An Evening of Dance

Mohiniattam Duet

By Manjula Murthy and Vinaya Narayanan from Delhi, disciples of Guru Bharati Shivaji

 

At 7:00 pm

Sattriya and Kathak Duet

By Anita Sharma from Guwahati, disciple of Guru Jatin Goswami; and Vidha Lal from Delhi, disciple of Smt Geetanjali Lal

 

An Evening of Carnatic Music

Keyboard Duet

By R. Narayanan and R. Arjun Sambavisan from Chennai, disciples of Shri Chitraveen N. Ravikiran

 

At 7:00 pm

Vocal Recital

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran from Delhi, disciple of Dr. K. Vageesh

 

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio
 

(159 min; dvd; English subtitles)

From The Salzburg Festival 1997

With Christine Schäfer (Constanze); Paul Groves (Belmonte); Franz Hawlata (Osmin); Malin Hartelius (Blonde); Andreas Conrad (Pedrillo); and Akram Tillawi (Pasha Selim)

 

Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg

Conductor: Marc Minkowski

 

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

 

Léo Delibes: Coppélia (91 min; dvd)

Ballet in two acts. After a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann

The Kirov Ballet - New version choreographed by Oleg Vinogradov

With Irina Shapchits (Swanhilda); Mikhail Zavialov (Franz); Petr Rusanov (Coppelius); and Elvira Tarasova (Coppélia)

 

Marinsky Theatre Orchestra

Conductor: Alexandre Viliumanis

 

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Becoming Human: Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors (180 min; 2011; dvd; English)

A three-part series of films by Graham Townsley produced by NOVA (USA).

 

Nothing is more fascinating to us than, well, us. Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA’s groundbreaking investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot “in the trenches” as fossils were unearthed, and stunning computer-generated animation, Becoming Human brings early hominids to life, examining how they lived and how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

 

Justice Shri Mukul Mudgal in a discussion with Shri Pradeep Magazine, Sports Advisor, The Hindustan Times and Shri Kunal Pradhan, Executive Editor, India Today

Moderator: Shri Nikhil Naz, Sports Editor, NDTV

An exhibition of traditional Patachitra scrolls on Durga and Mansa Devi 

By Sahajan Chitrakar

 

Preview on Tuesday, 7 June 2016 at 18:30

 

Sahajan Chitrakar will be present at the gallery to demonstrate and narrate the stories depicted in the paintings

 

Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals

Inaugural Address: Shri S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India 

 

Speakers include: Prof. D. P. Agrawal, former Chairman, UPSC and by Shri A. K. Jain, former Commissioner (Planning), DDA

 

Introduction: Dr. (Smt ) Malti Goel

 

(Collaboration: Climate Change Research Institute)

 

Speaker: Professor Sachchidanand Sahai, Adviser to Angkor Archaeological Park and Preah Vihear under the Royal Government of Cambodia. Author of the recently published book Bhadreshvara: A Forgotten Form of Shiva in India and Southeast Asia

 

Chief Guest: Dr. Y. Sudershan Rao, Chairman, ICHR

 

Chair: 

 

Professor Sahai  will present  the temple art and architecture  of Southeast Asia  on  the basis of his  past ten years  of field work  in the region. Intricately designed world heritage temples of My-s’on (Vietnam), Wat Phu (Laos), Angkor and Preah Vihear and the temple region of Prambanan in Indonesia will be presented as an inter-linked chain of temples, responsible for cultural cohesion between India and Southeast Asia. This presentation will take you through Southeast Asia, along its rivers and mountain chains to appreciate millennia of  vibrant artistic traditions and see for the first time    Bhadreshvara (Shiva), the Lord of the Mekong-Ganga and of the Indian Ocean

 

(Collaboration: Indian Council for Historical Research)