How can Dance inform Design, through, Drawing, Print and Collaboration

Speaker: Ms Sarah Jane Lawton who has initiated a transdisciplinary research and education project 'SHARING AND MAKING' to facilitate ethical action through collaboration; Ms. Gitanjali Kolanad and Ms. Aparna Banerjee

 

 

 

Directed by Nirmal Chander who will introduce the film

 

Weaving between past and present, performances and daily routine, the film focuses on the life and struggle of Shashadhar Acharya, the fifth generation of a family of traditional Chhau dancers of Seraikella. Masks are an integral part of Chhau, leading the performer through a series of meditative experiences, and allowing the dancer to become one with the character. How does Shashadhar relate to the tradition he was born into? What meaning does it have for him at this stage in his life?

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Shashadhar Acharya and Nirmal Chander

 

Vocal Recital

By Sunil R. Gargyan from Chennai, disciple of Padma Bhushan Shri P.S. Narayanaswamy

 

Accompanied by G. Raghavendra Prasad on violin and Elanthoor Jayan P. Das on mridangam

 

 

 

Vocal Recital

By Brindha Manickavasakan from Chennai, disciple of Sangita Kalacharya Smt Suguna Varadachari

 

Accompanied by Delhi R. Sridhar on violin and Kumbakonam N. Padmanaban on mridangam

 

Launch and discussion on the Collected Works of Prof. S.C. Malik, edited by Alok Tripathi (Exploring the Past: Problems and Issues; Indian History and Civilization: New Images of the Past;and The Being of Man: Science, Culture and Consciousness)

 

Panelists: Dr Rakesh Tewari, Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India; Shri K.N. Dixit, Chairman, Indian Archaeological Society; Shri B.M. Pandey, Director (Retd.) Archaeological Survey of India; Dr. B.R. Mani, Additional Director-General (Retd.) Archaeological Survey of India, and General Secretary, Indian Archaeological Society; and 

Dr. Nalini Thakur, School of Planning and Architecture

 

In the Light of the Classical 

 

Presentation by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, a Hindi poet-critic who has written critically about classical music in Hindi and English besides establishing institutions of music and organising major events 

 

Shri Vajpeyi will speak on the influence the classical music has had on him for nearly half a century as a poet, as a rasika, as an organiser etc. He would discuss aspects of my closeness with maestros such as Kumar Gandharva, Mallikaarjun Mansur, Zia Moiuddin Dagar in particular. The changing ethos, the dynamics of innovation, the declining knowledge about the classical music will also be analysed 

 

 

Photographs by Davide Cerati, award-winning photographer from Italy

 

Preview on Wednesday, 10 February 2016 at 18:30

 

Davide Cerati presents a mix of portraits and his research on movement

 

Speaker: Dr. Amit Kumar, President of US based AAA International Security Consultants LLC.; international security expert in counterterrorism and counter-terrorist financing; Senior Fellow with the Anti-Money Laundering Association (AMLA), Fellow for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism at the Centre for National Policy; Adjunct Associate Professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University; and International Associate, Society for Policy Studies. He previously worked with the Al-Qaida Taliban Sanctions regime at the United Nations where he offered substantive advice to the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Regimes on matters related to the implementation of Assets Freeze Sanctions measures against the Al-Qaida and Taliban, as well as issues relating countering the financing of terrorism

 

Chair: Cmde. C. Uday Bhaskar 

 

One-man solo show presented by Christopher Daruwalla

 

As the title suggests Lying… and how lies play a pivotal role in our everyday life! In an evening of humour, the Lying Motivator, Christopher Daruwalla, treats his audiences to the different ways in which people lie, the truth between the lies that men and women tell…questions about lies and reality. He guides his audience through practical exercises to help them cope with their daily lies, and introduces them to techniques to be perfect in the practise of lying – to make them perfect liars…