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Fulki is an interactive and creative Art based workshop for Children between 8-15years of age.The workshop aims at bringing children together in a fun learning space where they can explore their interests and talent by learning different forms of art including theater, dance, public speaking, yoga etc. The workshop focuses on the exploration of artistic self-expression and creativity through group learning and experimenting with different activities in an open, highly expressive, joyful environment.
The activities would include story telling, reading, sketching/painting, mono-acting, apart from dance, yoga, theater and public speaking.
Age Group: 8 to 15 years
Duration & Timing:
Saturday and Sunday, 2hours each.
Workshop Venue: Benargatta Road. (Address would be given on registration)
Classes start this Saturday: 09-Feb-2007
Coach: Different art forms would be taught by budding artists in the town. Please call Sindhu on 99455 29509. You could also mail at sindhuja@gmail.com or ashuuini@gmail.com
February 6th, 2008
Kathakali Performance of Sthri Vesham by PROBAL GUPTA on 20-Jan-2008 at 6:00pm at The Smriti Nandan Cultural Centre, 15/3, Palace Road, Bangalore 560052
About the Centre:
The Smriti-Nandan Cultural Centre is a non-commercial Centre dedicated to the arts. It is an organization committed to the opportunity for current and future generations of Bangalore to continue to appreciate traditional notions of culture as well as to learn about its various forms through cultural programs. The centre is the brainchild of Mrs. Lalita Ubhayaker, world renowned exponent of Hindustani classical music, patron of the arts, philantropist and activist.
Smriti-Nandan Cultural Centre is located in the heart of the city of Bangalore, just off Palace Road in a tree lined space with traffic sounds hushed by old trees. A landscaped garden with a flowing cascade gives it the soothing ambience of a forest glen. (Map Attached)
Every month Smriti-Nandan conducts a diverse range of cultural programs that caters to the interests of different members. Our cultural programs focus on Philosophy & Spirituality, Theater, Literary Event, Design, Film, Music, Craft, Art, Dance and many more topics.
About the Performer:
PROBAL GUPTA
Probal Gupta is a devout student of Guru Govindan Kutty and FACT Padmanabhan. He has given many performances in India and has been given rave reviews for his Sthri Vesham presentations.
Guru Govindan Kutty, after studying in Kerala Kalamandalam, ventured out to teach in ‘DARPANA’, of Mrinalini Sarabai in Ahmedabad and gained a lot of experience in dance presentation and teaching techniques. He than moved to Calcutta and taught in Rabindra Bharati University there. He focused on teaching solo dancing in Kathakali and he worked specially with Abhinaya in Sthtri Vesham [Men playing the role of dramatic female characters]. FACT Padmanabhan, in Kerala, also specializes in the same field.
About the Performance:
Kathakali (”story play”) is the classical dance drama of Kerala, which dates from the 17th century and is rooted in Hindu mythology. Kathakali has a unique combination of literature, music, painting, acting and dance.
Kathakali draws heavily from drama and is danced with elaborate masks and costumes. Kathakali recitals are generally long and while other dance forms are more emotive than narrative, Kathakali is both. It combines dance with dialogue to bring myth and legend to life in the temple courtyards of Kerala. The dancers use their stunning costumes and make-up, with the accompaniment of drums and vocalists, to create various moods and emotions.
Kathakali is the classical dance-drama of Kerala, South India, which dates from the 17th century. Kathakali has a harmonious combination of literature (Sahithyam), music (Sangeetham), painting (Chithram), acting (Natyam) and dance (Nritham). All the five forms of art have a very important place in this combination. Its literature is narrative , poetic and dramatic. Costumes are of vivid colours, facial makeup is done by the artist himself and a distinct headgear made of wood is worn during the play. The Aharya (Make-up) has many faces like Pacha, Kathi, Thadi, Minukku etc.
Archisman Panigrahi,
For Smriti Nandan Cultural Centre,
15/3, Palace Road
Bangalore - 560 052
Karnataka
Telephone: 91-80-2225-8091
91-80-6597-9732
Mobile: 91 98862 64616
www.smritinandan.org
January 9th, 2008
Calling all college students of Bangalore!
Here is an opportunity to rekindle the creative spark in you and show the world your vast reservoir of talents. Yes, the Rasa Fest is round the corner and there are loads of opportunities awaiting the talented. A full-fledged, inter-collegiate festival, Rasa Fest, is exclusively designed as a platform for you to rediscover your immense creative potential through a host of creativities… drama, dance, music, poetry, elocution, dumb charades, painting and what have you.
Rasa Fest is all about your familiarity with the rich Indian culture. Grab this opportunity to showcase your special skills and also tell the world with pride about your Indian heritage and its deep roots. Come; let us celebrate our glorious culture and legacy of our ancestors through these inter-collegiate competitions. There is no entry fee and all of you can participate with zest.
Rasa Fest will be held from September 24th to 29th, 2007;
Web: www.iskconbangalore.org
ADDRESS: ISKCON, Hare Krishna Hill,
Chord Road, Rajajinagar 1st Block,
Bangalore-560 010
VENUE: Multi Vision Theatre & Open Air Theatre
TELEPHONE: 2347 1956, 2357 8346
CELL: 93412 11119
Email : krishna@iskconbangalore.org
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September 17th, 2007
Dance/Theatre
07.09. 2007, 7.30 p.m.
Ranga Shankara
Tickets available at Ranga Shankara and MMB
World premiere: June 25 at Festival Montpellier Danse 2006
Three percent of the world’s population are migrants. But the world of the rich has a problem with this minority. Their escape from a settled existence at home towards an uncertain future does not exactly elicit increased hospitality. In between the law and police practice, they flutter like tents in the wind.
Tents dance.
Due to their great necessity, Helena Waldmann’s pieces are amongst the most important current political works in dance. Following the International Fadjr Theatre Festival in Tehran in 2004, she was the first western choreographer to run a workshop for women from the Islamic Republic. The work Letters from Tentland was born from this fruitful get-together, with the support of the Dramatic Arts Center Tehran and the Goethe-Institut. It premiered a year later, at the Fadjr Festival.
2005. The triumphal march of the tents went around the world for one year, and after 43 performances in 17 countries, Helena Waldmann changed the perspective of the piece for the Montpellier Danse Festival 06. The Iranian Letters from Tentland were now overwritten, answered and sent Return to Sender by exiled Iranian women. So statements were transformed into answers by return mail.
Gerardo SanzThe bodies of the female performers disappear in the tents, but you can feel their inner tension. In Letters from Tentland, six Iranian actresses capture the audience with their anger, their wishes and dreams, but also their call for tolerance and cultural difference. In Return to Sender, six exiled Iranian women succeed in formulating a passionate plea for freedom. In this piece as response, the dance is about the supposed liberties of exile. The women perform in tents which their colleagues from Tehran have left behind, and which both groups use to veil their desires. For the exiled, the tent is a symbol of their unstable lives and also a piece of home which they cannot rid themselves of. They move on the dividing line between the two cultures, and heavily bump into both sides. So the tents whirl around like wind blowing from two directions, they fold and unfold, ripping up like envelopes with letters from exile tumbling out. Locked-up moving messages that speak of home as a puzzle of memories, of imminent deportation, of being inbetween, being different. And between the lines we can read how they fight against fear, how they try not to be controlled by fear.
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August 31st, 2007
Pt Birju Maharaj is currently the leading exponent of the Lucknow gharana of the Kathak dance. Even though dancing is his first love, he has an excellent command over Hindustani Classical Music and is an accomplished vocalist as well. He took kathak to new heights by choreographing Kathak dance dramas where he blends movement and dramatics to unveil a surreal beauty of the subtle dance form of kathak. He is widely acclaimed not only as a performer but also as an inspiring guru, having successfully trained numerous students in India and abroad. At present besides his own events, he is actively involved in holding kathak workshops across the globe.
Pt Birju Maharaj is holding a three day workshop in Bangalore. The workshop aims at targeting dance lovers across all styles and forms to get a better understanding of Kathak dance, styles within the form, music, rhythm, tempo and the subtle nuances of presenting the dance form on the stage and how the dance form can be amalgamated and blended with different styles to unfold a story, a song or expression.
This workshop is being organized by Murari Sharan Gupta – disciple of Pt. Birju Maharaj who is carrying forward the legacy of the Lucknow gharana style of Kathak, here in Bangalore at Shankara Foundation.
The workshop in Bangalore is slated for 19th August, 21stAugust and 22nd August. The workshop will be held at the Koramangala Club, Bangalore. The three day workshop will include lectures, demonstrations and practical involvement of all the participants. The workshop will be beneficial for any individual with an interest in the area of dance.
The last date for the registration to the workshop is 15th August, 2007. Strictly no walk-ins .For more details contact: 9880212072/9886759716; E-mail: murarisharangupta@gmail.com
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August 7th, 2007
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