Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi has launched ‘VandeBharatam-NrityaUtsav’ as part of AzadiKaAmritMahotsav to commemorate 75 years of independence of India. Top selected 480 dancers from the All India Dance Competition will perform during the cultural programme at Republic Day Parade 2022 at Rajpath, New Delhi.
The prime objective of this competition is to select the top dancing talent from across the country and provide them the opportunity to perform during the cultural programme at the Republic Day Parade 2022. This final performance will take place on January 26, 2022 at Rajpath, India Gate (New Delhi).
The VandeBharatam group dance competition will open digital entries from 17th November 2021 for the district level. The competition which will be held progressively at District, then State, Zonal, and finally culminating at the National Level will provide participants with an opportunity to perform in front of an august audience including the Hon’ble President at Rajpath. Participants can perform in of the four dance categories, namely, Classical, Folk, Tribal and Fusion/Contemporary and ultimately 480 dancers will be eventually selected as winners. Smt. Lekhi said that the Prime Minister has envisioned AzadikaAmritMahotsav in the spirit of Jan Bhagidari. It is important to take the celebrations and programmes to the grassroot level involving the people from across India.
