Dinners for IIC Members only on payment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Admission to all the cultural programmes is free of charge. For the film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening. Dinners for IIC Members only on payment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

India International Centre

40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003

Telephone: 24619431 www.iicdelhi.in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

India International Centre

40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003

Telephone: 24619431 www.iicdelhi.in

 

 

Dance drama directed by Dr. Shama Bhate, Nad-Roop, Pune

 

A scholarly reinterpretation of the great Indian epic, in the language of our classical dance idioms

 

Principal artists - Dr. Kannan – Kathakali  (Bheeshma); Ramli Ibrahim: Odissi (Yudhishthira); Gopika Varma: Mohiniattam (Gandhari); Vyjayanthi Kashi: Kuchipudi (Kunti); Vaibhav Arekar: Bharatnatyam (Karna); Rakesh Saibabu: Chhau (Duryodhana); and Ameera Patankar: Kathak (Draupadi)

 

The Great War is over now; the main characters are at the end of their journey. They look back and reflect on the events that led up to this great devastation. They try to understand what transpired in their minds and in their interactions with the other actors which ineluctably determined the course of history. The dance drama focuses on the differing perceptions of the main characters of the epic

 

 

Quijote Wallah (75 min)

Presented by Yellowcat Theatre

Directed by Sukesh Arora

 

A scene from the Mahabharata by Vayaskara Aryan Narayanan Moosad (1841-1902)

Presented by Guru Sadanam Balakrishnan

 

With artists from The International Centre for Kathakali, New Delhi – Sadanam Balakrishnan (Duryodhanan); Sadanam M.N. Harikumar (Dussassanan); Kalabharathy Kalyanankrishnan (Dharmaputrar); Divya Ramakrishnan (Bhiman); Mrinalini Nair (Arjunan); Anaga Gireesh (Nakulan); Hemant Harikumar (Sakuni); Kalamandalam Anil Kumar (Draupadi); Thiruvattar Jagadeesan (Srikrishnan); Evoor Rajendran Pillai (Roudra Bhiman); and Hemant Harikumar (Mumukshu)

 

Accompanists: Kottakkal Jayan & Kalamandalam Manikandan (vocal); Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan & Sadanam Abhishek Marar (chenda & edakka); Parassinikadavu Manoj & Sadanam Vijesh (maddhalam)

 

Considered one of the best classical literature in the entire Kathakali repertoire, the dance drama takes up from the well-known scene of the game of dice and the encounter between the Pandavas and Kauravas. It is one of the most dramatic scenes on the Kathakali stage