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Dance is one of the many human experiences which cannot be suppressed. Dancing has existed at all times, and among all peoples and races. Dance is a form of expression given to man just as speech, philosophy, painting or music. Artist Suvra Chandra has felt the rhythm of the synchronised art form in her veins and the result is Image & Impression, an exhibition of her paintings on “a long and cherished dream” topic — dance. As Maya Angelou had once said, Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances — so do the subjects of Chandra’s second solo exhibition of paintings. She says she has been tremendously inspired by the multi-faceted talent of Uday Shankar who was a gifted artist, trained at Royal College of Art, but later he changed track smoothly to become a world-renowned creative dancer. The lithe, fluid movement of the body inspires Chandra. She painstakingly traces these movements with precision and transfers them on the canvases. This gives a photographic feel to the moving body of the dancers on the canvases. The figures are well-balanced, in bright hues and emanating with raw energy. She explores the various dance forms in her works and this lends variety to her paintings. Chandra traces the rhythm of life in this series.
Event: Image & Impression — an exhibition of paintings by Suvra Chandra When: Till May 31; 2 pm - 7 pm Where: Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street
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Till May 30 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 4 pm - 7.30 pm: A collection of paintings by contemporary upcoming artists Bikas Karmakar, Partha Chatterjee, Sk Shahajahan, Shekhar Baran Karmakar, Sambhu Saha and others.
Till May 30 at The Peerless Inn lobby: An exhibition of paintings by Souryeya Chakraborty.
Till May 30 at Weavers Studio Centre for Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24604245; 11 am - 7 pm: Inner Vision, an exhibition of terracotta sculptures by Durgadas, a visually impaired sculptor.
Till May 31 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show of works by Suhas Roy, Samir Roy and Samit Dey.
Till May 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakoot presents works by Shyam Sharma.
Till May 31 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Exhibition of paintings by Suvra Chandra.
Till May 31 at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Bengal Contemporary Art — An exhibition of exclusive artworks by 20 promising artists of Bengal.
Till June 1 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Drishtikone presents its first group exhibition.
Till June 3 (except Sunday) at The Palladian Lounge, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry; 11 am - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings on canvas by Vandana Lohia.
Till June 7 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Mondays (2 pm - 7 pm): Sculptures by Meera Mukherjee.
Till June 8 (except Tuesdays) at The Halo Heritage Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, Maddox Square; 2 pm - 8 pm: Inner Eye, an exhibition of paintings on canvas by Jonaki Pal.
Till June 17 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #2229 3886; 2 pm - 7 pm: Showcasing a host of latest works by contemporary, radical artists.
Till July 5 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers, 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, #2485 8717/8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show featuring works by Jayasri Burman, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Rameshwar Broota, Jogen Chowdhury, Rini Dhumal, Ramendra Nath Kastha, Paresh Maity, Uday Mondal, Santosh More, Rm. Palaniappan, Manu Parekh, Ganesh Pyne, Malay Saha, Dilip Kumar Samanta, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shambhavi, Lalu Prosad Shaw, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Sanjeev Sonpimpare and others.
DRAMA
May 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ekush Shatak presents Krishna Ranga, directed by Loknath Bandyopadhyaya.
May 31 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Lok-Krishti presents Page 4, It’s Also a Game. Drama, direction & acting: Bratya Basu.
May 31 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti will stage its latest production, Padma Nadir Majhi. Direction: Aalok Deb.
May 31 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Apsara Theater-er Mamla, based on Satyajit Ray’s story. Drama & music: Arindam Ganguly. Direction & in Feluda’s role: Sabyasachi Chakraborty.
FILM SHOW
May 29 at Nandan II; 4 pm: Screening of I Vesuviani (The Vesuvians), Director: A Capuano, M. Martone, P. Corsicato, A. De Lillo, S. Incerti. Hosted by The Consulate General of Italy, in collaboration with Nandan West Bengal Film Centre, as part of a festival of a package of Italian films (Neapolitan cinema).
TALK
May 29 at Swami Santadas Centre for Indological Studies, 101 Southern Avenue; 6 pm: Dr Bani Pada Saha will speak on Banglar Naba Jagaran O Jatiyatabaad: Palashi Theke Swadhinata Andolan.
May 29 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan.
May 29 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Prof. Shibranjan Chatterjee will speak on Swamiji on Women’s Education.
DRAMA FEST
Till May 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: The 5th Drama Festival organised by Nehru Children’s Museum. May 29: Anubhav. May 30: Saraswati Samipeshu. Students of Nehru Children’s Museum act in the plays, directed by Ramaprasad Banik.
PERFORMING ARTS
Till May 31 at Rathindra Mancha, Jorasanko Thakurbari; 5.30 pm: Rabindra Janmotsav organised by Rabindra Bharati Society. Today: Songs by Swapan Gupta, Indrani Ghosh, Mriganka Sarkar and Dr Sreekumar Chattopadhyay. Also, geeti-alekhya Aamar Desher Mati (Dir: Chitralekha Chowdhury), presented by Uttarayan.
May 29 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Shreecharaneshu presents Rabindranath: Anubadey, Gaane O Paathe. Participants: Supriti Mukhopadhyay, Meenakshi Singha, Tanusree Mukhopadhyay, Deepankar Maity and Shabar Roy.
May 30 - June 1 at Uttam Mancha: Rasikhapriya presents its mid-year series of Carnatic classical music programme. May 30, 6.30 pm: R. Thiagarajan (flute) with B. Ananthakrishnan (violin) and Nagai S. Narayanan (mridangam). May 31, 4.15 pm: Kunnakkudi Master M. Balamuralikrishna (vocal) with Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (violin) and K.V. Gopalakrishnana (mridangam); at 6.30 pm: Dr Pantula Rama (vocal) with MSN Murthy (violin) and Mangalagiri Sridhar (mridangam). June 1, 4.15 pm: Sikkil C. Gurucharan (vocal) with Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (violin) and K.V. Gopalakrishnana (mridangam); at 6.30 pm: Mala Ramadorai (Hindusthani vocal) with Abhay Datar (tabla) and Ananth Joshi (harmonium).
May 30 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Mohar-Kanika presents Chena Mohar Achena Britte, an evening of Tagore songs by Shubhasree Roy, Moushumi Chowdhury, Shyamasree Bandyopadhyay, Indrani Dasgupta, Sohini Mukhopadhyay, Ranjini Mukhopadhyay, Heerak Mukhopadhyay, Somali Mukhopadhyay, Priyam Mukhopadhyay, Ritapa Bhattacharya, Ritaja Chowdhury and Sayan Bandyopadhyay. Narration and reading: Rajat Bandyopadhyay and Chaitali Dasgupta.
June 1 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna Records & Cassettes presents an evening of Tagore songs by Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Manoj Murali Nair, Shampa Kundu, Mrinmay Roy and Manisha Murali Nair.
DISCUSSION
May 29 at Charukala Bhavan (behind Calcutta Information Centre); 6 pm: Pratikriti hosts a discussion on Sahityo Theke Theatre O Chalachitra (From Literature to Theatre and Films). Speakers: Dipendu Chakraborty, Ananda Lal, Nabyendu Chatterjee, Nripen Saha and Shyamal Ghosh. Anchor: Alok Deb.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till May 30 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Portraits of a Director — an exhibition of photographs on Satyajit Ray by Asit Poddar.
Till May 31 at Bose Pacia Kolkata, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Bose Pacia Kolkata Gallery, the Embassy of France in India and Alliance Française du Bengale host India by Magnum: Plural Perspectives, a projected exhibition by 14 photographers from Magnum Photos.
EXHIBITION
Till May 31 at Cottage Emporium, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, popularly known as Cottage, hosts Summer Cool, an indoor exhibition of cotton sarees, produced from masterweavers.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:
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