Chhandayan Diwali Festival 2022
Chhandayan Diwali Festival 2022 is one of most exciting events of the year. It is being set up in an appropriate venue at the Franklin Park Arts Center in the Loudoun County, Virginia. The weekend will be filled up with dance and music performances, workshops on several branches of Indian dance and music, seminars, discussions, etc. Different group of dancers and musicians are going to showcase their talents. Alongside young performers veterans will also perform and teach. It will be filled up with a lot of fun and social interactions. We invite all to come and enjoy, irrespective of background. Let this festival of light illuminate us all.
On Friday October 21st there will be performances from 7 to 10 pm.
Saturday October 22nd will be a day full of all kinds of events and performances from 11 am until 10 pm.
Program:
Friday, October 21st, 7 to 10 pm
7.00 pm - Snehesh Nag (sitar), Monir Hussain (tabla)
7.45 pm - Supriya Dutta (vocal), Indranil Mallik (tabla), Anirban Chakraborty (harmonium)
8.30 pm - Arpita Rakshit Sabud (Odissi dance),
9.15 pm - Oindrila Roy Mallick (Bharatanatyam dance)
Saturday, October 22nd, 11 am to 10 pm
11.00 am - Seminar discussion: Pursuit of Indian Music being Born in the USA.
Facilitator: Monir Hossain, Participant young performers in the festival
12.00 pm - Seminar discussion on The Use of Different Elements of the Body in Indian Classical Dance Forms. Participants - Sandip Mallick (kathak dancer), Arpita Rakshit Sabud (Odissi dancer), Radhika Samson (Odissi dancer), Aditi Bhattacharya (Kathak dancer)
1.00 pm - Lunch break
2.00 pm - Talents for the Future:
Ved and Aditya Bala (tabla duo), Anshuman Mukhopadhyay (tabla solo), Abhiraman Senthilkumar and Mahilan Guha (tabla duo), Adarsh Tolat (tabla solo), Digonto Chatterjee (tabla solo), Noelina Arciniegas, Andrew Singh, Aditya Joshi (tabla trio), Kanjonavo Sabud (sitar), Vikram Mukherjee (tabla)
5.00 pm - Tabla workshop by Dibyarka Chatterjee
6.00 pm - Dinner Break
7.00 pm - Kunala Roy (Hansaveena), Aditya Phatak (tabla)
7.45 pm - Biplab Mukherjee (vocal), Dibyarka Chatterjee (tabla),
Anirban Chakraborty (harmonium)
8.45 pm - Aditi Bhattacharya (Kathak dance)
9.15 pm - Radhika Samson (Odissi dance)
Please contact us at programs@chhandayan.org for more information.
Registration
You can register for the entire festival or any day/s of the festival.
Please don’t forget to buy your meals in advance, by October 21st noon. There will also be snacks and beverages at the venue.
A small processing fee has been added to offset PayPal charges.
Food
We are making both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals available for purchase. On Saturday 22OCT, both lunch and dinner will be available. Please order any meals you want below. All food orders must be placed by Friday 21OCT 12 pm