Arts initiative The only experimental dance company in Eastern India, Sapphire Creations has always striven to develop an organic, radical, dynamic and alternative idiom of movement. With a forte for innovation, the ensemble is fresh, young and exudes a ready awareness of contemporary global concerns. Sapphire’s work approaches issues of gender, art, relationships, society, polity, consumerism and HIV through a global perspective, South Asian sensitivity and an experimental body stylistic. To connect with art, artists and people in general, the group now launches its Quarterly Arts Series, providing a platform to young artists from various disciplines and celebrating the achievements of renowned masters. This evening’s launch programme begins with Emotica, a solo dance recital by Ankita Dutta Gupta, which recounts the journey of an individual through the vagaries of life; from the protection of the mother’s lap into the real world. Next, Paramita Saha will present the choreographic piece Four Point Something, a quizzical exploration of four theatrical moments and how they rearrange themselves into various thematic structures. Finally, Kalamandalam Piyal will present a lecture-demonstration on body alignment and ancient Indian traditions, where he will reveal the undiscovered contribution of Natyasastra to the growth and proliferation of organic performing arts in South-east Asia. Hosted by Studio21. Event: Contemporary dance performance by Sapphire Creations When: Today at 6 pm Where: Studio21, 17L Dover Terrace

ART

Till April 3 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, #2485 8717; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm; Tuesday - Saturday: 2 pm - 7 pm: Symbols & Metaphors — an exhibition of the works of Samir Aich, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Alok Bal, A. Balasubramaniam, Sumitro Basak, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Partha Pratim Deb, Atul Dodiya, Jaya Ganguly, Gopal Ghosh, M.F. Husain, Farhad Hussain, Jitish Kallat, Paresh Maity, Veer Munshi, Baiju Parthan, Ganesh Pyne, Kingshuk Sarkar, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Arpita Singh, Sanjeev Sonpimpare, Ram Singh Urveti and others. Till April 20 (except Sundays & holidays) at the Museum and Art Gallery of The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park; 10.30 am - 1 pm & 2.30 pm - 7 pm: Annual Exhibition 2010 of paintings, sculptures and print-makings of late Lalit Mohan Sen. Till March 26 at Halo Heritage Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chasing the Muse — an exhibition of paintings by Dwijen Gupta, Subrata Chowdhury and Rupchand Kundu. Till March 27 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Beyond Desire — Fourteen works of erotic sculpture by painter Sunil Das. Till March 28 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sampratik Manipur — art works by the Art Society, Manipur. Till March 28 at Bose Pacia, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Kunwarji’s Ground — new works by Dileep Sharma. Till March 28 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of recent works by Shuvankar Maitra. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till March 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, New-South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Partha Roy, Biswa Basu, Subrata Saha, Susanta Chowdhury and Puspen Roy. Till March 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Rhetoric of Gender — an exhibition of paintings by Ratna Bose. Till March 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Amra — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Palash Halder, Gopal Pal and Manoj Das. Till March 31 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: In Sync — recent works by Anand Gadapa and Nirmala Biluka. Till March 31 (except Sunday) at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, Emami Towers, 687 Anandapur, E.M. Bypass, #4011 3182/3183; 11 am - 7 pm: Logged, an exhibition of drawings by contemporary artists of India. Till March 31 (except Sunday) at Ahuja Museum for the Arts, 26 Lee Road, #4003 4974; 12 noon - 7 pm: Colombian Art by Antonio Zapata. Till March 31 (except Monday) at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block-P New Alipore, #24007348; 3 pm - 8 pm: The graphic world of M.F. Husain. Till March 31 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts (94 Ballygune Place) & at K2 Gallery (Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace); 10 am - 7 pm: From Pain to Paint — paintings from The Bindu Art School. Till March 31 at Gallery Indian Images, 60/128 Haripada Dutta Lane, Golf Gardens, #98746 71820: First Leaf of Spring — the inaugural exhibition of the gallery features paintings, sculptures and photographs. Till April 7 (except Sunday) at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor, #2289 5438; 11 am - 7.30 pm: The Way We Are, curated by Oindrilla Maity Surai. Featuring works by Arunkumar H.G., Baiju Parthan, Bhagyanath C, Chhatrapati Dutta, Gigi Scaria, Josh P.S., Saikat Surai, Sunil Padwal and Vinayak Bhattacharya. Till April 10 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28 B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7pm, Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm: The Metaphor and Beyond — featuring works by C. Douglas, P. Gopinath, K. Muralidharan and S. Nandagopal. Till April 30 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #98310-05003, 65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: The Voices of the Canvas, featuring works by Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Bratin Khan, Subrata Das, Shyamal Mukherjee, Sukanta Das, Samir Paul, Atin Basak and others.

DRAMA

March 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Spandan IPTA presents Ishteshade - the Suicide Squad, written and directed by Sangram Guha. March 26 at HSBC Hall, Tollygunge Club; 7 pm: The Tollygunge Club, in association with Spandan, presents Ek Ruka Hua Faisla, a powerful play in Hindi, directed by Ashok Singh. March 27 & 28 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7.30 pm: Ballantine’s presents The Company Theatre’s production, The Blue Mug, directed by Atul Kumar. The cast includes Konkona Sen Sharma, Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Munish Bhardwaj and Sheeba Chadha.

PERFORMING ARTS

March 26 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 5 pm: Sonar Tari Kalakendra presents Shesh Basanta, with songs by Debarati Som, Saikat Mitra, Sikha Dutta, Tanusree Banerjee, Suchhanda Ghosh Madhuchhanda Chakraborty, Mousumi Karmakar, Basabi Bagchi and others, and recitation by Debashis Mitra, Dipak Mukherjee and Ishita Das Adhikary. March 26 at Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur; 6 pm: Divine Inspiration presents Anandi featuring a solo sitar recital by Anjan Saha and a solo Odissi dance recital by Kaberi Sen. March 26 at Kala Mandir; 7 pm: Sangeet Ashram presents a vocal recital by Girija Devi, accompanied by Kumar Bose on the tabla. March 26 at Tapan Theatre; 5.30 pm: Calcutta Telephones Recreation Club, Area Manager South Unit’s 7th annual cultural programme features dances by Shatabdi Ballet troupe and drama Satkahan.

TALK

March 26 at Saturday Club, 7 Wood Street; 6 pm: A talk on Care for the Heart and Safe Use of Health Clubs by Dr Debal Sen. (For members and their guests only) March 26 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in English on Mundaka Upanishad.

SCREENING

March 26 at Nandan-II: Films Division, Government of India and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre jointy present Indian Divas of Celluloid featuring documentaries on three great Indian actresses made by women directors: Searching for Smita (on Smita Patil) by Meera Dewan at 6 pm; Portrait of an Actress (on Madhabi Mukherjee) by Shila Datta at 6.15 pm; and Nargis (on Nargis Dutt) by Priya Dutt at 6.55 pm.

EXHIBITION

March 26 at Genesis Art Gallery; 10 am - 8 pm: Phulkari, an exhibition of sarees, chunnies, dress material, patiala salwars and more. Till March 26 at 8/2 Loudon Street, #22811524: Earthy Myths presents Kotas in Vogue. Till March 27 at Anusthan Bhavan, 132 Rashbehari Avenue: Sundari Silks, Chennai presents its summer show of silk and cotton sarees from the leading weavers of south India. Till March 27 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, Ballygunge Place; 9.30 am - 6.30 pm: Weavers Studio showcases sarees, salwar kurtas, shirts, fabrics, scarves, etc. Till March 28 at 601/1, Block ‘O’, New Alipore, #9836090947, 9836544344; 11 am - 6 pm: Lollipop presents kidswear and accessories. Till March 30 at 27 Mirza Ghalib Street, #22521586; 10 am - 7 pm (Monday to Saturday) & 10 am - 1 pm (Sunday): Sasha (association for craft producers) holds its annual show. Till April 14 at Design, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Paramita Viswanathan’s special display of ‘Resist’ printed sarees, silks and south Indian cottons.

FESTIVAL

Till March 29 at Sri Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2463 8296: Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj celebrates 70th Sri Ramanavami Mahotsavam. Today at 6.30 pm: Nritya Sankeertanam (bhajan with dance) by AVK Rajasimha Bhagavathar, Eswara Prasad Bhagavathar (Hyd) & group.

PANEL DISCUSSION

March 27 at Bengal Club; 7 pm: Bengal Club-The Telegraph Panel Discussion. Topic: The faith corporates have in the budget is misplaced. Speakers: Ashok Desai, Ashok Ganguly, Pawan Munjal, Salman Khurshid, Suhel Seth and Udayan Bose. Moderator: Rudrangshu Mukherjee. Entry restricted to members & guests.

WORKSHOP

March 26 - 28 at Minerva Theatre; 11 am - 4 pm: Sayak, in collaboration with Sangeet Natak Akademi, is organising a workshop on Neurotheatrics, to be conducted by scientist Sajal Bandyopadhyay. No entry fee. For registration, call 9674923731 / 9830195317. March 26 - 31 at KMCP School, 5/1 Balaram Ghosh Street: Shohan organises an intensive workshop on theatre. Interested candidates may call 98300 42004.

QUIZ

March 28 at Spring Club, next to ITC Sonar, EM Bypass: Adverb presents Mind Game, an open general quiz for teams of four. Spot registration from 4 pm. Quiz masters: Shouvik Guha and Jayashree Mohanka.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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