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A visual anthropologist and Kathak exponent, Dr Pallabi Chakravorty is the founder and artistic director of the contemporary dance ensemble, Courtyard Dancers, in Philadelphia. She has specialised in Kathak for more than two decades under Bandana Sen. Chakravorty’s scholarly and choreographic works reflect her long immersion in Kathak and in ethnographic methods and social theory. Bells of Change: Kathak Dance, Women and Modernity in India is her first book. Sawaal-Jawaab, a conversation with the author on the occasion of its release this evening, will reveal how Kathak as a classical dance form travelled from the kothas to the national stage, and now to the global ‘arts-industrial complex’. The session will commence with a live performance and video excerpts from Chakravorty’s own choreographic works, melding embodied aesthetics with contemporary social theory.
Event: Release of a book written by Pallabi Chakravorty followed by a conversation When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road
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art
Till March 15 at Inox Forum (10/3 Elgin Road) & Inox City Centre (DC Block I, Sector I, Salt Lake); 11 am - 9 pm: Inox Forum and Inox City Cehtre have organised a black-and-white art exhibition, in association with Genesis Art Gallery, to mark the release of Subhash Ghai’s latest release, Black & White.
Till March 15 at Gallery Chemould, 12F Park Street, #22298641; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Tamali Dasgupta, Anjan Bhattacharyya, Narayan Karmakar and Sudip Banerjee.
March 15 & 16 at Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall, Indian Museum; 4 pm - 8 pm (today) & 1 pm - 8 pm (tomorrow): Arena Animation, Park Street is organising Drishti ’08, a digital art exposition by its students.
Till March 16 at Theme Gallery, 31A Kabir Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works by city’s 20 prominent artists, including Isha Mahamad, S.S. Pradhan and B.R. Panesar.
Till March 15 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of Eleena Banik’s recent works.
Till March 15 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, 2nd floor, Shivam Chambers, #30523243; 3 pm - 7 pm: Colors of Hyderabad — an exhibition of paintings by Bairu Raghuram, Chippa Sudhakar, DVS Krishna, G Anjaneyulu, Kavita Deuskar, K Srinivasa Chari, K Sukumar, Laxman Aelay, L Narendranath, Manguirish S Rajadhyax, Ramesh Gorjala, S Bharath Yadav, Sachin Jaltare, Sajid Bin Amar, Sanjay Ashtaputre, Sreekanth Kurva, Swati Rajadhyax and T Vaikuntam.
Till March 15 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Exhibition of new works on paper by Ritesh Meshram and Vijay Bandar.
Till March 15 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Mithu Saha.
Till March 15 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, Duckback House, #22873377; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of works by Jogen Chowdhury, Suhas Roy, Paritosh Sen, Kartick Chandra Pyne, Prokash Karmakar, Atin Basak, Arun Bain, CF John, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Debabrata De, B. Debraj, Kamal Mitra, Murali Cheeroth, Manjari Chakraborty, P. Bardhan, Pradeep Puthoor, Pradeep Mishra, Pratul Dash, Rajiba Lochan Pani, Sk Sahajahan, Sisir Sahana, Bratin Khan, K. Muralidharan, Samir Aich, Subarata Gangopadhyay and others.
Till March 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Arts ’39 hosts an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and drawings by well-known artists.
DRAMA
March 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Kah. Dir: Bimal Chakraborty.
March 15 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sudrak presents Purba-Nirdharito.
March 15 & 16 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Padatik presents its latest production, Lahron Ke Rajhans (Hindi) by Mohan Rakesh. Dir: Shyamanand Jalan.
March 15 at Tapan Theatre; 6.45 pm: Arghya presents Rakta Karabi. Direction: Manish Mitra.
March 15 & 16 at Proscenium Art Centre; 7 pm: Theatrecian Theatre Workshop Production presents Vibgyor, a 20-minute production by the workshop participants.
March 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Anujug presents Yatri. Dir: Sajal Chakraborty.
March 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatron will stage Bernarda Albar Bari for the final time. Dir: Saswati Biswas.
March 16 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Lok-Krishti presents Krishna Gahwar. Drama, direction & acting: Bratya Basu.
March 16 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, a play by Dr Sirish Atwalay. Translated by Kamal Sanyal and Bejoylakshmi Barman. Dir: Gautam Haldar, filmmaker.
March 16 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Fakka, directed by Chandan Das.
March 16 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.45 pm: Rang Roop presents Byaram Biram. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.
PERFORMING ARTS
March 15 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24604245; 6 pm: An evening of Hindusthani classical music by musician and writer Amit Chaudhuri.
March 15 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Kavita Murti Deshpande, Live in Concert for AHEAD, a special school committed to the special children of society. Organised by Rotary Club of Calcutta Metropolitan.
March 15 at Floatel, Promenade Deck; 6.45 pm: The Floatel presents dance-drama Sagarika, based on Tagore’s poem. Dances by Alokananda Roy and her group, and songs by Pramita Mallick.
March 16 at Kaushik Hall, Nari Seva Sangha, Jodhpur Park; 5.30 pm: Dakshin Kalikata Nandaniki presents Basanta Utsab.
March 16 at Dakshin Kolkata Sansad; 7 pm: Mystic Verses — A reading of Jibanananda Das’ poetry, translated by Chidananda Dasgupta, by filmmaker Aparna Sen and media personality Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee.
PHOTOGRAPHS
March 15 - April 19 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: India Shining, India Crying - A tale of contemporary India: An exhibition of photographs by Johann Rousselot. Inauguration today at 6 pm. Organised by the French Embassy in India, Alliance Française du Bengale, and Bose Pacia.
Till March 16 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs taken by Birla Academy of Art & Culture’s founder-trustee Basant Kumar Birla.
Till March 30 (except Mondays) at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block P, New Alipore, #2400 7348; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by Jyoti Bhatt.
TALK
March 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Girishananda will speak on Swami Sishya Sambad.
March 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Sunilmoy Ghosh will speak on Atulprasader Jivan O Vani (a musical illustration in Bengali).
March 15 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Pritindra Krishna Bhattacharya will discuss Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.
March 15 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Manovijnan O Atmatattwa.
SEMINAR
March 15 at Vidya Mandir Auditorium, 1 Moira Street; 10 am: J.D. Birla Institute is organising a seminar on Environmental Issues: Achieving a Sustainable Future.
BOOK BAZAAR
March 15 at British Council Conference Room; 11 am - 7 pm: British Council’s Book Bazaar comprises over 4,000 British books, periodicals, CDs; and a collection of IT, management, literature, medicine and history.
EXHIBITION
Till March 15 at All Bengal Women’s Union, 89 Elliot Road; 10.30 am - 5 pm: Spring show of block-printed sarees and table linen, embroidered baby frocks and nighties, hand-woven bedspreads, table napkins, freshly ground spices, cakes and muffins as well as hand-made items by children.
Till March 15 at 3 Royd Street, #2227 2219; 11 am - 4 pm: Azura celebrates its first anniversary with an exhibition showcasing the creations of Toronto-based fashion designer Farhana Chowdhury, from glamorous dresses, kurtees, crosets, tunics, jackets and an exquisite range of stylish skirts and blousons.
Till March 20 at The Address, Ganga Jamuna, 1st floor, 28/1 Shakespeare Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Narayan’s World, featuring paintings, sculptures and handmade jewellery by Narayan Sinha.
Till March 22 at Selimpur Road, Dhakuria, #9874532577; 2 pm - 8.30 pm: Summer exhibition of Nibedita’s Boutique presenting designer sarees and costume jewellery.
Till March 21 (except Thursday) at 85 Lansdowne, 85B Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: 85 Lansdowne’s Spring-Summer 2008 collection: introducing Sabina Singh, Pallavi Singhee and Rinaldi; saris by Shaina NC, Benarasi weaves by Snna, contemporary jewellery by Lavanya and children’s wear by Little Wardrobe; launching Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s spring-summer line; and presenting the latest collection by resident designers.
QUIZ
March 15 at the International School of Business & Media, EN-22 Salt Lake, Sector-V: The Transatlantic quiz (an individual written quiz). Registration from 5.45 pm. For details, contact Gautam at 98300 44093, or Suprio at 9230562601, or log on to www.transatlanticquiz.com
March 16 at Space Circle; 11 am & 5 pm: Love All, a sports quiz from 11 am; and Showbiz, an entertainment quiz from 5 pm.
March 16 at Hara Hall, near Barrackpore Railway Station; 1 pm: Barrackpore Quiz Club presents a general quiz open to all. Details with Sofiul Alam (94338 74844) or Samrat Dutta (98302 45305).
READING
March 16 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya’s report of Arjuna threatening to kill Yudhisthira for his insulting reference to the Gandiva bow's ineffectiveness, and Krishna trying his best to argue him out of this vow, in the 416th weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa’s Mahabharata.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
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