Dance writer-critics honoured

The five-day Natya Kala Conference's valedictory event was held on Dec.31 morning at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar. 

Senior dancer Yamini Krishnamurthy was the chief guest. Awards were given to writer-critics Sunil Kothari, Lakshmi Venkataraman and Nandini Ramani.

Dancer Swapna Sundari was the convener of the conference. It was held over five mornings and the theme ' Looking Again', allowing artistes who presented papers to re-look at characters who have dominated themes in classical dance.

As was the case with Natya Darshan, the attendance of dance students was small.