Stories in motion The art of story-telling started as an ancient narrative technique, with court poets, priests and minstrels describing details of momentous, historical events orally at royal or public gatherings. Before the method of documenting events in writing came into practice, history, heritage and culture were passed down from generation to generation through performances of poetry, songs, street-theatres and jatras about folklore and legends at temples and village shows, kathakars’ performances at royal courts or through religious and ritualistic folk dance traditions. These oral traditions tell us about societies and practices in bygone eras, glorious achievements of kings and heroes down the ages, historical events of great importance and also stories in our epics and legends. This time-honoured oral tradition comes alive once again this evening in The Art of Story Telling, reliving ancient narrative styles in all their excitement and splendour. Participants: Kathak dancer Jayant Kastaur, stage artiste Lushin Dubey, veteran thespian-director Usha Ganguli, painter Suvaprasanna and choreographer-dancer Priti Patel, among others. Event: Story-telling session through folk and modern art forms When: Today at 7 pm Where: The Palladian Lounge, Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry

art

Till August 18 at Gallery ’79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: The 11th solo exhibition of Anirban Ghosh’s work. Till August 20 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 4 pm - 8 pm: Tribute to Ganapati, an exhibition of works by Manoj Mitra, Ekta Singha, Bagesree Dutta, Dipti Chakraborti, Nirmalendu Mondal, Subrata Choudhury, Jayanta Ghosh, Anup Ray and others. Till August 20 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Dream (Imaginary World I & II), an exhibition of paintings by Archita Sen. Till August 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Biswajit Mandal. Till August 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Panchu Gopal Dutta, Bijoy Chakraborti, Durgadas, Biswaroop Dutta, Sumitra Dutta Choudhury, Bagesree Dutta, Millie Basu Roy, Sajal Mukherjee, Arup Ranjan Chatterjee and Monimala Sen Gupta. Till August 22 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Freedom: What it means to me, an exhibition of the works of well-known artists. Curator: Pranab Ranjan Ray. Till August 22 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, ground floor, East End Gardens Building; 3 pm - 8 pm (weekdays): Recent artworks by Dhiren Sasmal and Ashok Ganguly. Till August 25 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Born Free, paintings by Ajay De, Asit Kumar Patnaik, Bratin Khan, Bhaghat Singh, Nitya Kundu, Partha Bhattacharjee, Pradip Maitra, Sanatan Dinda, S. Harshvardhan, Subrata Gangopadhyay, S.K. Shahjahan, Saptarishi Naskar, Wasim Kapoor and others. Till August 25 (Sunday by appointment only) at Gallery Kolkata, 2nd floor, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani; 2 pm - 7 pm: Signature Images — an exhibition of works by Paritosh Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Suhas Roy, T. Vaikuntam, Sunil Das, Jogen Chowdhury, Jatin Das, Prakash Karmakar and Shuvaprasanna. Till August 25 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakala Arts, a group show by contemporary south-west, west and central India art schools. Till August 26 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Independent Impression, an exhibition of the works of 20 senior artists in celebration of 60 years of Independence. Participants include Paritosh Sen, Sunil Das, Suhas Roy, Jogen Chowdhury, Robin Mondal, Prakash Karmakar, Bijon Chowdhury, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Vaikuntham, Surya Prakash, Amitabha Banerjee, Alok Bhattacharya, Wasim Kapoor, Nirmal Dutta, B.R. Panesar, Shuvaprasanna, Dipak Banerjee, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Anita Roychowdhury and M.F. Husain. Till August 30 (except Sundays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Embracing Modernity, a solo exhibition of paintings by Ramesh Gorjala of Andhra Pradesh.

drama

August 17 at Academy of Fine Arts & August 19 at Madhusudan Mancha: A festival of plays by Sundaram to mark its golden jubilee. August 17: Ranger Haat at 6.30 pm. August 19: Sajano Bagan at 6.30 pm. Drama, direction & acting: Manoj Mitra. August 17 at Max Mueller Bhavan Auditorium; 6.30 pm: Max Mueller Bhavan Calcutta and Tritiyo Sutra present Agunmukho, based on original German play Feuergesicht by Marius von Mayenburg. Bengali adaptation: Bratya Basu. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay. August 17 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shyambazar Blind Opera presents its latest play, Banijya Bistar. Direction: Ashok Pramanik.

PERFORMING ARTS

August 17 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Manipuri Nartanalaya presents Jagoi Pareng, a series of classical Manipuri dance compositions of Guru Bipin Singh, and Tagore’s dance-drama Kalmrigaya, choreographed and directed by Bimbavati Devi. August 17 & 18 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik Dance Centre, in collaboration with Sangeet Natak Akademi, presents Thumri Bhava Batana in Kathak. Dancers: Kajal Mishra, Luna Pan, Paromita Maitra, Keya Chanda, Molly Roy, Ritusri Chowdhury and Debashree Bhattacharya. August 18 at Girish Mancha; 1 pm - 9 pm: Geet O Saptasur presents Sur Jhankar featuring Talent Search Sa Re Ga 2007 (semifinals & final) followed by a musical programme Jalsaghar. August 18 & 19 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 5.30 pm: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents two evenings of classical music featuring Trichy K. Ramesh (vocal) with M. Dinesh (vocal support), T.H. Vasanta (violin) and S. Madhusudanan (mridangam) on August 18; and Nisha P. Rajagopal (vocal) with T.H. Vasanta (violin) and S. Madhusudanan (mridangam) on August 19. August 19 at University Institute Hall; 6 pm: Kalangan’s annual dance feastival features Bharata Natyam, Kathak and a choreographed piece, Pran Probahe.... August 19 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Vasna, a dance-theatre production by Bengal Repertory and supported by Padatik. Created and performed by Ritusri Chowdhury and Suman Saha.

talk

August 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Brahmeshananda will speak on Bhagavad-Gita in Everyday Life. August 17 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Chandogya Upanishad.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till August 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Commune-I, a group of young photographers, under the banner of Third Eye, presents its first exhibition of photographs.

exhibition

August 17 & 18 at 85B Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: 85 Lansdowne showcases Nisha Beri’s festive collection comprising chikankari saris, tunics and salwar kameezes in silk, georgette and cotton. Till August 18 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore: Spinning dreams and weaving spells of sarees and suit pieces from Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bengal by Sujata Sarawgi. Till August 18 at Sen Bati, 3 Mandeville Gardens: Garvi-Gurjari hosts Adivasi Mela, with tribal artisans and craftsperson join with their live demonstration of their products. Till August 20 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Rainsong Roulette, an exhibition of handcrafted and woven wearables and accessories as well as home linens in innovative packages. Till August 21 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Paramita Viswanathan’s Puja collection of silks and tassars from West Bengal and traditional sarees from the South.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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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