Manipuri Dance – Duet

By Sovanabrata Sircar and Nutan Sircar from Delhi, disciples of Guru Bipin Singh and Kalavati Devi

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Kuchipudi Recital

By Ayana Mukherjee from Delhi, disciple of Guru Jayarama Rao

The programme juxtaposes 17th century harpsichord music and poetry in several languages (Punjabi, Tamil, English…) with occasional contemporary dance interventions. The pieces for harpsichord and the poetry recall the seasons, joy, melancholy and death. The dance here exists in fragmentary and elusive phrases

Performers:
Harpsichord: Justin McCarthy
Punjabi poetry: Navtej Singh Johar
Dance and Tamil poetry: Abhinaya Penneswaran

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Ghulam Hasan Khan from Delhi, grandson and disciple of Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan and son and disciple of Ustad Ghulam Abbas Khan

Accompanists: Zaheen Khan (tabla); and Lalit Sisdia (harmonium)

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Bharatanatyam Recital

By Marie Elangovan from Delhi, disciple and daughter-in-law of Guru K.J. Govindarajan

Accompanists: Elangovan Natarajan (nattuvangam & vocal); Jayan P. Das Elanthoor (mridangam); Shambhu Nath Bhattacharjee (tabla); and Raghavendra Prasath (violin)
 
 

Violin and piano duet presented by Wojciech Proniewicz (violin); and Alesia Kizil (piano) from Poland and Ukraine

The artists will present sonata for violin and piano by Ignacy Jan Paderewski; works by Frédéric Chopin, Henryk Wieniawski and Miroslav Skoryk

(Collaboration: Embassy of Poland; and Polish Institute, New Delhi)

Showcasing the dance heritage of Jharkhand with performances of Seraikela chhau, masked dance; Paika, the indigenous martial arts of the Adivasis; and Kathputli puppet traditions

Presented by artists of the Department of Tourism, Art Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs, Govt. of Jharkhand

(Collaboration: Govt. of Jharkhand) 

Poems by Vikram Seth and stories by James Thurber presented by Motley

Recitations by Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Heeba Shah and Kenny Desai

Produced by Jairaj Patil

This presentation is an indicator of the direction in which Motley has been moving for the last fifteen years – to perform on stage without trappings and to depend on words alone to convey character and story. These “fables of our times” draw amusing, perceptive and sometimes scary parallels between the best and worst of both animals and humans. It hopes to show to audiences of all ages especially school children that there is more to poetry than just rhyming couplets and more to stories than just happy endings

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Vignettes of Compassion in Covid

A curation of seven short films followed by a discussion with one of the filmmakers 

Harmeet Basur, filmmaker in conversation with Aparna Sanyal, Curator of the Film Festival and Founder-Director, Mixed Media Productions

The selection of short films (65 min) from the first year of COVID which reflect on the new reality that the pandemic ushered in. The films find unique perspectives to explore – a healthcare worker’s family in her absence, a grandmother caught in the migrant exodus, a cremation site worker during last rites – and ultimately giving voice to the ineffable shockwaves the ‘new normal’ sent through our lives

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

Piano recital by Daniele Buccio, eminent pianist from Italy

The artist will present the compositions of Franz Liszt, Beethoven and Scriabin

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

Hindustani Flute Recital

By Anupam Wankhede from Indore, disciple of Shri Abhay Phagre
Accompanied by Pawan Sem on tabla

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Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Sarang Phagre from Bhopal, son and disciple of Shri Abhay Phagre, the late Vidushi Meera V. Rao, late Pt. Vijay Sardeshmukh and Shri Vishal Moghe

A YEAR OF POETRY AT IIC

Conceptualised by Gitanjali Surendran

6 x 10
Six poets. Ten minutes. No fillers

Jeet Thayil, prize winning novelist, poet and musician who has recently edited The Penguin Book of Poets
Keki N. Daruwalla, writer of poetry and fiction who is happy with both
Akhil Katya, author of Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems
Arun Sagar, author of Anamnesia (Poetrywala, 2013) and A Long Walk in Sunlight (Copper Coin, 2020)
Alolika Dutta, poet