Anantham - Aanandam – A Journey Back to Godhead

09 November 2015, 05:30 am
Anantham - Aanandam – A Journey Back to Godhead
Programme Type
Cultural
Awareness of the inner harmony permeating through all 
Creation that accords bliss or aanandam 
 
A choreographic dance presentation by three eminent dancers from Delhi and Mumbai
 
Mohiniattam by Deepti Omchery Bhalla  
Bharatanatyam by Kalashri Lata Surendra  
Odissi by Swapnokalapa Dasgupta 
 
Music Composed by Shri Shivprasad , Mumbai
 

Tribute: Don Quixote and His Epoch

02 November 2015, 05:30 am
Tribute: Don Quixote and His Epoch
Don Quixote, Knight Errant (Spain; 119 min; 2001; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón 

When Comedy is King: A Festival of Films

01 November 2015, 05:30 am
When Comedy is King: A Festival of Films
Daydreaming (Italy; 94 min; 2013; dvd; English subtitles)
Directors: Patrizio Gioffredi & John Snellinberg

Ateet ki Parchhaiyan (Mahabharata Reinterpreted)

04 November 2015, 05:30 am
Ateet ki Parchhaiyan (Mahabharata Reinterpreted)
Programme Type
Cultural
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

Concert of Baroque Music

03 November 2015, 05:30 am
Concert of Baroque Music
Programme Type
Cultural
Presented by the Haydn Baryton Trio Budapest – Balázs Kakuk (violoncello, viola da gamba and barytongamba); Jósef Spengler (violin); and András Kaszanyitzky (violoncello)
 
The artists will present a concert of works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Tomasini, Burgsteiner, Naumann, Lidl and others
 

Release of the IIC Quarterly: Autumn 2015

03 November 2015, 05:30 am
Release of the IIC Quarterly: Autumn 2015
Programme Type
Discussions
Edited by Omita Goyal, Chief Editor IIC
 
To be released by Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC
 

Don Quixote and His Epoch: Waiting for Quixote (75 min.)

02 November 2015, 05:30 am
Don Quixote and His Epoch: Waiting for Quixote (75 min.)
Programme Type
Cultural
Don Quixote and His Epoch
 
Waiting For Quixote (75 min)
Presented by Yellowcat Theatre
Dramaturgy & Direction: Sukhesh Arora
 
Performers: Gaandharv  Dewan, Piyush Kumar
Lights: Gopal Verma

In a world filled with injustice and iniquity, a gentleman farmer is forced to take up arms and transforms into a knight-errant to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked. Waiting for Quixote is Yellowcat Theatre’s take on the original story of Don Quixote and his adventures with his side-kick Sancho Panza
 
(Collaboration: Cervantes Institute, New Delhi)