Poshak Puralekh In 2019-2020, CICD celebrated its almost 40-year-old costume archive with its project Poshak Puralekh, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. This project looked at around 300 costumes accumulated since the Centre was formed...

‘RASIKA’ was an inter-generational arts-based social inclusion initiative. The project was supported by Big Lottery Fund to deliver a ten week programme of dance that engaged different cultures and supported organisations within the area culminating...

“Manah Dasha” (Mental Health) Project, designed to aid people with varying mental health needs to alleviate their symptoms and aid their lives in achieving greater fulfilment. Holding a series of workshop sessions in contemporary and classical Indian...

“Abhilekh” is an Indian word in the Sanskrit language for Archive. In celebration of 35 years of the Centre for Indian Classical Dance and UK-India 70 Years of Culture we have been creating our own “Abhilekh” in partnership with Leicester Museum Services,...

In 2012 CICD launched its archival project called ‘Karman’, funded by Heritage Lottery Fund. A Living Archive project, exhibiting performances and personalities behind thirty years of groundbreaking Indian classical dance in the East Midlands. ‘Karman’...