Dancing with the amateurs
A dance festival in the Capital where ordinary people from all over the world, and not prim-and-proper professional dancers, perform the many different forms of Indian classical dance. HT Image Indhradhanush Delhi, a three-day dance festival, looks to promote young enthusiasts who love performing arts but don’t earn their daily bread and butter through performances. “This annual festival began in 2008 in a bid to encourage youngsters who don’t belong to families of professional classical and folk dancers, but have talent and passion for the art,” says Kanaka Sudhakar, founder president of Sunaina. What: Indradhanush Dance Festival When: January 12 to January 14; 6pm onwards Where: Azad Bhawan Auditorium, ITO NEAREST METRO STATION: Pragati Maidan on the Blue Line
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