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Spread over almost 100 acres by the seashore in Chennai, the Kalakshetra Foundation, as it is known today, is a vital centre for the study and performance of fine arts. SIFAS Festival 2024. 27 April 2024 | 7 PM. Venue: Esplanade Theatre. Admissions Open 2024. Last date: 31 May 2024. Announcements.
Kalakshetra was central to Rukmini Devi’s life, but she was absorbed in many other activities as well. She was a highly accomplished orator and travelled the world speaking on art, philosophy and animal welfare.
Visual Arts. True to the aspirations of the founder Smt. Rukmini Devi, Kalakshetra was founded “in order that India may once again revive and develop its ancient culture and set a standard of true Art in its new life after freedom”. Read More.
Kalakshetra Foundation, formerly simply Kalakshetra, is an arts and cultural academy dedicated to the preservation of traditional values in Indian art and crafts, especially in the field of Bharatanatyam dance and Gandharvaveda music.
The intent of the institute has been to create a consummate performer, an adept dancer, with a thorough understanding of the theoretical, literary and musical basis of the traditional art. Therefore, language, music and theory are subjects that support the main subject of study.
Kalakshetra Foundation as it is known today was recognised by the Government of India as an Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament in 1993 and is now an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Sep 26, 2023 · 27 April 2024 | 7 PM. Venue: Esplanade Theatre. Admissions Open 2024. Last date: 31 May 2024. Read more.
The Kalakshetra tradition of purity and excellence in design is preserved by the use of exclusive patterns and colour combinations and custom-made printing blocks. Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya, a close friend of Rukmini Devi and a renowned advocate for craftwork in India, initiated the Centre’s experiments with natural dyes in the 1950s.
Situated on a 100 acres campus in southern Chennai in a distinctively simple style of architecture, is Kalakshetra Foundation, an important physical and artistic landmark of India. Kalakshetra is a haven within the city – a sprawling campus of natural beauty beside the sea.
Spread over almost 100 acres by the seashore in Chennai, the Kalakshetra Foundation, as it is known today, is a vital centre for the study and performance of fine arts. There are three libraries on the campus: 1. Rukmini Devi Library: The library has a collection of 5219 books from Smt. Rukmini Devi’s private collection.
