A festival of solos focusing on the different styles of solo formats in Indian classical dance. The festival will look at both performative as well as the educative aspects of solo choreographies. Organised in collaboration with Sudhaaya Dance Foundation

 

From 10.30 to 12.30

Ek – Anant …Dialogues: The Substance of Solos

Speakers: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi; Ms Malavika Sarukkai; and  Dr. Kiran Seth

 

Moderator: Dr. Subas Pani

 

At 18:30

Odissi 

By Shagun Bhutani, leading exponent of Odissi and Seraikella Chhau who has trained under Smt Aloka Panikar and the late Guru Gangadhar Pradhan; and in Seraikella Chhau under the late Guru Lingaraj Acharya and Guru Shashadhar Acharya

 

Mohiniattam 

By Neena Prasad, well-known artist who has trained under Kalamndalam Suganthi and Kalamandalam Kshemavathy

 

Bharatanatyam 

By A. Lakshmanaswamy who has trained under Guru K.J. Sarasa

 

SATURDAY 22

 

FESTIVAL ■ AUDITORIUM  FROM 10:30 TO 12:30 AND 18:30

Ek Anant – The Unending One: 21 and 22 November 2014

 

From 10.30 to 12.30

Ek – Anant …Dialogues: The Substance of Solos

Speakers: Smt Leela Venkataraman; Ms Aditi Mangaldas; and Smt Sujatha Vijayaraghavan

 

Moderator: Dr. Sunil Kothari

 

At 18:30

Manipuri 

By Bimbavati Devi, daughter and disciple of Gurus Bipin Singh and Guru Kalavati Devi

 

Bharatanatyam

By Priya Venkataraman, well-known artist and disciple of Guru A. Lakshman and Smt Bragha Bessell

 

Kathak

By Prashant Shah, senior disciple of Smt Kumudini Lakhia   

 

Presentation of awards to young craft persons

 

Chief Guest: Smt Gulshan Nanda, former Honorary Chairperson, Central Cottage Industries

 

There will be a display of craft made by the awardees

An exhibition of paintings by Eleanor Wright

 

Inauguration by  H. E. Mr. Grahame Morton, New Zealand High Commissioner and Smt Shobha Broota, well known artist on Thursday, 20 November 2014 at 18:00

 

Artist Arpita Singh  in conversation with Ina Puri, Bhavna Kakar and Om Thanvi 

 

Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

By Maestro Christian Leotta, Italian pianist

 

Works by Bach, Schubert, Rossini and Beethoven

 

CANCELLED

Islamic Calligraphy in Indian Monuments: Epigraphs and Manuscripts

Speaker: Dr. G.S. Khwaja, Archaeological Survey of India

 

Chair: Prof S.H. Qasemi

Of Life and Death (30 min; dvd; 2004; English)                                                                                                                       

Director: K. Bikram Singh

 

Official Selection – Mumbai International Film Festival

 

Through the life and experiences of Maharajin Bua, perhaps the only woman in India who has been performing last rites and cremating the dead at Allahabad’s Rasoolabad Ghat for the last 75 years, this Film explores the relationship of death to life, our response to our own impending death and the death of others 

 

Death and Transformation: The Personal Reflections of Huston Smith (75 min; DVD; 2006; English)            

Director: Virginia Gray Henry-Blakemore

 

Huston’s words and luminous presence, embellished by exquisite footage and family photographs, cannot help but deeply touch our hearts. He shares his final life goal with us and the words he would most love upon his tombstone, among many other profound and beautiful insights

 

Medicines Labelled as ‘Herbal’ – How true are their claims?’

Keynote Speaker : Dr. D.C. Katoch, Joint Advisor, Dept of  AYUSH, Ministry of Health & FW, GOI                               

 

Panelists:   Dr Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Hospitals and Chairman, Advisory Group, Consumers India;   Dr. Neeraj Tandon, Scientist F & Head, Medicinal Plant Unit, ICMR ; Dr. Surinder Katoch, Ayurveda consultant; and Dr Jayashree Gupta, President, Consumers India

A series of photographs by Mari Schirmer from Brazil

A series of photographs from an artistic perspective on the acts of faith. The images register the moment in which people seek a contact with the invisible body of God, presenting fragments of visible bodies that express different concepts and intentions