gurgaon though its ambit is to maintain the civic infrastructure of the city the municipal corporation of gurgaon seeks to do much more like playing host to cultural events this foray is as much an endeavour to promote art and culture to as wide an audience as possible as it is to introduce the charms of dance and theatre to schoolchildren since march this year the mcg has been organising shows across the city every weekend showcasing everything from haryanvi folk rock and qawwalis to plays comedies and dance recitals on the first saturday of may it staged chukayenge nahi an adaptation of notable italian actorplaywrights cant pay wont pay at the openair theatre in leisure valley in sector 29 and there are productions lined up at the same venue for the rest of the month now the mcg has tied up with spic macay to host dance lecdems in 15 municipal schools before the schools close for the summer holidays from may 20 to may 31 spic macay will be bringing dance artistes to government schools for lectures and demonstrations shared vishav deepak trikha consultant art and culture nagar nigam this will be a good way for the children to learn about dance and also to learn to appreciate dance forms said trikha the mcg has also associated with the national school of drama to organize a monthlong theatre workshop june 1 to 30 at bal bhavan sector 4 students from the 9th to 12th standards will be invited to audition following which around 40 kids will be selected to take part in the workshop so folks young and old can experience a gamut of cultural programs every weekend while schoolchildren can prepare for an immersion in drama and dance thanks to the mcg indias cultural traditions will become accessible to all gurgaonites giving them plenty of nourishment for the soul