Myriad expressions
Shilpa Darshan Kumar will present a dance performance at Seva Sadan, Malleswaram on April 1, 5.30 pm.
Shilpa has been under the tutelage of Revathi Ramachandran for the past 25 years.
She has performed in sabhas like Krishna Gana Sabha, Kartik Fine Arts, Indian Fine Arts and Parthaswamy Sabha.
‘Questionings’
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is holding ‘Questionings’, a coming together of Indian classical dance and music and Norwegian black metal jazz music on April 1, 7 pm at Chowdiah Memorial Hall. It will feature Rukmini Chatterjee (India) along with Vreid and HC Gilje (Norway).
Workshop
Manjula Amaresh, director of Bharathaanunada, will be conducting an Abhinaya workshop at 138, 14th Main, 29th Cross, Banashankari 2nd Stage from April 2 to 7. She is one of the senior disciples of Kalanidhi Narayanan. For details, call 9845023289.
‘Nritya Dhare’
Ananya is organising Nritya Dhare — a stage for young talents at Seva Sadan, 14th Cross, Malleswaram on March 30, from 6 pm onwards. On the occasion, there will be bharatanatyam recitals by Keerthana Ravi and Sahana Balasubramanya and mohiniyattam by Shruthi K P. For details, call 9980991110.
‘Margam’
As part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the Academy of Music, Margam, a festival of varnams, will be held on March 29, 30 and 31, 6 pm at Chowdiah Hall. This is being organised to revive and resurrect the performances of traditional varnams.
The programme comprises presentations of dance repertoires by bharatanatyam artists, felicitations of senior veterans in the field and a panel discussion by eminent personalities.The first day opens with an hour-long performance by Soundarya Srivatsa, followed by the felicitation of H N Suresh and closes with a performance by Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy Menon from Chennai.
The second day commences with Varnams, choreographed by Suparna Venkatesh, and performed by Shweta, Unnath, Aparna and Srinivasa. Lalitha Srinivasan will be felicitated on the day and the evening will conclude with a recital by Sathyanarayana Raju.
The morning of March 31 will witness a panel discussion on ‘The importance and sanctity of the varnam in a margam’. The panel comprises eminent scholars and veterans such as Dr Sunil Kothari, VP Dhananjayan, Leela Venkatraman, Laitha Srinivaan and Kiran Subramaniam.
The three-day festival will come to close with a performance by Somashekhar and Sowmya; felicitation of Radha Sridhar and a recital by Poornima Ashok.
DRAMA
‘Big B’, the play, will be staged on April 14, 7.30 pm at Chowdiah Memorial Hall. It is being organised by Bangalore Royals Round Table 219.
‘Nadagam’
Y Gee Mahendra is presenting Nadagam, a Tamil play, on April 21, 6.30 pm at Unnati Centre, Temple Road, Sadananda Nagar.
Comedy play
Laugh down the path of history and witness the pre-colonial era with a comedy play by Sandeep Pai on April 1, 7 pm at ADA Ranga Mandira. For details, call 9620623344.
‘Naa Tukaram...’
Naa Tukaram Alla…, a tragi-comedy in Kannada, will be staged at Ranga Shankara
on March 29 and 30, 7.30 pm.
The director is S Surendranath and design is by Shashidhar Adapa. The play makes you smile, laugh and think.
It is set in Lalbagh. Music is by Pravin Godkhindi and light designing is by R Muddanna.
Music
‘Swarathma’
Groove to the contemporary folk music by Swarathma at Hard Rock Café on March 29, 8.30 pm. Swarathma is a Bangalore-based contemporary folk-fusion band rooted in tradition, yet with sights set firmly on the world. The band performs Indian folk and classical, blended with reggae, blues and jazz. The band members are Vasu Dixit (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jishnu Dasgupta (bass, backing vocals), Varun (guitars, backing vocals), Montry Manuel (drums), Pavan Kumar KJ (percussions) and Sanjeev Nayak (violin).
‘Glorious Concerts’
As part of the ‘2012 Glorious Easter Concerts’, ‘The Potter’s Hand’, will be presented on April 7, 6.30 pm at St Joseph’s Girls’ High School Hall, St John’s Road. ‘Lead Me To The Rock’ will be presented on April 8, 6 pm at Koramangala Methodist Church. ‘Glorious’ is a 65-member choir operating in and around Bangalore for the last 21 years. They have presented over 1,000 concerts. For details, call 25484004 / 09243109701.
‘Swarayatra’
A music programme, Swarayatra, by Ved Shety and Anagha Hindlekar will be held on March 30, 6.30 pm at Bangalore International Centre, Teri Complex, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage. For details, call 9886599675.
‘Ramotsava’
Vocalist Sangeetha Srikishen is performing at the Vasantha Navarathri Sree Ramotsava celebration on March 31, 6.15 pm at Sri Rama Mandira, 9th Cross, East Park Road, Malleswaram as part of ‘Sree Rama Navami Concert Series’. Accompanying her is B Raghuram on violin, B S Anand on mridangam and Sri Gurumurthy on ghatam.
On piano
Theme and Kawai Pianos (Japan) are holding a 'Piano Concert by Natallia Kapylova' on April 1, 6.30 pm at Theme Piano World, 817, Girija, 8th Block, 20th Main, Koramangala. Natallia will take the audience through the works of composers Modest Mussorgsky and Frederic Chopin.
The concert will begin with the 'Pictures at an Exhibition' by Mussorgsky, which is an exciting ‘suite in 10 movements’. Thereafter, she will perform the very poetic and detailed 'Concerto No 2' by Chopin, where she will be accompanied by her student Neville Bharucha.
‘Singing Strings’
Bangalore International Centre has arranged a sitar concert called ‘Singing Strings’ by Ustad Shafique Khan and accompanists on April 4, 6.30 pm at Bangalore International Centre, Teri Complex, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage. For details, call 9886599675.
‘Sangeethotsava’
Sri Ramanavami Sangeethotsava-2012, organised by Rajarajeshwari Nagar Cultural Association (RNCA), will be inaugurated on April 2. The fests will continue till April 10. The inaugural evening will witness a saxophone concert by Vidwan Sridhar Sagar and team at 6.30 pm.
Artistes such as Vishu Batla Sisters, Vidwan Pattabhiram Pandit, Vidusha Manasi Prasad and Mysore Majunath, etc will be performing. RNCA is located at No. 816, 16th Cross, Ideal Homes Township, Rajarajeshwarinagar.
Pot Pourri
Lecture series
Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, in collaboration with MOD Institute Bangalore/Berlin, is presenting a series of lectures titled ‘Talk of the Town’. The lecture series are organised around the themes of ‘See’, ‘Act' and 'Build' respectively, to critically address various issues related to urban transformation in India in applied and innovative ways, under the aegis of ‘Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities’.
The ‘Act’ will be held on March 29, 6 pm at the Bhavan. The panelists are Bindu Nair, HCP Design and Project Management Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad, Dirk E Hebel, ETH Zurich/Singapore and Ashwin Mahesh, Center for Public Policy/ Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The session will be moderated by Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed. Entry is free. For details, call 25205305/6.
‘Utkal Dibas’
Orissa Cultural Association, Bangalore is celebrating Utkal Dibas (Odisha Day), on March 31 at Mangala Kalyana Mantapa, 80-ft Road, Koramangala. Utkal Dibas is celebrated to commemorate the formation of Odisha state on April 1, 1936.
‘Idea Puram’
Bangalore’s first ‘Play and Ideate’ party, where one can partake in the creation of a miniature Puram, based on ideas, will be held on March 31, 4 to 6 pm at Bowring Club Institute, St Mark’s Road.
This event is being organised by ‘Club Hatch’, a unique learning programme that inspires ideation and innovation right from childhood.
They offer specially curated workshops by real world practitioners who are also creative thinkers. Entry is free. For details, call 9886885960.
‘Silence’
Workshop Productions is staging the play ‘Silence’ at K H Kalasoudha, Hanumanth Nagar on April 1, 5 pm and 7.30 pm.
The play is adapted from Vijay Tendulkar’s ‘Silence!The Court is in Session’.
It is directed by Harish Seshadri. It maps the thrilling story of a sinister prank that goes horribly wrong for the central character Benare.
‘Silence’ is a multi-lingual play and incorporates Bangalore’s unique sound texture consisting of a heady intermingling of English, Kannada and Hindi.
Harish Seshadri is a muti-faceted media and theatre practitioner with experience of over 10 years in theatre and television.
Deccan Herald is the media partner for the event.
Cultural treat
‘Ranjani Fine Arts’ will be inaugurated on the occasion of ‘Ramanavami’ on March 31, 4.30 pm.
This will be followed by a Carnatic Music Festival. The festival will have recitals by G Ravikiran, C N Chandrashekhar, Mannarkoil J Balaji and Guruprasanna.
The programme will continue till 7 pm and the venue is Shobha Lakeview Clubhouse, First Floor.
The objective of Ranjani Fine Arts is to organise live programmes on fine arts, encourage artistes by providing them a welcoming and rewarding platform to showcase their talent.
It also aims to create a social network that perpetuates and strengthens the connections to one’s roots and expose children to wholesome entertainment. For details, call 9663395162.
‘Summer Express’
‘AHA! Summer Express ‘12’, Ranga Shankara’s signature summer workshop programme for children is all set to begin, with 16 workshops for 7 to 17-year-old children, by 14 well-known art practitioners.
There are workshops on theatre, acting, music, film-making, writing, visual arts etc.
The workshops will see more than 500 children participate and will take place at Ranga Shankara between April 9 and May 7. Registrations are on.
Bombay Jayashri leads the ‘Summer Express’ debutants with a unique workshop to introduce music to children. Joining her are Kapila Venu (acting), Anurupa Roy, Shaili Sathyu and Hamsa Moily (theatre), Shilo Shiv Suleman (visual arts), Nimi Ravindran (writing for theatre), Jaaga Media Centre (film-making) and Suma Murthy (rangoli).
‘Summer Express’ veterans Neeraj Kabi and Padmavati Rao (theatre), Anju Sudarshan (cooking), D M Suresh (car mechanics) and Virginia Rodrigues (photography) have
designed new workshops |this year.
You can write to aha.rangashankara@gmail.com
ART
‘Inception’
‘Inception 2012’, an exhibition of the works of 20 artists, will be held at Gallery Mermaid, 3157, 12th Main, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar. It will present the cutting-edge art work of 20 artists from across the globe. The artists whose work will be presented are Babita Das, Chaitra Sindhu Pole, Nenad Zuza, Ramesh Terdal, Mahesh Honule, Shailaja, Sanjoy Mal, Prasanth and many more. The timing is 11 am to 7 pm.
‘Silken Pinches’
The Indian Institute of Cartoonists is presenting ‘Silken Pinches’, an exhibition of the works of Jagadish Kunte, till March 31, 10 am to 6 pm at the Indian Cartoon Gallery, off MG Road, near Big Kids Kemp.
Exquisite touch
An art exhibition of senior contemporary artists from Bangalore and Chennai is on at the Chitrakala Parishat as part of the ‘World Water Day’ celebrations.
This event will be held till March 30. The participating artists are Alphonso Arul Doss, Asma Menon, S Jayaraj, Shailesh B O from Chennai and JMS Mani, Rekha Rao and Jayakumar G from Bangalore.
‘Feminine Fairies’
‘Feminine Fairies’, a painting exhibition by Rajini Rekha, will be held from March 29 to 31 at Chitrakala Parishat. Rajini hails from a family of artists.
Her collection focusses on women and gives an insight into the life of woman.
The timing of the exhibition is from 10.30 am to 7.30 pm.
Original works
Magnitude Gallery, Jayanagar, is holding Grameen, an exhibition of a series of original
paintings on the old-world charm and innocence of rural India.
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