Join us! Spread Smiles among needy children, this Sunday!

VENUE: Children’s home – “Child Fund Association” – “CFA” Bangalore South.

DATE & TIME: 10th October 2010, Sunday; 2pm to 4pm IST

FEE: Rs.200 (Or FREE if you can take up any of their requirement, as listed below)
Being a community service event, the participation fee of Rs. 200/- will go FULLY in charity

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So, bring along at least 2 gift-wrapped “Prizes” for these little children & Please visit them, with us!

Weekend Nuts Smiley Day with Needy Children - 10th Oct 2010

Description:
Space becomes as alive as the body throbbing with absence and presence, being cut, sliced, made whole again with bodies in it, out of it. Time is an integral part of both these disciplines and more so in the martial arts. It’s a fight, a fight where your body is your weapon as well as your armor. A wrong step or a wrong move can be fatal. It is interesting to apply this to dance, to see your other dancers as opponents. Martial arts presuppose a fight between good and evil. The bad guys and the good guys those are available in most movie genres. The protagonist and the antagonist propelled by their own desires, their own ambitions. Life isn’t so clear cut and dry, the world is not divided into the good and the evil. The shades of grey dominate such spaces. The antagonist is as much a shade of grey as the protagonist. Why is it that the hero always wins? what if the bad guy wins because he is more courageous? Or maybe luck favors him? Looking at us performers the performance for us is like one big fight, we prepare like hell and we perform and then we get ready for another one. Somehow we are all fighters inside.Battle is symptomatic of the kind of lives we lead today. We fight for everything with everyone. We fight in relationships, in friendships. We fight for our views, for our beliefs. We fight against fighting.

NOV 20th – LADIES NITE SPECIAL at BACCHUS LAUNCH OF MAAL!
Maal is a brand of clothing that amalgamates flavours from across the country as well as from all over the world. An initiative by Priyanka, Maal came into being as a result of her need and urge to translate a sense of individuality into something tangible!!

NOV 21st – FOOD FOR THOUGHT presents OPERA NOIR with Sridhar/Thayil @ Global Tree Cafe
Sridhar/Thayil brings a dark Indian twist to opera with Opera Noir –
a lyrical confrontation between a soprano and a ghost about God, murder and showbiz. Experience the grand operatic themes of love and deception in this stripped down contemporary production. The performance pays tribute to the musical style of opera while simultaneously subverting the grandeur of it – noir meets opera in a two-person performance.

Name of group: Sridhar/Thayil
Name of production: ‘Opera Noir’
Language: English
Duration: 1 hour, no interval.

Cast & Credits: Jeet Thayil: ghost; Suman Sridhar: soprano
Concept, libretto, music by Sridhar/Thayil

BIOS:

Suman Sridhar is a singer, actor, and songwriter. She grew up in Mumbai with Carnatic and Hindustani classical music and studied Western classical music in NJ, USA. Suman directed and produced ‘Yoni Ki Baat’ in NJ, USA, where she sang with several jazz bands. Her vocals appear on independent albums including ‘Bliss Beyond’ (Earth Tones Music, NY 2005). On stage, she has appeared in musicals such as My Fair Lady (USA) and Exit the King (India). Suman has been described as a “wonderful ironic soprano” who “provides depth with a clear sound.”
Jeet Thayil is a performance poet, guitarist-songwriter, and author of four books including ‘These Errors are Correct’ (Tranquebar, 2008). He has been described as “a master of the knockout lyric punchline.” Jeet has performed at venues as diverse as the Jaipur Literary Festival (India), the Knitting Factory (NYC), and the Edinborough Book Festival (UK); and with bands such as Atomic forest, Crosswinds, Chronic Blues Band (India) and Bombay Down (NYC). His TV and audio programs have aired on CNN-IBN and All India Radio.

The Bangalore International Centre, as part of its “Arts Appreciation Series” has arranged an illustrated talk on Choreography of Dance by Smt. Usha Venkateswaran and Prof. Ashish Mohan Khokar on Saturday, 24th October, 2009 at 6.30 p.m. at the Auditorium, Bangalore International Centre, TERI Complex, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage, Bangalore – 560 071

Choreography of Dance

Continuing the Arts Appreciation Series, this time in Indian dance, are two authorities in the field. Renowned choreographer-aesthete Smt. Usha Venkateswaran will introduce the basic content and concept of choreography and what it means in the context of Indian dance. With her vast practical experience she will explain what choreography implies in the context of traditional Indian dances and how it can be used to enhance the art form.

Reputed critic and dance historian Prof. Ashish Mohan Khokar will highlight through films, various specimens of choreography in Indian dance and showcase two icons – Ram Gopal and Uday Shankar and their works. The films will help in the understanding of practical dance patterns and stage sense to create artistic works.

Disciple of Guru Vazuvoor Ramiah Pillai and recipient of the Ministry of Culture scholarship, Smt. Usha Venkateswaran studied Kathak under Pandit Sohan Lal and Manipuri under Guru Singhajeet. She also studied choreography at the State Institute of Theatrical Arts (GITIS). She has worked extensively with international dance institutes and has choreographed and produced several original dance ballets. She is the founder and Director of Natyalakshana Akademi in Bangalore, which focuses on Choreography and Research. The emphasis is on promoting young talents with potential.

Ashish Mohan Khokar

Ashish Mohan Khokar hails from a distinguished dance family and has served dance in various capacities. He has learnt Ballet and Bharatanatyam, in addition to Kathak. He was the chief coordinator of Festivals in India in France, Sweden, Germany and China; served Sahitya Kala Parishad and INTACH; wrote as a dance critic of Times of India for two decades in Delhi and has, till date, written over 30 books on Indian Arts. He edits and publishes India’s only dance year book called “Attendance”, based in Bangalore.

Bangalore International Centre

The Bangalore International Centre, founded in 2005, is a premier non-governmental organisation that is being developed as a hub of cultural and intellectual activities in the city. It provides an opportunity and a platform for interaction across professions to collectively foster intellectual activity, cultural enterprise and innovation in development.

In its continuing efforts to promote the arts, the Bangalore International Centre, under the banner of the Arts Appreciation Series, hosts a number of illustrated talks on several aspects of the visual, heritage and performing arts, bringing maestros in the field closer to audiences. In demystifying certain nuances of the arts, the Series endeavours to appeal to both audiences and artistes and foster critical and aesthetic appreciation of the arts.

Entry is free. Attendees must register with the BIC for the performance at 080-25359680.
For further information please contact:
Bangalore International Centre,
TERI Complex,4th Main, 2nd Cross,
Domlur II Stage,
Bangalore – 560 071
Tel: 080-25359680
Fax: 080-25356589
Email: bic@teri.res.in
Website: www.bicentre.org

Faculty Padmavati Rao
Description Theatre Nature and I
Puppetry Workshop
Date April 22nd to 27th (Wed to Tue)
Timings Batch 1 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am (Theatre, Nature and I)
Batch 2 – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm (Puppetry Workshop)
Venue MES Kishore Kendra, Malleshwaram
Age Group 7 to 9 years as on 1st April 2009. To be born on or after 1st April 1999 and before 31st March 2002
Fees Rs. 2000

Workshop Contents

Theatre, Nature and I

This workshop takes children on a journey that sensitizes them to Nature. They will be exposed to true environmental stories of triumph. The workshop endeavours to enable children to translate environmental awareness into theatrical expressions.

Puppetry Workshop

As David Logan said, “The marvellous thrill of puppetry is that puppets by their very nature do things that are not humanly possible. This allows for the imagination to explore countless different possibilities.”

This workshop takes children through the process of creating a puppet, a character, giving a voice and a personality too. Children would be exposed to a cultural experience of telling a story through puppet theatre.

About Padmavati Rao

Padmavati Rao has anchored Ranga Shankara’s Summer Express since its inception. Extremely popular (and hence sold out within a couple of days!), Pinty Akka as she is known, works with children to help them discover themselves and their creative sides in the most fond manner. She has designed these two brand new workshops for children between 7 and 9 years of age for Summer Express 2009.

Padmavati is very actively involved with Theatre in Education and works for an educational institution in Bangalore. She is very well known for her translations (Girish Karnad’s “Bikhre Bimb” and others), and plays for children that she has directed (“Gumma Banda Gumma” and “The First Leaf”). She was Shankar Nag’s Assistant Director for Malgudi Days and has acted in several movies in Hindi and Kannada.

IS CANCELED DUE TO SECURITY REASONS

Habba literally denotes festival in Kannada – the local State language of Karnataka. The Bengaluru Habba aims to provide valuable and aesthetic entertainment at no cost for the audiences. We hope to expose youth to the joy of live traditional performing and visual arts and crafts and to make Bengaluru a culturally vibrant place. Classical dance performances, Carnatic & Hindustani music recitals, Folk dances, English & Regional theatre productions, Craft melas and Sports competitions add to the grandeur of the festival at multiple venues in the city. Internationally, nationally and locally acclaimed artists grace the Habba’s stage.

Ronu Majumdar & Kadri Gopalnath, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Rahul Sharma, Lillette Dubey, Kala Madhyam artisans, EVAM productions, Galeej Gurus, and Aditi Mangaldas, Shaan, Sukhwinder Singh, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Pandits Ranjan & Sajan Mishra, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasiya, Shree L. Subramanyam, Shivamani and Taufiq Quereshi have all performed at previous Bengaluru Habbas.
To mark the 6th year celebration, the Government of Karnataka has graciously agreed to adopt the Bengaluru Habba as one of the flagship festivals of the state, in partnership with the private sector. This endeavour is the first of its kind in the country where the public, private and the industrial sector have come together to present the artistic palette of India which has enthralled millions around the world.

It indeed gives us great pleasure to invite you once again to another year of festivities at the 6th Bengaluru Habba from December 4th to December 21st, 2008.

All events are free and open to the public.
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It does not matter if you have never danced before or do not have a partner. The curriculum of the workshop includes the basics of two-step jive, styling tips for both men and women, lifts and tricks, intermediate jive and tips for social dancing.

Latino Rhythms Dance Academy has successfully trained over 2000 students for the last two years in ballroom dance. Under John Anthony, the Founder Director and Chief Instructor, Latino Rhythms saw its birth in August 2006 and has groomed thousands into various dance forms including Salsa, Jive, Bachata, Merengue and Bollywood freestyle.

With just a few students at its initial stages, today the schools runs three batches in Indiranagar, Jayanagar and Cooke Town and has over 200 students in 8 weekend batches. Latino Rhythms Dance Academy also caters to the dancing enthusiasts of the corporate sector. With regular week-day classes at Talisma and Oracle, John Anthony has made many people with two left feet to confident dancers.

The students of Latino Rhythms perform at various platforms / events, the main event being the International Salsa Congress in 2007.

Those interested in participating in the Monsoon Magic Dance Workshop may contact John Anthony on 9845433370 or E mail: jalatino@gmail.com

To rent stalls and other information, contact: futureofdance@hotmail.com
Website: www.schoolofkuchipudi.com

Cyrille Ngalle, our new guest instructor coming all the way from France, will be teaching Rueda de Casino.

Prithvi and Ree, Directors of Rock Around The Clock Dance Company have just returned from Berlin and London, after having performed at the Berlin Salsa Congress 2006, as the first Indian’s ever to perform there! And it would be little to say that they did us proud! They also received intensive training at both Berlin and London, from various international instructors and are back in India, aspiring to share their knowledge in their on coming month long workshop: “WINTER 2006, DANCE FESTIVAL”, [01 ? 30 November 2006] to be held at Alliance Francaise de Bangalore and Zero Gravity.

To learn from Prithvi, Ree and Cyrille, call them at 0 9342508667 / 0 998008667 / 080 41677855 alternatively, mail them at
info@rockaroundtheclock.biz
Visit: www.rockaroundtheclock.biz

1. Musicality and Basic Movements – Salsa
2. Salsa Partner work
3. Lady’s Styling – Salsa
4. Men’s Styling – Salsa
5. Body Movements – Salsa
6. Casino de Rueda – Salsa
7. Waltz
8. Cha Cha Cha
9. Bachata
10. Contemporary Dance
11. Bollywood Dancing
12. Jive Partner Work
13. Dips and Tricks
14. Hip Hop

VIP FULL PASS: [May attend all workshops and parties]
HALF PASS: [May attend all workshops except Musicality, Salsa Partner
work and Casino de Rueda]

VENUE ONE:
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE BANGALORE
Mid of Millers Road, Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore 560052

VENUE TWO :
ZERO GRAVITY
Level 10, Prestige Towers, Residency Road, Bangalore

About Rueda de Casino
Rueda de Casino started in Cuba in the mid 20th century and it is the roots of what you can see danced in Miami, and around the world today. In Cuba, the people used to get together in large halls, called “Casinos”, hence the name. Rueda (as it is commonly called in Cuba) is a form of Casino danced in a round with 2 or more couples exchanging partners when one person calls
out the turn names (“Rueda” is Spanish for “Wheel”, and “Casino” is known outside of Cuba as “Salsa”).

For all further information contact Prithvi and Ree
Rock Around The Clock, Dance Company, Bangalore, India
Ph: 0 9342508667 / 0 9980008677 / 080 65349327
E-mail: info@rockaroundtheclock.biz
Website: www.rockaroundtheclock.biz

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