witnessed the celebrations on 23rd of October 2010 at KT Muhammad Smaraka Hall, Regional Thea-tre. This was inaugurated by Sri. Sukumar Azhikode. The Mohiniyattam performance based on Tagore’s Geethanjali, by danseuse Vinitha Nedungadi on the first day exposed her choreographic skills. The second day was celebrated by the performance of Sri. Kala-mandalam Venkity and the third day, there was concert by Smt. Abhrida Banerjee, Kol-kata.

The state level inauguration of Indian Classi-cal arts Training programme was conducted at Government Engineering College, Thrissur by Sri. Mukesh, the Chairman of Kerala San-geetha Nataka Akademi on 16th May, 2011. “This is indeed a revolutionizing step and I congratulate Kalabharathi for having taken up this venture”, said Sri. Mukesh, in his in-augural speech. Sri. C Ravunny, Secretary of KSNA gave the welcome speech. “This will surely benefit the students and we wish all

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success towards it and thank Kalabharathi in initiating such a programme” said Prof. K. Ravin-dranath, Principal, Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur. Sri. K I Shebeer, Director Kalabharathi, Prof. G S Paul and Dr. N R Gramaprakash also rendered the felicitations . Calicut University Union General Secretary Vyshag also gave a vital speech and extended all the support from the students union, Calicut university for making the project a grand success. Sri. Siddarth, Secretary, students Union, Govt. Engineering college, delivered the vote of thanks. The general body meeting of Kalabhar-athi and the Annual Scholarship distributions were also held on the day.

Kalabharathi showcased the Anikai Dance program by Wendy Jehlin on January 31, 2011. The contemporary dance troop from Boston, USA enthralled the audience with the swift and sharp movements. The performance “He who Burns the Feet” staged at School of Dra-ma, Thrissur won great appreciation from the audience.

Contemporary danceAnikai Dance Programe

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Kalabharathi celebrated the World Dance day on April 29, 2011 at the K T Mohammed Smaraka Hall, Regional Theatre, Thrissur in as-sociation with Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Aka-demi. The programme was a new venture, in bringing together, selected 12 young and aspiring talents from different parts of Kerala together on a single platform. The famous poem of our National poet Sri. Subramanniya Bharathi “Agnikunchondru Kondein…” was choreographed by Sri. RLV Anand. This was inaugurated by the noted scholar Sri. Kan-joor Krishnan Namboodiripad. The musical-

This was a continuation of the series of the Tagore Jayanti celebrations. The func-tion was conducted on 10th May, 2011 commemorating the birthday of Sri Ra-bindranath Tagore at the CMS College, Kot-tayam. The programme was inaugurated by Padmashri Kalamandalam Kshemavathy. Sri. C Ravunny, Secretary of the Kerala San-geetha Nataka Akademi gave the welcome speech and Sri. K I shebeer, Director of Kalab-

World Dance Day Celebrations

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dance- drama was telecast by many channels and gained wide publicity. This conveyed a powerful social message and a deep philo-sophical insight into the concept of ‟“oneness” The program started with a Mallari, followed by 2 poems of Bharathiyar “Agnikunchon-dru kondein…” and “Bharathasamudayam Vaazhkave.”. 12 dancers namely, Kripa (cine artist), Meera Sreenarayanan ( state winner in dance), Anaghasree, Ajmi, Saranya ( Universi-ty winner in bharatanatyam), Lavanya, Aardra, Anidhara & Divya along with RLV Anand and Kalamandalam Jaya Anand staged the show.

harathi presided over the function. This was followed by the Mohiniyattom performance by Miss. Aparna.B.Marar, recepient of the Yuva Prathibha Puraskar constituted by the KSNA in Mohiniyattom and a 2 time winner of the Calicut University “Kalathilakam” title. Her choreography of the poems by Tagore- “Brah-min & Geethanjali” were appreciated by the audience.

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State Level Workshop on

‘taala’ from May 23-26,2011

Kalabharathi conducted a 4 day long work-shop on Taala in association with the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi at the Regional Theatre, Thrissur. Sri. Madurai. R. Muralidar an was the resource person and Prof. Un-nikrishnan was the camp director. The camp was inaugurated by Padmashri. Peruvanam Kuttan Marar, by Keli. Padmashri Kalaman-dalam Kshemavathy was the chief guest. Prof. G S Paul and Prof. N R Gramaprakash gave the felicitation speech. Sri. C. Ravunny gave the inaugural speech and Sri. K I Shebeer, Direc-tor of Kalabharathi presided over the func-tion. Sri. Nandakumar Arackel delivered the Vote of Thanks. The camp consisted of 50 del-egates from different parts of the state and abroad. Different topics like Introduction to Sooladi SapthaTaala system, its practice, la-ghu, Dhrutham, Anudhrutham, maatra, Ak-sharakaala, Jaathi, Gathi, Maathra etc. as well

as the techniques of composing a jathi in dif-ferent taalas, items viz. Alarippu, Jathiswaram, Varnam, Thillana were explained and taught. In the early mornings the camp trained the desiring delegates to internalize the stretch exercises which were specifically designed by Prof. Unnikrishnan for the benefit of dancers. The 4 day camp was well appreciated by the delegates and audience equally. Delegates composed jathis themselves and could learn more on the taalas not widely used in Kerala. The camp was attended by students, dance teachers, choreographers and musicians. Miss. Suprabha provided the vocal support and Sri. Kalamandalam Shyju & Sri. Vishag provided the Mrudamgam support. Delegates were given certificates by Sri. C Ravunny, Secretary, the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.

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Book Releasing Mohiniyattom oru

Kaipusthakam

Kalabharathi printed and published ” Mohin-iyattom-Oru kaipusthakam” a hand book for the students of the traditional classical art form of Kerala written by Dr. N R Gramaprakash, Ex-Registrar Kerala Kalamandalam on 26th May,2011 at Regional Theatre, Thrissur. The book was released by Padmashri Kalaman-dalam Gopi and received by Kalamandalam Hymavathy, Retd. HOD of Mohiniyattom, Kerala Kalamandalam. Sri. Njaralath Harigo-vindan played the instrument ‘Idakka’ during the Programme. Sri. K I Shebeer presided over the function. Smt. Kalamandalam Husainbanu gave the felicitation. Dr. N R Gramaprakash de-livered the vote of thanks. Prof.Unnikrishnan gave a brief talk introducing the book. The book gives an insight to the classical dance of Kerala, Mohiniyattom. It covers the various topics: origin, development, brief his-

tory of the art form, its present status, Kerala Kalamandalam and its founders. Theoreti-cal concepts like naayika bheda, rasa, bhava, anga, chaturvidabhinaya, dharmi etc. Sooladi Saptha Taala system, Hastas, facial makeup etc. Orchestration in Mohiniyattom is also de-scribed in the book. Besides the book gives a detailed description of the basic adavus in Mohiniyattom as practiced in Kerala Kala-mandalam and a brief note on the repertoire of items as designed in Kerala Kalamandalam. The book is also attached with a complete syllabus taught at the Kerala Kalamandalam, deemed University for arts. The book gives a clear picture of both the theoretical and the practical aspects of the soft and serene classi-cal dance of Kerala and is sure to benefit the beginners as well as the practitioners.

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teachers OrientationProgramme

FOUR REGIONAL ONE DAY WORKSHOPS ON

Naatyasasthra

Kalabharathi, with its objectives to maintain quality education regularly conducts orientation session to our faculty. The last orientation programme was conducted at Sahithya Akademi Hall, Thrissur on 30th November 2011. Theory orientation Classes were taken by Prof (Rtd.) Un-nikrishnan for Classical dance faculty and Prof. N.B. Nandakumar for Classical Music faculty. It has been very useful and gave deeper insight to participants to think further about classical dance and music.

Extensive one-day workshops on Natyashas-tra and the Module -1 of theory for the Diplo-ma and Certificate courses were conducted at four different regional centers of the state. The first workshop was conducted at Vimala College, Thrissur on 3rd December 2011, the second one was conducted at Malabar Chris-tian College, Calicut on 10th and the third workshop was held at S.H.College, Thevara

on 17th December 2011. The fourth one was conducted at Newman College, Thodupuzha on 18th, the same month and year. The classes were taken, integrating visual com-puter presentations by Prof. Unnikrishnan, a renowned scholar & researcher on Bharata’s Natyasastra. He is also the Director of Aca-demic and Research wing of Kalabharathi and Principal of Kalabharathi college.

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CHAIN WORKSHOPS ON TECHNIQUES ON INDIAN

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Workshops on the techniques of Indian clas-sical music were conducted at four different regional centres of the state. The first work-shop conducted at Vimala College, Thrissur on 3rd December 2011, The second one was conducted at Malabar Christian College, Cali-cut on 10th and the third workshop was held at S.H.College, thevara on 17th , the forth one

was conducted at Newman College, Thodu-puzha on 18th of December 2011.The classes were handled by the renowned musician, Sri Arackel Nandakumar, Chief of Music depart-ment, Kalabharathi and Prof. Sreelekha Pan-icker, Lecture – Maharajas College, Ernakulam.

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Kalabharathi State Level Workshop forDance & Music

Vimala College-Thrissur, 2011 December 30,31

Kalabharathi conducted a two-day state level centralised workshop on classical music and classical dance at Vimala College, Thrissur on 30-31 December 2011. Around 300 students from campuses across the state took part in various sessions, fine tuning their talents and delivering performance that promised the oriental arts is not stagnant, but charting new courses with ground breaking innovations. The workshop was inaugurated by veena maestro Sri. Ananthapadmanabhan. Poet C Ravunni presided over the inagural function. K I Shebeer, Director, Kalabharathi gave the welcome speech and Vimala college Prin-cipal Dr. Sister Lisy John and Kalakshethra N V Krishnan master were present on the dais.

Prof. Arakkal Nandakumar felicitated the function and Head of the Malayalam Depart-ment Vimala college, Prof. Jisha Elezabath ex-tended the vote of thanks.The Workshop, aimed at putting dance and music forms in a corporal perspective, at-tempted to put together a holistic perspec-tive on the art forms in terms of human anat-omy and health. The workshop emphasized the fact that the classical dance forms are meant not just to entertain the audience but also to train and maintain the body in order to perform on and off the stage. Kalakshethra N V Krishnan Master spoke about Basic rules of Classical Dance with special reference to Bharathan-

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atyam, suggestions and model practice and techniques of choreography. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy gave a lecture demonstration on Concepts and Interpretation of Mohini-yattam .Prof.Unnikrishnan spoke on healthcare and human physiology. V T Murali held a class on contemporary music and modern trends. Dr. Jayakumar, while conducting a session on music, laid stress on Vocology and voice pres-entation related to music. He detailed how the vocal system should be developed scien-tifically so that the throat can remain flexible and clear despite season and physical tem-perament.

Dr. P K Sreekumar spoke on the history of Indian classical dance and Dr. P K Vinod Kumar from Sri Sankaracharya Sanskrit College, Kalady, took a class on space time, season stage management and dancing.Arakkal Nandakumar conducted a session on the contribution of musical contempo-raries, and Pradeep Somasundaram gave a lecture on the influence of modern tech-nology in music.The camp was welcomed wholeheartedly and had active participation of the stu-dents of Kalabharathi across the state.

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Kalabharathi has conducted a one day workshop “Raga Identification and Notations” at Kalabharathi Academi’s auditorium in Thrissur, under the tutelage of AIR A grade artist and famous violinist “Edappally Ajith Kumar”. 72 students from various parts of Kerala attended the workshop.

In the workshop, Ragas such as Thodi, Kalyani, Karaharapriya, Keeravani, Ham-sadhwani, Sreeragam, Manirang, Nayaki, Gaurimanohari, Harikamboji, Pravihag, Suryakone, Rathipathipriya, and Notations such as Geetham, varnam, Swarajathi and Keerthanam were introduced.

State Levelone day Workshop on

MusicKalabharathi auditorium, Thrissur

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Kalabharathi has published a book titled “Sangeetha kalasaram” on music written by Sri.Arackal Nandhakumar at the Kalabharathi auditoruim, Thrissur. Kalabharathi director K. I. Shebeer presided over the function. Calicut University PVC Prof. K. Ravin-dranath released the Malayalam version of the book by giving the first issue to Smt. Jisha Elizabeth, HoD, Malayalam Dept., Vimala college, Thrissur. The English version was released by Prof. George. S. Paul and Violinist Edappilly Ajithkumar received the first issue. The English translator Ashish Venugopal introduced the book to the audi-ence. Co-ordinator Mohammed Yahiya gave welcome speech and the writer of the book Arackal Nandakumar expressed his gratitude.

Book Release

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Kalabharathi in its desire, to be more produc-tive in the mission of serving the artistic and skilled youth, has successfully introduced well structured career plus skill development pro-grammes, namely ‘Professional diploma in Performing arts(Dance/Music) and Skill devel-opment’, & ‘Career plus Life Skill Development Programme’ addressing the student commu-nity of the state, with a major focus on youth empowerment. Within this short span, we could associate with 60 integral schools/colleges of the state & in-troduced the Performing arts & Skill develop-ment programme as well as with more than 150 institutions/organizations of the state for Career plus Life skill Development training. Presently we have around 308 students on roll (majority of women candidates) for the Pro-fessional Diploma in Performing Arts & Skill Development & 20,000 students are already trained in Skill Development programme. Quality Policy.

Aims at maintaining the quality of education through · Faculty development· Updates of facilities· Continual improvement· Quality monitoring Cell· Students Performance tracking Kit

Departments :

1. Department of Dance :The Department under the head, Guru Pad-mashree Kalamandalam Kshemavathy is run-ning 4 educational programmes in 3 streams of Indian Classical Dance (Bharathanatyam/ Mohiniyattom/ Kuchipudy). We have 15 work-ing faculties & 57 identified reserve faculties in the department. The teachers are highly efficient with a basic qualification of Degree/

K a l a b h a r a t h iEducational Programmes

Post Graduation in the respective field & with a minimum of 5 years teaching experience. We also regularly conduct national workshops wherein classes are taken by eminent resource people in the country.Programmes offered: Diploma & Certification in BharathanatyamDiploma & Certification in Mohiniyattom

2. Department of Music :Headed by Prof. Arackel Nandakumar, the Mu-sic department is running 4 programmes with about 40 faculties. Besides we also have highly renowned external faculties who are our re-source persons who handles workshops, guest talks, lectures for the students.Diploma & Certification in Classical Music.Diploma & Certification in Light Music.

3. Department of Skill Development : The Career plus life skill development pro-gramme is designed & run by this department. There is a set highly skilled 56 faculties headed by Mrs. Sujatha Nair.

4. Placement & Career Guidance Cell :The Training and Placement is an integral and a very important part of the career of any indi-vidual, seeking right perspective and orienta-tion before entering into the professional mar-ket. In addition to the academic background in the respective field, the candidates do need to develop their personality, acquire communica-tion skills and positive attitude for a job. Kalab-harathi, has an exclusive Placement & Career guidance Center for taking care of the above activities and for proper guidance of its stu-dents to become aspiring professionals in the field of their interest. Adv. Rajesh Pallipat who is also the Project development Manager, Kalab-harathi is the head of this cell

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About the PresentProgrammes

1. Life Skill Development Programme Duration : [40 hrs] Professional Life skill Development pro-grammes to transform the students into mas-sive assets by developing their communication skills, confidence and personality. Our pro-grammes are person-centric and we focus on self expression, professionalism and leadership qualities thereby developing a complete skilled individual. We have already trained around 20,000 stu-dents in about 150 colleges/centers/ organisa-tions in a systematic fashion under the guid-ance of the some of the finest corporate trainers of the country. Curriculum focuses on the rising demands of the society and adapting students into the pace by developing their skills. A comprehensive textbook/ study material meeting up the quality, has also been prepared by our expert panel.

2. Diploma in PerformingArts Duration : min.1yr-max.4 yrs[174 hrs] :

The Department of Performing Arts & Skill development has jointly formatted a com-plete new educational programme that not only enhances the artistic talents but develops a complete new professional with all the re-quired skills. A wide range of career prospects is opened to the young aspirants in sectors of En-tertainment, Tourism, Multimedia, Acting, teach-ers, corporate trainers, etc or self employment. The pupil devoid of formal education can also take part in these programmes thereby utiliz-ing their talents too for the country. The curricu-lam and study materials have been prepared systematically, by the Academics and Research wing, headed by expertise in the respective fields, taking into consideration, the socio-eco-

nomic-cultural & traditional aspects, to get a pro-ductive output , strengthening the Country.

The curriculum is shaped into 3 terms covering Various theoretical and practical aspects of the respective stream of arts( Indian classical dance-Bharathanatyam/Mohiniyattom/ Kuchi pudy & Indian Music- Carnatic Music) Separate subject of Skill development (incl udes- communication skills, personality devel-opment, leadership and group discussions, en-trepreneurship skill development etc.) which is common for all students. Emphasis on quality education with the most modern trends of learning through seminars, projects, discussions and centralized workshops. We conduct 3 major workshops, one for each term wherein the classes are taken by eminent professionals of the Country, in the respective field. Various allied subjects with fruitful career op-portunities related to the field are dealt here like dance therapy, voice culture, stage & light man-agement, make up and costume designing, etc. There are 16 credits for the course of study with 6 credits for theory including terminal ex-aminations and assignments and 10 credits for practicals which includes performance, aptitudes, attendance etc. A comprehensive textbook for each different streams- Indian Classical Dance & Indian Music prepared by our advisory panel are givens to the students. Continuous evaluation scheme consisting periodic assessments, assignments etc. We provide the students with the highest standards of teaching and mentoring with a highly skilled faculty, having a basic qualification of a degree in their respective stream of teaching from a recognized university or 5 years teaching experience.

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Those Students who have an aptitude for the arts and have undergone a basic training are el-igible for the admission and can undergo these programmes along with their formal education, wherein the classes are conveniently scheduled as evening classes, Saturdays, Sundays and holi-days. Studying this programme, also provides the students with following range of skills sought after by all types of employers:· Confidence· Self-presentation· Teamwork and collaboration· Time management and organisational skills· Self-awareness· Self-discipline· An open mind and the ablitity to move be- yond boundaries and experiment with diff- erent ideas· Communication skills· Analytical, critical and research skills· The ability to cope with criticism and learn from it· Stamina.

EMPLOYMENT OPPURTUNITIES :This sector has a wide stream of employment oppurtunities to choose from, like :

Actor · May perform before a live theatre audience or through audio, TV and film recordings.

Dancer ·often works as a freelance artist. Very often dancers work on collaboration projects with other art forms such as multimedia, drama and music.theatre director ·has responsibility for the overall practical and creative interpretation of a dramatic script or musical score, taking into account the budg-etary and physical constraints of production.Dramatherapist ·or music therapist - combines dance, drama or music with therapeutic techniques to help patients to recover from emotional or physical conditions.Musician/ singer ·in films, own compositions, music directions etc.Community arts worker ·engages various community groups, often from underprivileged backgrounds, in creat-ing, adapting and performing different types of work. Arts administrator ·manages, promotes and organises the run-ning of arts premises, schemes and bodies. This could include deciding on seasonal pro-grammes, marketing, obtaining or providing funding, budgeting and finance.theatre stage manager ·Responsible for ensuring that rehearsals and actual performances run smoothly in terms

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of timing, props and technical coordination. May have drama training, come from voca-tional courses or begin as an assistant stage manager.Broadcast presenter ·hosts radio or TV shows or provides the announcements and continuity links between these programmes.Higher education lecturer ·or further education lecturer - lectures on the practical and academic aspects of the per-forming arts. Secondary school teacher ·teaches dance, drama or music to 11-18 year-olds, giving some broad general educa-tion in these areas and preparing for other ex-aminations.

Diploma/ Certification in Heritage tourism Diploma in Women Developmental studies.Diploma/ Certification in Dance Medicine Diploma/ Certification in Theatre Arts.Diploma/Certification in Instrumental Music.Diploma/ Certification in Martial Arts- Kalari, Yoga.Diploma in Sound engineering.Certification in Nattuvangam.Certification in Cutural event management.Certification in Vocology.Certification in Art Criticism.Certification in Stage Management.Certification in Costume DesigningShort term Certification in Professional Makeup

UpcomingProgrammes

Self employment ·running a dance studio/ music studio , in-stitutes etc. Often actors and dancers will or-ganise workshops and creative laboratories to expand their art form, as well as applying for funding for self-created art projects. Many dancers and actors will also start their own company with a particular art form style that they want to explore. ·Other career areas open to performing arts graduates include retail, finance, social work, travel and tourism and marketing. ·Employers include local government, arts organizations, education institutions, industry, the National Health Service (NHS), leisure com-panies and voluntary organisations.

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Kannur[1 Node]

Wayanad

Kozhikode ( Calicut )[3 Nodes]

Malappuram Palakkad [1 Node]

Thrissur[2 Nodes]

Idukki [1 Node]Kochi

Ernakulam[4 Nodes ]

Kottayam [2 Nodes]

Alappuzha

Pathanamthitta

Kollam

Thiruvananthapuram[2 Nodes]

16 Nodes-Under 1 Centre

Kazarkode

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Kalabharathi Professional Diploma in Performing Arts & Skill developmentProgramme center’s

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The “Kalabharathi Centralised campus” is placed in the heart of the city near to Sree Kerala Varma College. It is an eco-friendly campus with a 7000 sq. ft building space, a 2000 sq. ft auditorium, an open air amphi stage, library and class rooms in a serene environment. Classes as well as cen-tralized workshops are run here in various disci-plines of classical dances, music, martial arts, skill development etc. There is also an administrative office at Patturaickel, Thrissur.

Kalabharathi training campus provides compre-hensive training to its students in the diverse art forms of the country & believes in imparting traditional values to the students. The college, in addition to the main campus and adminis-trative head office, has nodal centers (schools/colleges as study centers) spread across the state. A highly qualified and experienced fac-ulty panel guides the students. The educational programmes run in various nodal centers are monitored by the centralized campus. Periodic orientation workshops for the faculty for qual-ity monitoring are also held here. The placement & Career guidance cell, which provides perfect

guidance for students to become profession-als, is also functioning inside the campus. There is also an Academic & Research Center for In-dian Arts in the campus.

Kalabharathi Auditorium :

A creative platform which is a cultural space, constructed in about 2000 sq.ft for conducting centralized workshops, exhibitions, programs, recitals, seminars & discussions for both Kalab-harathi as well as other cultural forums. Classes are also conducted in the auditorium.There is also an open air stage in addition, wherein these programmes, talks etc. can be conducted.

Library :

Kalabharathi has a library with around 1000 books in this various fields of art, science, cul-ture, literature, business, as well as journals in this field. The library council of Kalabharathi.President : Sri. K I ShebeerSecretary : Mrs. Aparna Marar

Kalabharathi Centralized CAMPUS

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The education and research wing of Kalabharathi called “Academic Research Centre for In-dian Arts” is handling the academics and research arenas like designing the course structure, curriculum, preparation of study materials etc. This is headed by experts in the respective fields. The curriculum of our courses has been designed in such a way so as to benefit the stu-dents making them self sufficient and keeping in mind, the trends of the scenario. Academics & Research Centre also forms a platform for Young researchers who wish to do research & higher studies, in the field of art & culture .Prof. C P Unnikrishnan & Guru Padmashree Kalamandalam Kshemavathy are the heads of Academics and Research Center. We also have a number of scholarly resource people, who continuously study the demands & pace of the society and develop innovative educational programmes benefiting the students.

Our publishing wing called “Kalabharathi Publishers” serve for printing and publishing maga-zine, books, prints and others related to and for contributions in the field of art and culture. We have already published many books in the field. Our study materials are also printed & published by this section.Kalabharathi , as a new step, is in the preparation of an exclusive Cultural Magazine, a very first one of its kind, in Kerala. It will give a deep insight into the various disciplines of art, culture, heritage, literature, dance, music, theatre and entertainment. The magazine introduced as both hard copy as well as e-magazine will surely be an inspiration towards the Indian Herit-age & Culture. Recent Publications :

Academic & Research Centre for

Indian Arts

Kalabharathi Publishers

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Kalabharathi’sclasses at various centres

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Kalabharathiadministrative office

Kalabharathischool of arts education

Door No.51/110, Third Floor Capital Tower, Thiruvambadi P.OPatturaikkal, Thrissur Dist.

Keralavarma College Road, Kanattukara, West fort, Thrissur

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The concept called “Creative Leadership” is gaining maximum ground in the modern competent world wheather it is business, politics, sports, education or service sec-tor. Besides all these arenas we emphatically focus on art and culture, because for us everybody is an artist in his own way. There seems to be a widespread belief that Creative Leadership is a must thing in any walk of life. The Indian Institute for Crea-tive Leadership is the brainchild of such a positive and ambitious thinking. We want to thrust creative professionalism in every mode of life.

We focus on developing and using creative leadership in the face of complex chal-lenges. Complex challenges are situations or contexts that defy existing approaches or solutions. They need to be addressed with a creative frame of mind. It demands rational skills such as planning, analyzing and decision making. Our aim is to provide any individual with ample exposure to develop creative leadership competencies through professional workshops and meticulous interactive sessions.

Indian Institute of Creative Leadership (IICL) has conducted six days of state level workshop on career plus life skill development programme for the students of kalabharathi from 10th -13th and 19th, 20th May 2012 at Kalabharathi Campus, Thrissur. Smt. Sujatha Nair (Corporate Trainer) was the co-ordinator of the workshop. The participants were exposed to various personality and skill (Proffessional and life) development exercises during the workshop. Communicative and intractive skills were the other main topics in focus.

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Manager- FinanceK Muhammedkutty

Darul-E-MaanKorattikkara(PO)

Perimpilavu

Manager – Administration Dr. Sreelekha Balram

Villa No.20, Skyline Kingsmead villas,Cheroor road

Thrissur

Manager- Operations & Public Relations

Mr. Renjith BalajiTC-21/344 B-55,

Kowdiar Gardens, KowdiarThiruvananthapuram

Manager- Project Development &

Creative SectionAdv. Rajesh Pallipat

“Karunyam”West Nada, Guruvayoor

Manager- Publications:Anoop P B

“ Podiyada House”Eranellur (PO) , Kechery

Chief Programme & Academic Coordinator:Latha Nair

“Ram Nivas” Pallippat HouseP.O.Valappad-Thrissur Dist

Programme Coordinator Yahiya

Safa ManzilMadathilamthodi, Mavoor.P.O

Kozhikode Dist

Administrative section

Academic Coordinator Shyju P A Rehiman

team- Creative Solutions Pramod(Pappan)Mooleppat HouseKanjirathingal,Kattakampal.P.OThrissur Dt.-680544

Anoopkumar K.KKariyathil HousePengamuck.P.O, MooleppatThrissur Dt-680544

Regional Co-ordinators Rahul.R“Lavanyam”, Mundemmad RoadPallikkara-Nileshwar.P.OKasargod-Kerala

Arun Kumar Eswaranhighcourtan HouseT-C 15/621, Bennet RoadKalathode-Ollukkara Thrissur Dist

Anil A. KaderAmbalath veetil HouseVenmenad-PavarattyThrissur Dist.

Ranjith.O.ROttali houseKanattukara, Thrissur Dist