Lok Sabha Question No. 2794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-20
Subject: International Festival of Dance
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2794 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2017

## INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE

## 2794:  SHRI G. M. SIDDESHWARA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning to organise an International Festival of Dance in India;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof and the venue of the said festival along with the names of the participating countries;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether any programme of such kind had been organised in the past in India; and
- (e)   if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) to (e):  No, Madam.  However, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), an organisation  under  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  has  been  organizing  an  annual  event called 'International Dance and Music Festival'. The latest edition of the International Dance and Music Festival was organized by ICCR in New Delhi from 10-19 January, 2017.  The next edition of the Festival is being tentatively planned from 13-15 January, 2018 at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi. The details of the event and venues alongwith participating countries held since 2014 is given at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2794 due for answer on 20.03.2017

## Details of the events organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)

| 1.    | International Dance & Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 27 th October to 3 rd November, 2014   | International Dance & Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 27 th October to 3 rd November, 2014   | International Dance & Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 27 th October to 3 rd November, 2014   | International Dance & Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 27 th October to 3 rd November, 2014   |
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| (i)   | 10-member 'Gakku' Dance Ensemble group                                                                | Kazakhstan                                                                                            | 27 th Oct to 1 st Nov. 2014                                                                           | Delhi & Jaipur                                                                                        |
| (ii)  | 6-member Aswara Dance Company                                                                         | Malaysia                                                                                              | 27 th Oct to 1 st Nov, 2014                                                                           | Delhi & Jammu                                                                                         |
| (iii) | 13-member Dance & Music group                                                                         | J&K, India                                                                                            | 29 th to 30 th Oct, 2014                                                                              | Delhi                                                                                                 |
| (iv)  | 2-member Dance group                                                                                  | Russia                                                                                                | 28 th Oct to 2 nd Nov, 2014                                                                           | Delhi & IIT Roorkee                                                                                   |
| (v)   | 5-member Shye Ben Tzur group                                                                          | Israel                                                                                                | 29 th to 31 st Oct, 2014                                                                              | Delhi                                                                                                 |
| (vi)  | Dani Pannullo Dance Theatre                                                                           | Spain                                                                                                 | 29 th Oct to 3 rd Nov, 2014                                                                           | Delhi & Ahmadabad                                                                                     |
| 2.    | International Dance and Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 17 th January to 24 th January 2016  | International Dance and Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 17 th January to 24 th January 2016  | International Dance and Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 17 th January to 24 th January 2016  | International Dance and Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 17 th January to 24 th January 2016  |
| i)    | 20 member Mani Puri Group, India                                                                      | India                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                     | Delhi                                                                                                 |
| ii)   | 7 Member Dance & Music group                                                                          | Kyrgyzstan                                                                                            | 17-24 January 2016                                                                                    | Delhi, Guwahati & Kolkata                                                                             |
| iii)  | 5 Member dance presentation by'the Rainbow Island'                                                    | Mauritius                                                                                             | 17-24 January 2016                                                                                    | Delhi, Lucknow & Allahabad                                                                            |
| iv)   | 10-Member group 'Arpeggio Creative Dance and Drama Academy'                                           | Sri Lanka                                                                                             | 16-23 January 2016                                                                                    | Goa, Delhi, & Jammu                                                                                   |
| v)    | 9-member Dance & Music group                                                                          | South Africa                                                                                          | 15 - 21 January 2016                                                                                  | Bhopal & Delhi                                                                                        |
| vi)   | 7-Member Dance presentation by Tanjai Kamalaa Indira Dance school                                     | Malaysia                                                                                              | 17-23 January 2016                                                                                    | Chandigarh, Delhi & Bangalore                                                                         |
| 3.    | International Dance & Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 10 th January to 19 th January, 2017   | International Dance & Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 10 th January to 19 th January, 2017   | International Dance & Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 10 th January to 19 th January, 2017   | International Dance & Music Festival at Kamani Auditorium from 10 th January to 19 th January, 2017   |
| (i)   | 10-member Contemporary dance group                                                                    | Germany                                                                                               | 10-20-January, 2017                                                                                   | Delhi, Goa, Baroda & Mumbai                                                                           |
| (ii)  | 15-member dance & Music group                                                                         | Vietnam                                                                                               | 12-19-January, 2017`                                                                                  | Delhi, Bangaluru & Trivendrum                                                                         |
| (iii) | 10-member 'Akkerbez' National Dance Ensemble group                                                    | Kazakhstan                                                                                            | 6-15 January, 2017                                                                                    | Port Blair, Guwahati, Shillong & Delhi                                                                |
| (iv)  | 5-member 'El Darado Perfroming Art' group                                                             | Guyana                                                                                                | 12-19 January, 2017                                                                                   | Delhi & Jaipur                                                                                        |
| (v)   | 11-member 'Abaveli Maskandi' dance & music group                                                      | South Africa                                                                                          | 10-15 January, 2017                                                                                   | Chandigarh & Delhi                                                                                    |
| (vi)  | 26-member 'State Dance Ensemble' group                                                                | Belarus                                                                                               | 12-16 January, 2017                                                                                   | Kolkata & Delhi                                                                                       |
| (vii) | 7-member 'Samudra Performing Arts' group                                                              | Trivandrum                                                                                            | 13-16 January, 2017                                                                                   | Delhi.                                                                                                |