Thursday, July 26, 2012

Events: 28 July- 05 August, 2012

Unique steps
As part of the ‘Dance DISCourse’ on July 28, 6.30 pm, ‘The Great Art of Mysore Bharatanatyam’ will be presented by Natyavisharada Dasappa Keshava and his daughter Sumita Keshava. The venue is Alliance Française.

Rhythm of Life’

The International Music and Arts Society will present ‘The Brigham Young University – Contemporary Dance Theatre’s ‘Rhythm of Life’ on August 2, 7.30 pm at Chowdiah Memorial Hall. Invitations will be available at select Fastrack venues and at the Alliance Francaise.   

'Barkha Ritu’
Banyan Tree will present the monsoon music festival Barkha Ritu on July 28, 6.30 pm at Chowdiah Memorial Hall. It will feature Venkatesh Kumar (vocal) and Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute). The evening will consist of an interesting mix of traditional monsoon ragas and instrumental fusion mixes for the benefit of all age groups.

Sufi strains
As part of the ‘Smt Sushila Nanjundiah and Sri H Nanjundiah Memorial Endowment Programme’, on July 29, 6 pm, a sufi music recital will be presented by Smita Bellur and team at The Indian Institute of World Culture, No. 6, B P Wadia Road, Basavanagudi.


Carnatic notes
Ragha Vaibhavam, a special Carnatic music programme, will be held at Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira on July 29. Directed by Radha Bhaskar, the programme will commence from 5.30 pm.

‘Jugalbandi’
Sursagar and Alliance Française de Bangalore are coming together to present a sitar jugalbandi by Ustad Rafique Khan and Ustad Shafique Khan along with their disciple Ankush Nayak on August 4, 6.30 pm at Alliance Française.

 Spamalot’
The Cause Foundation is presenting Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ on August 4, 7.15 pm and August 5, 11 am.

It is directed by Leila Alvares and features Priya Mendens, Jude Lazaro, Prem Koshy, Shyju Varkey, Mark Swaroop, Darius Tarapovala, and Arvind Kasthuri.
The music director vis Vivek Menzel.  The band comprises Robin Colaco (lead), Vikram Kiran (bass), Neville Bharucha (keyboards), Bethel Tsuzu (piano) and Vivek Menzel (percussion and drums).

The dance directors are Lynn Lazaro, Alisha D’souza and John Fernandez. Sound and light are by Reynolds and costumes are by Asha Fernandes of Elan.

‘Spamalot’ is a rip roaring musical spoof on King Arthur and his knights of Camelot and their hilarious quest for the Holy Grail. Tickets are available from July 26 at Supermarket (Brigade Road), Market Basket, Frazer Town (25488580), Kavitha (25282602) and online at www.indianstage.in

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