University of Pune (UoP) - Workshop on Dance by the Centre of Performing Arts, University of Pune
March 10-11, 2005
The Centre of Performing Arts, University of Pune has recently organized a Workshop on Dance. Sonal Mansingh - renowned Odissi Dancer and Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi participated and shared her experiences.
She said, "If dance is relegated to the back burner today, we should feel responsible for it and ashamed that this has happened. Today, actresses, we are told can ‘also’ dance. They may learn dance for a year or two and call themselves dancers. But in dance, there is no ‘also’ because this art form demands total devotion. There’s no place for amateurs in dance".
Lectures and Demonstrations are presented as a part of the workshop.