Abu Dhabi: 400 students to take part in ISC-UAE Open Youth Festival

Abu Dhabi: 400 students to take part in ISC-UAE Open Youth Festival

Competitions to be held in different forms of Indian classical and semi-classical dances

Published: Wed 18 Jan 2023, 5:53 PM

Around 400 students are expected to participate in the three-day ISC-UAE Open Youth Festival to be held in Abu Dhabi from Friday.

India Social and Cultural Centre (ISC), Abu Dhabi, is organising the event after a gap of three years, noted its president D. Natarajan.

“This is a festival, which helps to showcase the artistic abilities of students residing across the UAE,” he said during a press conference.

General secretary P. Sathyababu said competitions will be simultaneously held at five different venues of the centre.

“We expect the participation of around 400 students from various schools and educational institutions.”

The competitions will be held in different Indian dance forms, including Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, folkdance, semi-classical, and various forms of music like Carnatic, Hindustani, light music, mono act, fancy dress, drawing, painting and so on.

Treasurer Limson K. Jacob said that the competitions will be held in five age categories.

“There will be five categories: kids (3 to 6 years), sub-junior (7 to 9 years), junior (10 to 12 years), senior (13 to 15 years) and super-senior (16 to 18 years).”

Apart from prizes for first three winners, the best