Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: ‘Vande Bharatam’ is a dance competition event being organized by the Ministry of Culture on behalf of Ministry of Defence, under the aegis of Republic Day Celebration- 2023. The Ministry of Culture has entrusted the task to North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC), Patiala to conduct State and Zonal Level Competitions in solo and group dance under this initiative in its member States – Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and U.T’s of Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. This is a competition of folk/Tribal, Classical and Contemporary/Fusion dances for the artists in the age group of 17 to 30 years. The participants submitted entries online at mygov.in portal. A total of 77 entries (consisting of 722 group/solo artists) have been received from the participants of NZCC’s member States – Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and U.T’s of Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
Walk in participants will also be allowed in case they report at the respective venues by 11:30 morning. The State level competition for the participants of UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will be conducted by the NZCC at Teacher Bhawan Auditorium, Jammu on December 7, 2022. The State level winners will compete in the Zonal level competitions to be held at Kalagram, Manimajra, Chandigarh on December 9, 2022. The winners of Zonal level competitions will participate in the grand finale of National level competition at Delhi.
Prominent personalities in the field of art & culture will judge these competitions. The Vande Bharatam Nritya Utsav is being organized by the Ministry of Culture to select around 500 participants from all across the country who would be part of a special choreographed presentation on the theme of ‘Naari Shakti’ which is one of themes for the Republic Day Parade-2023 at Kartavya Path, New Delhi. |
