SANGEET NAT~AKADEMI . ANNUAL REPORT 1990 ..91 Emblem; Akademi A wards 1990. Contents Appendices INTRODUCTION 0 2 Appendix I : MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION (EXCERPTS) 0 53 ORGANIZATIONAL SET-UP 05 AKADEMI FELLOWSHIPS/ AWARDS Appendix II : CALENDAR OF 19900 6 EVENTS 0 54 Appendix III : GENERAL COUNCIL, FESTIVALS 0 10 EXECUTIVE BOARD, AND THE ASSISTANCE TO YOUNG THEATRE COMMITTEES OF THE WORKERS 0 28 AKADEMID 55 PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION Appendix IV: NEW AUDIO/ VIDEO OF RARE FORMS OF TRADITIONAL RECORDINGS 0 57 PERFORMING ARTS 0 32 Appendix V : BOOKS IN PRINT 0 63 CULTURAL EXCHANGE Appendix VI : GRANTS TO PROGRAMMES 0 33 INSTITUTIONS 1990-91 064 PUBLICATIONS 0 37 Appendix VII: DISCRETIONARY DOCUMENTATION / GRANTS 1990-91 071 DISSEMINATION 0 38 Appendix VIll : CONSOLIDATED MUSEUM OF MUSICAL BALANCE SHEET 1990-91 0 72 INSTRUMENTS 0 39 Appendix IX : CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHEDULE OF FIXED CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS 0 41 ASSETS 1990-91 0 74 LIBRARY AND LISTENING Appendix X : PROVIDENT FUND ROOMD41 BALANCE SHEET 1990-91 078 BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS 0 41 Appendix Xl : CONSOLIDATED INCOME & EXPENDITURE IN MEMORIAM 0 42 ACCOUNT 1990-91 KA THAK KENDRA: DELHI 0 44 (NON-PLAN & PLAN) 0 80 JA WAHARLAL NEHRU MANIPUR Appendix XII : CONSOLIDATED DANCE ACADEMY: IMPHAL 0 50 INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 1990-91 (NON-PLAN) 0 86 Appendix Xlll : CONSOLIDATED INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 1990-91 (PLAN) 0 88 Appendix XIV : CONSOLIDATED RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 1990-91 (NON-PLAN & PLAN) 0 94 Appendix XV : CONSOLIDATED RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 1990-91 (NON-PLAN) 0 104 Appendix XVI : CONSOLIDATED RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 1990-91 (PLAN) 0 110 Introduction Apart from the ongoing schemes and programmes, the Sangeet Natak Akademi-the period was marked by two major National Academy of Music, international festivals presented Dance, and Drama-was founded by the Akademi in association in 1953 for the furtherance of with the Indian Council for the performing arts of India, a Cultural Relations. The first of task in which it cooperates with these events-India International counterparts in the States and Puppetry Festival (1-15 voluntary organizations all over September 1990)-was perhaps the country. Through the first lndian festival of a sponsorship, research and comparable scale, involving 28 dissemination it seeks an countries of Asia, Europe, enhanced public appreciation of America and Africa. As part of music, dance and drama, together the festival the Akademi also with a quickened exchange of organized an ambitious exhibition ideas and techniques for the of puppets-'Putul'-from India common gain of Indian and abroad (3-24 September). A performing arts. The objects of symposium (3-5 September) on the Akademi are more 'International Trends in specifically stated in its Puppetry'-another associated Memorandum of Association event-brought together (excerpts: Appendix I). puppeteers and experts from During the period reviewed various countries. The major here (April 1990-March 1991) traditions of puppetry worldwide Shri K.S. Kothari retired as received a measure of Secretary of the Akademi after representation in this seven active years in office. international festival. During these years he was The second of the two instrumental in implementing international events-India several schemes which extended International Dance Festival the operations of the Akademi (8-25 December 1990)-was over many parts of the country. likewise the largest dance He was also active in the exposition held in India in recent organization of some major years. The festival involved 23 presentations of music, dance countries including 27 Indian and theatre which brought the groups and solo dancers in Akademi a higher national performances at various venues profile. in the Capital. A dance workshop At the close of this period, the (,Towards an Open Technique') Akademi lost its Vice-Chairman, and a symposium (,Dance: Plural Shri Rajinder Paul, who passed Vocabularies of Movement') away suddenly on 31 March were also organized on the 1991. An outstanding critic of occasion. Performances in the Indian theatre, Shri Rajinder Paul festival-from Asia, Europe, is best known for his magazine America, Africa-covered a wide Enact, a live forum for comment range of classical and on contemporary theatre contemporary expression in throughout the '60s and '70s. dance. The dance workshop, Elected Vice-Chairman of the conducted by the faculty of the Akademi in August 1988, Shri American Dance Festival, Rajinder Paul served the provided an opportunity to Akademi with zest, and was young Indian dancers for training responsible for new initiatives in in modern dance. The several spheres. symposium held Ott the occasion was devoted to an examination of of these performers have later parallel approaches and attained wider recognition in the applications in various dance country. styles. The puppetry and dance Bhakti Sangeet Samaroh, a festivals are reported in some festival of devotional music, detail elsewhere in this Annual featured a wide range of Report together with select devotional music including Baul photographs. songs of Bengal, Gurbani of Some of the other events Punjab, Abhang from presented during this period Maharashtra, Quawwali and include Lok Utsav '90 (6-10 Bhajan. Several well-known folk November 1990) in Delhi, and classical musicians were Nrityotsava (28 January-1 represented in the festival, the February 1991) at Bhubaneswar, second devotional-music event Bhakti Sangeet Samaroh (7-9 organized by the Akademi in the March 1991) at Patiala, and past few years. The earlier seven­ Sampada (20-22 March 1991), a day festival, Bhakti Aur Sangeet, festival of tribal dances, at had been presented in 1986. Mandla in Madhya Pradesh. Lok Sampada, organized in Utsav-an annual presentation of association with Madhya Pradesh traditional music, dance, and Adivasi Lok Kala Parishad, theatre-involved some 250 featured the dances of seven performers from all over the tribes of Madhya Pradesh: Baiga, country. Among these were three Gond, Muria, Bhil, Oraon, notable artistes honoured with Bharia and Dorla. It was the first Akademi Awards: Lalchand festival of its kind in the tribal Yamla Jatt, Rameswar Pathak, district of Mandla and attracted Vithabai Narayangaokar. (The large audiences throughout its latter two were conferred their duration. The festival also made Awards in 1990). From 1984, possible substantial recordings when Lok Utsav was first for the audio/video archive of presented, the festival has the Akademi. established itself as a national Natya Samaroh-the National exposition of the traditional Theatre Festival-featured five performing arts of India. It has select plays from 24 new made possible a large body of productions staged in the Zonal archival recordings and helped Theatre Festivals during the representation of our folk period. The Zonal/National heritage at home and abroad. Theatre Festivals were begun in Nrityotsava was again one of a 1984, offering a platform to series of festivals-Yuva Utsav­ young directors for experimental launched in 1985 to support and work. A hundred and forty new promote young talent in classical productions have been presented music and dance. The 13th event in these festivals through in the series, the festival was subsidies from the Akademi. representative of the major Several of the new plays have Indian classical dance styles: later won wider recognition in Bharatanatyam, Kathak, the country. While the scheme Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri, earlier supported experimental Chhau, Mohiniattam. Over 250 work drawing upon the resources young musicians and dancers of traditional theatre, it now have participated in Yuva Utsav admits new theatre of all variety. presentations in past years, held Some 422 hours of new chiefly in non-metropolitan audio/video recordings were towns and cities. A fair number added to the Akademi's archive 3 during the period. Running the Kendal, noted Shakespearian gamut of Indian performing arts, actors/directors, became the first this collection now comprises foreign nationals to be conferred some 5118 hours of audio an Akademi Award in 1990. recordings, 1024 hours of video (This year onwards, the recordings, over one lakh feet of Fellowships and Awards of the 16~mm film, and 92170 Akademi are open also to foreign photographs and transparencies. nationals who have contributed This collection is largely the to the performing arts of India. ) work of the Akademi's The Award ceremony and documentation unit, augmented festival, scheduled in early 1991, by copies from diverse sources. had to be postponed for New additions in 1990~91 unavoidable reasons. (Appendix IV) constitute a Among Akademi publications variety of music, dance, theatre, to appear during this period was and puppetry. A large part of a major work on classical Indian these recordings come from the dance-Swinging Syllables: festivals organized by the Aesthetics of Kathak Dance-by Akademi during the period. In Prof. S.K. Saxena. Originally particular, the India International commissioned by Kathak Kendra Puppetry and Dance Festivals for the benefit of its students, the afforded the opportunity to book is a full~length analytical video~film diverse performances study of Kathak as an art form. from all over the world. There Two special issues of Sangeet were also a number of studio Natak, the quarterly journal of recordings of both classical and the Akademi, also appeared folk music. during the period. While the first As a specialized agency of these dealt with the 'Nartaki in involved in cultural exchange Indian Dance', the second was between India and other devoted to 'Indian Shadow countries, the Akademi hosted Pnppetry'-a compilation of the during this period a SAARC papers presented in the Workshop on Documentation of symposium on 'International Musical Traditions. The Trends in Puppetry'. A special workshop was the second number of Sangeet Natak on gathering of South Asian experts Hindi film music is planned in for a sharing of information and the year ahead. approaches to preserve the Kathak Kendra, Delhi, and musical heritage of the region.