Sessions, Speakers, Subjects
| Session 1: Saturday 27th April - 10:00 AM - Foot Prints of Heritage - Celebrating Cultural Legacy of Indian Dance in USA | Maya Chadda | Early Indian classical dancers of USA |
| Asha Gopal | Dance traditions of East in the Western USA | |
| Asha Acharya | A cultural phenomenon in USA | |
| Hema Rajagopalan | Indian Classical Dance and Main Stream American audience | |
| Moderator | Dr. Padmini Seshadri | |
| Session 2: Saturday 27th April - 11:30 AM - Young Dancer's Challenges in USA | Deepti Naville | Establishing Dance schools |
| Shambhavi Dandekar | Riyaz in the context of American lifestyle | |
| Samanvita Kasthuri | Dancing after Arangetram | |
| Aparna Kalyanaraman | Challenges for independent dancer | |
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| Session 3: Sunday 28th April - 11:00 AM - Movement and Mime in Indian and American Art forms | Dr. Alice Bloch | Modern American Movement |
| Dr. Padmini Sridhar | Mysore Style of Bharathanatyam | |
| Prasanna Kasthuri | Adaptations of movements for non-Indian themes | |
| Maya Chadda | Observations of movements since 1970s | |
| Moderator | Hema Rajagopalan | |
| Session 4: Sunday 28th April - 12:00 AM - Story telling - a contribution of different dance Styles from East and West | Pratibha Prahlad | Abhinaya and Story telling |
| Smitha Rajan | Story telling in Mohini Attam | |
| Danette House | Stories from Ozark - A knot of Blue and Grey | |
| Dr. Christine Knoblauch-O'Neal | Story telling in Ballet | |
| Festival Keynote Speaker | Padmashri Pratibha Prahlad | A scholarly remark on the conference |