MANASA – ART WITHOUT FRONTIERS FESTIVAL

Looking Back to Move Forward – Continuity and Change in Classical Dance

 

SEMINAR AT THE ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II FROM 10:00 TO 13:00

Sharing Classical Dance for 21st Century Youth via Media and Lec-Dems

Speakers: Kamalini Dutt, Founder/Director Doordarshan Archives with Sudha Gopalakrishnan – Sahapedia, Rupi Mahendroo – SPIC MACAY, Paulami Guha –IRCEN, Shubendra Rao, Sharon Lowen  
 

PERFORMANCE AT C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

Choreographic Premieres 

By young classical dancers including Carolina Prada – Chhau, Divya Dikshit – Kathak, Vasudevan, Katyayani – Bharatanatyam, Purva Dhanashree – Vilasini Natyam

MANASA – ART WITHOUT FRONTIERS FESTIVAL: 25 TO 27 JULY 2018

 

Looking Back to Move Forward – Continuity and Change in Classical Dance

The festival hopes to facilitate the intersections between visual, performing and other art forms, both traditional and contemporary, and will include performances, seminars and an exhibition

 

EXHIBITION AT THE ANNEXE ART GALLERY FROM 25 TO 31 JULY 2018, 11:00 TO 19:00

A Dancer Looks Back: Sharon Lowen’s 45 Years in India, curated by Sanjit Debroy

An exhibition of photographs by Sharon Lowen, well-known Odissi dancer and guru

 

Inauguration on 25 July 2018 at 17:00

 

The exhibition presents a retrospective of never seen before photographs of classical and folk dancers taken between 1973-78 and 1981-90 in Delhi, Kolkata, Imphal, Seraikella, Baripada, creating a historical record of the cultural activity of the time. Before arriving in India as a Fulbright Scholar, Sharon prepared to document her sojourn by including studying photography at the University of Michigan as part of her M.A. Intended to be used in teaching, this documentation has never been shared before as her career as a performing artist took precedence over returning to academia

 

SEMINAR AT THE ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II FROM 10:00 TO 13:00

Transmission of Tradition – Gurus to Disciples/Artists to Audiences

 

Moderator: Manjari Sinha

Speakers: Pt. Birju Maharaj, Raja Reddy, Kamalini Dutt, Gopal Dubey, Elisha, Bhavna Reddy, Purvadhanashree, Vishwanath Mangaraj

 

Khovar and Sohrai Art of Hazaribagh

The traditional art of women artists of Hazaribagh, north Jharkhand. Khovar or comb-cut art is made during the marriage season, a type of sagraffito art using reversed slip pottery technique; and Sohrai a winter harvest art, painted as a ritual thanksgiving for a good harvest. This tradition of painting Khovar and Sohrai art is fast vanishing from the village mud house walls

Presented by Virasat Trust

 

Preview on Tuesday, 24 July 2018 at 18:30

 

During the exhibition, two women artists, Parvati Devi, Sohrai artist from Bhelwara village; and Malo Devi, Khovar artist from Jorakath village will present a live demonstration

 

 

THE IIC  DOUBLE BILL CONCERT 

 

Violin Recital

By Danish Ali Khan from Delhi, disciple of Ustad Mohammad Ali Khan Sahab

   

Followed by

 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Debdeep Mishra  from West Bengal, disciple of  Pt Tushar Dutta Pt  Aniruddha Bhattacharya

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

There’s Something in the Air: 70 Life Stories from India and Italy

Edited by Lorenzo Angeloni & Maria Elettra Verrone (New Delhi: Juggernaut Books, 2018)

 

Names of the panelists to be announced later

My Soul Flower 

Release of the book of poems by Dr.  Lavlin Thadani

 

Panelists: Shri H. K. Dua; Dr. H. K. Kaul; Shri Amit Khanna; Ms. Rene Ranchan and Shri Venkat Narayan

Chair: Shri Arif Mohammed Khan

 

Moderator: Shri Anurag Batra, Editor, Business World

 

The programme will close with a performance based on the poems of Dr. Lavlin Thadani

Compere: Vedant Thadani

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

Rape Law and Constructions of Sexuality

Discussion on the book by Madhu Mehra

 

Urvashi Butalia, Founder and CEO, Zubaan in discussion with Madhu Mehra, author, feminist lawyer and Executive Director, Partners for Law in Development; Farah Naqvi, writer and activist; Rebecca Mammen John, Senior Advocate, Delhi High Court; and Shohini Ghosh, Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia University, essayist, and documentary film-maker

 

FILMS ON WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT

 

An Island of Hope (26 min; 2010; dvd; English)

Director: Pankaj Butalia

 

The Chakmas are a tribal group that went to Pakistan when the Chittagong Hilly Tracts became part of what was then known as East Pakistan. In 1964, the setting up of the Kaptal Hydel Project uprooted 50,000 Chakmas from their traditional homelands. Most of them then crossed over to India where they were buffeted from one state to another. They ended up living in and around Changlang, a small part of Eastern Arunachal Pradesh. A few years ago, a small school was started in Diyun, Changlang, by a few young Chakma men. This school suddenly transformed the local environment and led to the local communities grudgingly accepting this ‘outsider’ immigrant community

 

A Dam Old Story (26 min; 2010; dvd; English)

Director: Tarini Manchanda

 

A film about Himachal Pradesh’s precious Renuka Valley – home to biodiverse forests, fertile lands and people who have been living and farming in India’s northern mountains for generations. This Valley lies in the submergence area of a dam project that is meant to supply water to Delhi. The film takes a look at the stakes for this dam and asks whether Delhi needs  this dam or Himachal’s water, at all. What can Delhi learn from the Renuka Valley?

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

(Collaboration: Gurukulam Foundation)

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

Sarodists of Shahjahanpur Gharana

Her presentation will trace the origins of the gharana, its distinctive features of playing and the eminent maestros who have kept the unique style of this gharana alive 

 

Dr Chandrima Majumdar is a noted sarod player as well as a keen researcher belonging to the Shahjahanpur Gharana