Press Release

Pt. Birju Maharaj and Pt. Hariparasad Chaurasia to perform at SPIC MACAY NSI, Pune

SPIC MACAY is organizing its annual National School Intensive (NSI) 2011 from 24^th -30^th December 2011 at Delhi Public School, Pune . This national level event will draw school students from all over the country who will get a feel of an inspiring Gurukul-like environment during their seven-days stay on the campus. The NSI will feature classical music and dance concerts, folk forms, talks and intensives of music, dance, theatre, art and craft conducted by great masters from these fields. In addition, there will be film screenings of cinema classics by Satyajit Ray, Charlie Chaplin, Akira Kurosawa and Shyam Benegal, There will be Hatha yoga and Naad yoga sessions daily and heritage walk on the last day. We also aim to showcase authentic elements of Maharashtrian culture and holistic cuisine to students coming from the length and breadth of India.

Over these seven days the students will be exposed to the very best of Indian heritage with maestros like Pt. Birju Maharaj, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pts. Rajan and Sajan Mishra, Prof. T.N Krishnan, Vidwan T.N Seshagopalan, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Guru Kalamandalam Gopi, Ustad. Abdul Rashid Khan, Smt. N. Rajan, Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande,  Pt. Venkatesh Kumar, Vidushi Malavika Sarukkai, Vidushi Sunayana Hazarilal, Vidushi Shruti Sadolikar, Ustad Bahauddin Dagar, Shri Uday Bhawalkar and others. This will enable the students to enrich and inspire themselves through an elevating experience.

This year more than 350 students from schools will make DPS Pune their home for seven days. Mr. Sanjiv Kumar, head of the Takshila Education Society which runs the DPS schools at Pune, Patna and Ludhiana, impressed by the impact of NSI-2010 which he organized at DPS Patna, decided to host NSI-2011 at DPS, Pune. For further details on registration and other information, one may contact:-

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