Indian national level academy for performing arts
Sangeet Natak Akademi
(
The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama
in
English
) is the national level academy for
performing arts
set up by the
Government of India
.
History
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It was set up by the Indian education ministry on 31 May 1952 and became functional the following year, with the appointment of its first chairman, Dr.
P. V. Rajamannar
.
Dr Rajendra Prasad
, the first
President of India
, inaugurated it on 28 January 1953 in a special function held in the
Parliament House
. The academy's
Fellowship
and
Award
are considered very prestigious.
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Functions
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Rabindra Bhawan, Delhi which houses the Sangeet Natak Akademi,
Lalit Kala Akademi
and
Sahitya Akademi
.
The academy functions as the apex body of the performing arts in the country to preserve and promote the vast cultural heritage of India expressed in music, dance and drama. It also works with governments and art academies in states and territories of the country.
SNA established several institutions over the years:
Centers:
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In addition, the Akademi
- Subsidizes the work of institutions engaged in teaching, performing or promoting music, dance, or theatre
- Gives grants to aid research, documentation and publishing in the performing arts
- Organises and subsidises seminars and conferences of subject specialists
- Documents and records the performing arts for its audio-visual archive
- Renders advice and assistance to the government of India in the task of formulating and implementing policies and programmes in the field
- Carries a part of the responsibilities of the state for fostering cultural contacts between regions in the country, as well as between India and the world
- Organises its annual festival of music, dance and theatre in NCT Delhi.
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Facilities
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The academy is an important source of information and offers the following facilities.
Audio?visual archive
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The academy's audio-visual archive has several audio/video tapes, photographs and films. It is the largest archive of its kind in the country and is extensively drawn upon for research on the performing arts of India.
Library
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The academy maintains a reference library consisting of about 22,000 books.
Books on several subjects including
Dance
,
Drama
,
Music
,
Theatre
,
Sociology
,
Folklore
,
Tribal Studies
,
Indian History
and
Culture
,
Indian Art
,
Religion
and
Epics
,
Mythology
,
Anthropology
and
Reference
works such as
Encyclopedias
,
Dictionaries
,
Yearbooks
,
Bibliographies
,
Indexes
and
Newspaper
clippings about Academy Awards and eminent artistes in the field of performing arts, can be found here.
Gallery of musical instruments
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The academy has a museum-cum-gallery of musical instruments in
Bhapang vadan
, New Delhi. There are more than 200 musical instruments on display here.
Documentation unit
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It has a documentation unit that collects and records works of masters in the field of music, dance and theatre on audio and video to help researchers. The academy produces several in-house publications.
Awards and fellowships
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The
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
is the highest national recognition given to practicing artists, gurus and scholars. It carries a
purse money
of
Rs.
1,00,000/-,
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a
shawl
, and a
tamrapatra
(a
brass
plaque
). The number of awards given annually is 33 at present and, till date, over 1000 artists have been honoured.
Each year the Academy awards
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships
,
Ratna Sadsya
, to distinguished individuals for their contribution to the field of arts, music, dance and theatre. The first Fellow of the Akademi was elected in 1954, and till date, the Akademi has honoured 123 eminent personalities as Akademi Fellows (Akademi Ratna).
Instituted in 2006, in memory of
Ustad Bismillah Khan
, this award is given to young artists (under 40 years of age) for their talent in the fields of music, dance and drama.
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On the occasion of the commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of
Rabindranath Tagore
Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna and Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Puraskar were conferred. These awards were given at events in
Kolkata
? Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Samman on 25 April 2012
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and in
Chennai
Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Samman on 2 May 2012.
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Kala Deeksha Initiative
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Sangeet Natak Akademi has started Kala Deeksha Initiative which is carrying on Guru Shishya Parampara. It was launched by Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, Shri
G. Kishan Reddy
.
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Indian classical dances
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The Sangeet Natak Akademi confers awards on nine
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Indian classical dance forms:
- Bharatanatyam
: originating in
Tamil Nadu
- Kathak
: originating in Northern India
- Kathakali
: originating in
Kerala
- Kuchipudi
: originating in
Andhra Pradesh
- Manipuri
: originating in
Manipur
- Mohiniaattam
: originating in
Kerala
- Odissi
: originating in
Odisha
- Sattriya
: originating in
Assam
- Chhau
: originating in
Jharkhand
,
Odisha
and
West Bengal
See also
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References
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