A P State Level Theater Arts Festival For Children

The A P State Level Theater Arts Festival for children has started at the Jawahar Bal Bhavan, and will be on till end of this month. Around 350 children from 48 different Bal Bhavans in the State are taking part in this festival. Children from each Bal Bhavan Kendra will showcase their local folk dance forms every evening.

This festival aims to encourage children to take up various Indian dance forms. Organizers at the Jawahar Bal Bhavan have arranged get-togethers and seminars on various cultural aspects by eminent personalities from various cultural fields. Eminent personalities from different fields of culture will talk to the children and give them insights on various cultural aspects in the State.

Theater expert K V Bhaskar Rao will deliver a lecture on personality development in theater for children on the 28th (Wednesday). Rama Devi (Former Tamil Nadu Governor) and Dr C Narayana Reddy are also scheduled to interact with children and talk about theater with them.

The detailed list of events scheduled is as below:

January 28
10.30am - 1.30pm: Interaction with K V Bhaskar Rao
2.00pm - 4.00pm: Interaction with Parody King Guruswamy
5.00pm - 9.00pm: Cultural Programs

January 29
2.00pm - 4.00pm: Mimicry Srinivas to teach Ventriloquism
4.00pm - 7.00pm: Visit to Annapurna Studios

January 30
9.00am - 1.00pm: Interaction with Sarvodaya Trust
2.00pm - 4.00pm: Magician Ramesh to divulge his trade secrets to children!

January 31
Various cultural programs

Please contact Ramu, Director, Jawahar Bal Bhavan, at 2323-3956, 2324-2214 for further details.