Tribute to a legend West Bengal State Music Academy and the ministry of information and culture, West Bengal, in association with West Bengal Dance Group Federation, host Uday Shankar Dance Festival 2005, as part of the birth anniversary celebrations of the legendary dancer. The festival commences with a colourful procession this afternoon at 1.30 from Golf Club Road to Rabindra Sadan. A week-long affair, it comprises contemporary, classical (Bharat Natyam, Kathak, Odissi, Mohiniattam, Manipuri, Kuchipudi, Kathakali) and folk (including chhau and garba) dance performances by both renowned and budding artistes. After a ceremonial inauguration at 5.15 pm, this evening?s programme features presentations by Mahua Mukhopadhyay (gaudiya), Madhumita Pal (chhau), Nandini Sinha (kathak) and a choreographic rendition by Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts, under Tanushree Shankar?s direction. Event: Uday Shankar Dance Festival 2005 When: December 8 - 14, 6 pm Where: Rabindra Sadan

art

Till December 8 at Anant Art Gallery, 18A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: The Restless Line ? recent works by Anwar. Till December 9 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 11 am - 8 pm: Drawings by KCS Paniker. December 8 - 15 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Open Window presents the works of Amitava Dhar, Dipali Bhattacharjee, Hiran Mitra, Janak Jhankar Narzary, K. Muralidharan, Pradip Rakshit, Samir Aich, Sudeshna Halder, Sunil Dey and Tapas Konar. Till December 11 at Society of Contemporary Arts, 398 Jogendra Garden (South); 4 pm - 8 pm: Water colours by Baren Basu. Till December 11 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: The Flight of the Phoenix, paintings by Shukla Chowdhury. Till December 11 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Subimalendu Bikas Sinha. Till December 17 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: In Search of Sublimity ? recent works of Prabhakar Kolte. Till December 21 (Sundays by appointment only) at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square; 2 pm - 7 pm: A Passion for the Pencil, a solo exhibition by Mrinal Mandal. Inauguration by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay today at 6.30 pm.

DRAMA

December 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Panchali?s multi-lingual national theatre festival concludes with Charandas Chor by Naya Theatre. Direction: Habib Tanveer. Till December 14 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shohan Natyamela 2005. Today: Mahanagar by Naksha, Gobardanga, and Dhisum-Dhisum by Aatmaj, Behala. December 9 at Padatik Little Theatre-II; 7 pm: Theatrecian presents an Edward Albee play, The Zoo Story (in English), directed by Tanushree Das. December 10 at Padatik Little Theatre; 7 pm: Padatik and Rikh present Ho Sakta Hai Do Aadmi Do Kursiyaan, a play in Hindi written & directed by Vinay Sharma. December 11 at Padatik Little Theatre-II; 6.30 pm: Padatik presents its new play, Ballavpur Ki Roopkatha, written by Badal Sircar and directed by Pradip Roy.

TALK

December 8 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in Bengali on Amukhya Gita. December 8 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Shandilya Sutra.

PERFORMING ARTS

December 8 at Srijan rooftop, 176 Sarat Bose Road; 6 pm: Srijan?s listeners? forum pays its tribute to Nikhil Banerjee with a presentation of his life and music by sarod player Anindya Banerjee, with an introduction by Nikhilji?s disciple Partha Chatterjee. December 8 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Dwaita ? Exploring Duality in Odissi, an Odissi dance presentation featuring Sreyashi Dey, artistic director, Srishti Dances of India, USA, and Manoranjan Pradhan, Orissa Dance Academy, Bhubaneswar. December 8 at Swabhumi; 6 pm: A dance presentation by Dhiman Sankar and his troupe to mark Ananda Shankar?s birth anniversary. December 10 at the open-air stage at the entrance of City Centre, DC Block, Salt Lake; 4.30 pm: A musical entertainment by Sumit Roy and Gopa Ghosh organised by Dignity Foundation Calcutta Chapter for senior citizens.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till December 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, West & North Galleries; 3 pm - 8 pm: Third Eye presents its 7th Photo Festival 2005 (Phase I) comprising 30 in. by 40 in. colour photos.

FESTIVAL

Till December 12 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue: Sree Guruvayurappan Bhajan Samity hosts Guruvayur Ekadasi Celebrations with Bhagavatha Parayanam and Mahatmya Pravachanam by Brahmashri A. Lakshmipathy Deekshithar. Parayanam (7.30 am - 1 pm); Pravachanam (4.30 pm - 8 pm).

EXHIBITIon

Till December 10 at Weavers Studio, #2440 8937/26/27; 10 am - 6.30 pm: As part of its 12th anniversary celebrations, Weavers Studio presents an exhibition of antique jewellery in silver, semi-precious & precious stone, and gold by Amrapali of Jaipur; contemporary wearable textiles by Brigitte Singh, Amita Gupta and Sonya Khan. December 8 - 11 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, 1st floor; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents a winter collection of printed tassar saris by Bharati Dutta. Till December 14 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street: Exhibition of award-winning designer?s silk, crepe, georgette hand embroidered saris, Pasmina shawls, stoles, etc. from Tripura and Kashmir.

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