The SPIC MACAY Experience

Dear Friends,

I am happy to forward an invitation received from the SPIC MACAY for participation in its ANUBHAV Program.It is a rare opportunity for our students to experience the tutelage of best gurus in the field of performing and visual arts.

An extract of the program as received from SPIC MACAY is forwarded for your information and participation please. The last date for registration is 20 MAy 2020,the week long program commences on 01 June 2020.

For the past 43 years, SPIC MACAY has been striving tirelessly to enrich the quality of formal education among adolescents and youth by raising awareness about various aspects of Indian heritage and motivating young minds to imbibe the values contained therein.

During the current COVID-19 crisis, SPIC MACAY is making an effort to connect teenagers and youth online with the best of classical music, dance, and other art forms plus provide them a special creative experience. This special series of ‘SPIC MACAY Anubhav’ will be conducted from June 1st to 7th (poster attached) and will be streamed live on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/spicmacay.

Sitting at home yet in an ashram-like routine the adolescents and youth will get an opportunity to connect with some of the greatest ‘Gurus’ through various activities like Classical Music and Dance, Intensives, Workshops, Talks, Nad Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Theatre, a Cinema Classic, Folk Arts and Crafts, Heritage and Environmental interactions establishing a deep chord with Indian cultural heritage. Some of the renowned artists who are expected to participate in the SPIC MACAY Anubhav Series are as follows:

Padma Vibhushan Awardees: Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Vidhushi Teejan Bai, and Vidushi Yamini Krishnamurthy

Padma Bhushan Awardees: Pandit Rajan and Pandit Sajan Mishra, Shri M T Vasudevan Nair, Shri Ghulam Sheikh, Prof. T N Krishnan, Dr. Prabha Atre and Shri Javed Akhtar

Padma Shri Awardees: Ustad Shahid Parvez, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar, Vidushi A. Kanyakumari, Smt. Shabana Azmi and Ustad Rashid Khan

(the detailed program schedule is attached)....click here

Please register yourselves before 20 May 2020 through the link, https://spicmacay.org/Convention/anubhav/registration, and book a spot for this unique cultural 'experience'. The select students will get the opportunity to participate in virtual workshops under the mentorship of ‘Gurus’.

This program is open to students from all over the world. We can get whole schools registered ( even 5000 students from a single school), but we must have 20 special names from each school. All students who register must have good internet connectivity at their homes, a desktop or laptop dedicated to their use for the one week, and also the support of their parents and a teacher ( for school students).It will be a very rigorous program from 3.45 am to about 10 pm (almost continuously) for about one week with an overnight session on the 6th of June. All sessions must be attended. This may kindly be kept in mind by those registering.The poster and the schedule is attached to assist you in your registration.

Looking forward to your enthusiastic participation

Warm regards

Malini Narayanan

Chairperson NPSC