World Dance Day festival at LATITUDE 28

Geeta Chandran’s Natya Vriksha is marking World Dance Day with a two-day festival at India International Centre in New Delhi on April 25 and 26. (broadwayworld.com) The 19th edition brings workshops, lecture-demonstrations, panel discussions and performances by senior and emerging dancers under one program. The event is supported by India’s Ministry of Culture and hosted at India International Centre. (broadwayworld.com) (hindustantimes.com) Day one opens with a Yangshak Movement Workshop led by Imphal choreographer Surjit Nongmeikapam from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The practice draws on Manipuri traditions, breath work, weight shifts, the spine and the martial art Thang-Ta. (broadwayworld.com) (hindustantimes.com) The same day also includes “Pravāhita,” an illustrated lecture-performance by Sucheta Bhide-Chapekar with Arundhati Patwardhan and Sagarika Patwardhan. The presentation places three generations of Bharatanatyam dancers on the same stage. (hindustantimes.com) (thepatriot.in) The evening Young Dancers Festival, or Yuva Nritya Utsav, features Bharatanatyam dancer Karuna Sagari of Chennai and Kathak dancer Ameera Patankar of Pune. Reported timings place Sagari at 6:30 p.m. and Patankar at 7:45 p.m. on April 25. (hindustantimes.com) (travellersworldonline.com) Day two returns to the Yangshak workshop in the morning and then shifts to a panel titled “AI & Dance: Challenges and Opportunities.” The speakers are Anita Ratnam and Madhu Nataraj. (travellersworldonline.com) (broadwayworld.com) That mix of classical training and technology debate is the point of the festival’s curation. Chandran said she wants a space where “classical practice meets curiosity” and where audiences can encounter dance as both inheritance and inquiry. (hindustantimes.com) Natya Vriksha says its World Dance Day program has been held with India International Centre every year since 2008. It has grown from evening performances into a two-day format with workshops, talks, films, panels and the Young Dancers Festival. (natyavriksha.com) The original prompt around LATITUDE 28 appears to be off. LATITUDE 28’s own site lists its Defence Colony address, but the World Dance Day festival now being promoted for late April 2026 is scheduled at India International Centre, not the gallery. (latitude28.com) (broadwayworld.com)