Rajeev Raja Combine - Saturday 1st @ 20.30

The Improv - Friday 30th @ 20.00

Yoga Nidra - Saturday 1st @ 7.00 am

From Sowmya Ayyar (http://www.sowmyaayyar.com/)

ICYAS Pre-Conference Workshop, a Yoga Nidra session conducted by Madeleine Sears, Certified Yoga Teacher from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. A relaxing and meditative practice taking you through the layers of the body.

Register for the programme : +91 78 29 42 77 42

This program is held as a pre-conference event to the International Conference on Yoga, Ayurveda, and Spirituality for the 2012-2013 year. 

Cost: Rs 250

Greening with Goethe - Saturday 1st @ 10.00

The University of Bremen, Germany and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore present the 2nd International Environmental Youth Conference “Greening with Goethe” - the interdisciplinary environmental project that has been awarded the UNESCO tag of Project of the Decade.

“Greening with Goethe“” is a part of the Year of Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities.

How can we interest children and teenagers in environmental protection? What happens when they experience and comprehend that this issue has a critical bearing on their present and future? “With this project we want to awaken interest in the environmental sciences, as well as work toward improving the climatic balance”, says Dr. Anne Schönhagen, Project Head and Deputy Director, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India has kindly consented to interact with the young delegates during the grand finale. Excited about the young students’ commitment, Dr. Kalam will deliver a Keynote Address and debate the role of politics in environmental protection with the delegates.

Acknowledging the significance of the project, UNESCO awarded “Greening with Goethe” with the title: Project of the Decade "Education for Sustainable Development”.  According to Prof. Dr. Gerhard de Haan, Chairman of the National Committee and Jury of the UN Decade in Germany, “Greening with Goethe” portrays fantastically, how future education is going to be spread. The jury rewards the project for the reason that it comprehensibly conveys how people can act sustainably.”

For detailed information on the Conference and project, please call the Bhavan: 2520 5305/6/7/8 or visit our websites: www.goethe.de/india/greening-with-goethe; www.goethe.de/bangalore.

To learn with each other and from one another – the idea behind “Greening with Goethe“ is as simple as it is original: young students from across schools in Germany, Czech Republic and Sri Lanka, along with students from PASCH schools (Partner schools) in all major Indian metros identify and research an environmental problem.

The project began in 2011 with an international group of environmental scientists guiding the students and encouraging them to claim responsibility for their neighbourhood and city perhaps for the first time in their lives. At the 1st International Environmental Youth Conference “Greening with Goethe” in 2011, students were accorded the chance to discuss common issues, develop a catalogue of measures and commit to solving their chosen problem. The project continues with its young protagonists realising new ideas during a one-year implementation phase.

A huge success from the very start, “Greening with Goethe” was able to extend its collaboration in 2012 to partner schools in the Czech Republic and Sri Lanka. 400 young students representing four nations are involved in the project this year. 150 of these will participate in the 2nd International Environmental Youth Conference to be held from December 1 to 3, 2012 in Bangalore. They will present their projects in workshops and cluster meetings, exchange ideas and discuss possible measures for the future with the help of 25 environmental scientists and experts. Elected delegates will convene a Senate on Day 2 to compile the outcome of both workshops and cluster meetings and prepare the catalogue of measures.

With the world-renowned Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on board as a partner, this year’s Conference will take place on the IISc Campus, with its scientists and research specialists offering invaluable support during the workshops.

Raag Rang Samay Yatra - Friday 7th @ 18.30

Raag Rang Samay Yatra

A 90 minute Hindustani Music Program that highlights the  

Time Cycle of Ragas

With a commentary by Vidhushi Lalith J Rao

and demonstration by her Disciples

Pick up Something - Sunday 2nd @ 12.00

German illustrator Nadia Budde sees word and illustration as a unity. No wonder her pictorial narratives for children and young people receive both comic and literature awards.

She will conduct a creative workshop for children which will include drawing based on her comic stripes Urban Zoo and her book “One two three me” for children of age group 6-11 years.

For older children 12 – 18 years age group – they develop their very own and personal graphic novel under the topic of childhood memories. The basic concept of the workshop is developed from Nadia Budde’s book “Such dir was aus aber beeil dich” (“Pick something but hurry”) which is an account of her own childhood in Berlin.

For Age Groups 6-12
Call 080-41400793/4 for limited reservations.

The Chronic Blues Circus - Friday 30th @ 21.00

The Chronic Blues Circus, Bangalore's foremost Blues Band comprises of: Miriam John - vocals, harp, guitar, Owen - bass, guitar,Sudhakar - drums, Mukut - vocals, Keys and Peter Isaac on vocals, guitar, harps and saxophone.

They are best known for their original music; a natural, clean sound and powerful vocals combined with their unique arrangements. They are probably the only Blues band around with four lead vocalists, who have completely different styles which reflects on the overall sound of the band.

Painting & Drawing - Sunday 2nd from 10.00

Brush & Metal - Friday 7th @ 18.30

For the travellers : Kochi Muziris Biennale - till March 3rd

India’s first Biennale, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, will feature nearly 90 artists from 24 countries, the large majority of whom are creating new site-specific works.

Artists working on new commissions for the biennale include Sudarshan Shetty (India), Sanchayan Ghosh(India), Subodh Gupta (India), Hossein Valamanesh (Iran/Australia), Ariel Hassan (Argentina), Amanullah Mojadidi (Afghanistan), Anita Dube (India), Jyothi Basu (India), Tallur LN (India), Vivan Sundaram (India), Sheela Gowda (India), Joseph Semah (Netherlands), Nalini Malani (India), Atul Dodiya (India), UBIK (Dubai), Rigo 23 (Portugal), Jonas Staal (Netherlands), Dylan Martorell (Scotland/Australia), Ernesto Neto (Brazil), Reghunathan (India), PS Jalaja (India) and Mathangi Arulpragasam (M.I.A.) (UK).

'Let’s Talk,' Kochi-Muziris Biennale’s daily programme of talks, presentations, performances,
conversations and panel discussions featuring artists, academics, curators and critics, will be held at the Outset Carnoustie Pavilion.

The BRICS Project, a collateral exhibition curated by Alfons Hug, director of the Goethe-Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, features artists from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and Germany.

Ten international films selected by renowned filmmaker Adoor Gopala krishnan will be screened as a special programme at the biennale.

Artistic Director: Bose Krishnamachari
Director of Programmes: Riyas Komu

http://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/

Alwar Balasubramaniam | Practise presentation - Friday 30th @ 18.00

Salvaging Time - Wednesday 28th @ 18.00

Small is beautiful - from Saturday 24th

Applied Fiction | Pors & Rao - Saturday 1st @ 19.00

Crossing the Bridge | The Sound of Istanbul - Thursday 29th @ 18.15

Crossing the Bridge deals with a director's love for a city. It is Fatih Akin, who is in love with the city and about to explore its sound. The film describes a western point of view, a view from the distance, in a foreign, tense, erotic, dangerous, tempting city. It is a seeking, an odyssey, undertaken by the protagonist to explore the musical sources, influences and perspectives of the city. Istanbul is burning. If Berlin was the hippest city in the early 90ies, Havanna at the end of the 90ies, it might be the beginning of the new millenium that gives Istanbul the role to represent Europe's ultimate megacity.Crossing the Bridge is the ideal curtain-raiser to the 5th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2012 (BIFF), scheduled from December 20 to 27, 2012. Germany is Country of Focus at the Festival and apart from a package of exciting contemporary German feature films, there will be a Fatih Akin Retrospective, with no less than 6 of his best films.

Sunday historical outing - Srirangapatna

Srirangapattana has since time immemorial been an urban center and place of pilgrimage. During the Vijayanagar empire, it became the seat of a major viceroyalty, from where several nearby vassal states of the empire, such as Mysore and Talakad, were overseen. When, perceiving the decline of the Vijayanagar empire, the rulers of Mysore ventured to assert independence, Srirangapattana was their first target. Raja Wodeyar vanquished Rangaraya, the then viceroy of Srirangapattana, in 1610 and celebrated the Navaratri festival in the town that year. It came to be accepted in time that two things demonstrated control and signified sovereignty over the Kingdom of Mysore by any claimant to the throne:

1. Successful holding of the 10-day-long Navaratri festival, dedicated to Chamundeshwari, patron goddess of Mysore;
2. Control of the fort of Srirangapattana, the fortification nearest to the capital city of Mysore.

Srirangapattana remained part of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1610 to after India's independence in 1947; as the fortress closest to the capital city of Mysore, it was the last bastion and defence of the kingdom in case of invasion.

Hyder and Tipu

Srirangapattana became the de facto capital of Mysore under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. When Tipu finally dispensed with the charade of deference to the legitimate Wodeyar Maharaja who was actually his captive, and proclaimed the "Khudadad State" under his own kingship, Srirangapattana became de jure the capital of that short-lived political entity. In that heady period, the state ruled by Tipu extended its frontiers in every direction, encompassing a major portion of South India. Srirangapattana flourished as the cosmopolitan capital of this powerful state. Various Indo-Islamic monuments that dot the town, such as Tipu Sultan's palaces, the Darya Daulat and the Jumma Maseedi (Friday congregational mosque), date from this period.

The battle of Seringapatam, 1799

Srirangapattana was the scene of the last and decisive battle fought between Tipu Sultan and a combined force of 50,000 men provided equally by the Nizam of Hyderabad and the British under the overall command of General George Harris. This battle was the last engagement of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. The Battle of Seringapatam, 1799, was truly momentous in its historic effects.

In any event, Tipoo Sultan was killed within the fort of Seringapatam, betrayed by one of his own confidants; the spot where he ultimately fell is marked by a memorial. For the last time in history, Seringapatam had been the scene of political change in the Sultanate of Mysore. The joint forces of the victorious army proceeded to plunder Seringapatam and ransack Tipu's palace. Apart from the usual gold and cash, innumerable valuables and objets d'art, not excepting even the personal effects of Tipoo Sultan, his rich clothes and shoes, sword and firearms, were shipped to England.

While most of this is now to be found in the British Royal Collection and in the Victoria and Albert Museum, some articles have occasionally become available at auctions and have been retrieved for their native land. The sword of Tipu Sultan has been acquired by Vijay Mallya, a liquor baron from Karnataka, who purchased the same at a Sotheby's auction.

Much of the site of the Battle is still intact including the ramparts, the Water Gate, the place where the Tippu Sultan's body was found, the area where the British prisoners were held and the site of the destroyed palace.

Source : Wikipedia

An interesting article by William Dalrymple :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/may/24/foreignpolicy.india

Sagara kanyaka : the lady from the sea - Tuesday 27th & Wednesday 28th @ 19.30

Set in no particular time or space against a beautiful live score by Robert Davidson, Sagara Kanyaka delves into the internal anguish, conflicts and confusion implicit in romantic relationships.

A meditative and poetic adaptation of the original play by Henrik Ibsen, The Lady from the Sea: Sagara Kanyaka observes the three main characters of a husband, wife and a stranger. The stranger, once engaged to the wife, has a compelling power over her and has returned to take her away. Her husband gives her the freedom to choose between staying with him and leaving with the stranger.
Sagara Kanyaka harnesses the infinite possibilities offered by the modern stage and is punctuated by stunning animation to create a moving space installation.

This work is the result of a year long collaboration between two extraordinary collectives of artists, Abhinaya Theatre Research Centre of Thiruvananthapuram, India and Brisbane-based Topology.

The Art of the Book by Sunandini Banerjee - Tuesday 27th @ 18.30

The Art of the Book by Sunandini Banerjee

The Art of the Book celebrates Seagull's passion for good design through a series of digital collages and book covers created by the designer Sunandini Banerjee.

This selection from The Art of the Book presents the covers and collages from Seagull Books' German List. A literary programme supported by the Goethe-Institut, the German List presents classic and contemporary German writing in new translations to readers across the world.

Award-winning children's book author and illustrator from Germany, Nadia Budde will be present at the event. During her 2-week residency in Bangalore, she will meet and exchange with local artists, illustrators and writers, as well as conduct a series of readings and workshops in various schools, libraries and other venues. She will also spend time at Sangam House and participate in the Bangalore Literature Festival.

Sunandini Banerjee completed her Masters in English Literature from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, in 2000 and joined Seagull Books. She is now both Senior Editor and Senior Graphic Designer, and designs all of Seagull's books, book covers and catalogues, and is currently having a fantastic time exploring the world of the digital collage.

Nadia Budde was born in Berlin in 1967. After secondary school she apprenticed as a retail display designer. She began studying graphic arts at the Berlin College of Art in Weissensee in 1992 and later studied at the Royal College of Art in London. She completed her degree in 2000 and since then she has worked independently as an illustrator in Berlin. Her first picture book Eins zwei drei Tier, was published in 1999 and received several awards. Since then she has published other picture books, all of which are hits. Her books have been translated into several languages. Nadia Budde lives with her family in Berlin.

The Indian National Symphony Orchestra - Sunday 2nd @ 18.45

Pick up your tickets from William Joseph International Academy for Performing Arts, #687, 6th A Cross, 16th Main, 3rd Block, Koramangala, +91 98441 19956, +91 98451 74324

Dub Inc. - Friday 23rd @ 20.30

Over the last decade, Dub inc. has symbolized the revival of reggae made in France at its best. At the end of the 90s and the turn of the millenium, the decline of a number of highly representative bands looked inevitable; then a voice, more precisely two voices namely Bouchkour's and Komlan's, along with a band, Dub inc., rose and blew over the French reggae scene as never before.

Their secret: it is a group of well-inspired buddies, capable of writing outspoken lyrics, arranged with sharp melodies, perfectly voiced by the two singers.

The upside down world of Philippe Ramette - Saturday 15th @ 19.00

Philippe Ramette is a French Sculptor and photographer born in 1961. He likes to defy the laws of gravity, as well as those of logic. Although he defines himself primarily as a sculptor, he started to use photography early on as a means of including himself within his own works. This became a pretext to all sorts of experimenting. Between 2003 and 2006, French conceptual artist Philippe Ramette created a series of gravity-defying photographs that show him in seemingly impossible poses. Ramette stages himself in his black suit: he creates stunning images of landscapes which he himself integrates in the most astonishing way. He then produces shots in cooperation with photographer Marc Domage. These photos are never retouched because, above all, Philippe Ramette aims at remaining in touch with the sculptural aspect of his work.

MAAC-artoon - Tuesday 4th @ 11.00

Bamboo Jazz - Friday 23rd @ 20.30

Nothing Like Lear - from Thursday 29th @ 19.30

Based on Shakespeare`s King Lear

Ever thought what a clown does when he is depressed? It sure is tough being a clown. Here is one who hasn`t stopped crying for days ...

And he has plenty of reasons for it. The one he loved the most has left him and gone away for good. Then, he is not getting any younger. In fact he is old. But more than anything else, he is depressed because he has been forced to perform this play. He wasn`t supposed to play it tonight but circumstances have forced him to do this play about a king and his daughters..

Written by, whats his name- the great English writer, you know, bald, bearded who says thee-thou-thy, you know ... That guy, whats-his-name, the show must go on ... guy: You know, the 16th century English writer ... oh well. And now he is stuck ... this clown who has enough problems of his own, who can't even remember the playwright's name. Now he is in a spot. He must perform. Life isn`t fair. Well, no wonder he is depressed!!

dates.sites: Project Cinema City - Thursday 22nd @ 18.30

dates.sites: Project Cinema City
Book Presentation, Film Screening and Panel Discussion.

This celebration of Indian cinema is part of the ongoing Project Cinema City at NGMA and other venues in Bangalore.

dates.sites: Project Cinema City authored by Madhusree Dutta, designed by Shilpa Gupta and Madhusree Dutta, Tulika Books, Delhi, 2012
Cities and cinema are the twins of the 20th century. Project Cinema City enquires into the labour, imagination, desire, access, spacing and locations, iconisation, materiality, language, moving people, viewing conventions, hidden processes and so on that make the cinema that the cities make and also the city that its cinemas produce. The enquiries are then processed into productions of texts, films, arts and cartographs.

A part of the project is currently (November 3 to December 2, 2012) on view in an inter-disciplinary exhibition at NGMA Bangalore. The first volume of Cinema City publications dates.sites is a timeline of the city of Bombay/Mumbai in the 20th century, anchored to its most adored public institution: Cinema. It is also an experiment in compiling found images and texts under one organism.

Programme
*       Welcome Address by Christoph Bertrams, Director, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore
*       From Cinema City to dates.sites presentation by Madhusree Dutta
*       Film screening: Dhananjay Kulkarni "Chandragupt" Dir. Rrivu Laha (10 min.) A film writer impersonates a night watchman
*       Panel discussion: Ayisha Abraham (visual artist), Indira Chowdhury (archivist, historian) and Manu Chakravarthy (cultural study scholar). Moderator: Arshia     Sattar (cultural theorist)
*       Reading from the book by Arundhati Nag

dates.sites presents a timeline of the city of Bombay/Mumbai in the 20th century, anchored to its most adored public institution: cinema. Why this timeline when it is now generally accepted that dates are rigid and memories porous - and that the latter needs to be prioritized over the former? How does one create a timeline that is neither cast in stone nor vulnerable to the charge of 'manufacturing a past'? How does one evolve a timeline for a geographically defined entity in the context of its popular cultures that are defined by specific processes of production and distribution? These were some of the challenges that confronted the making of this volume. The volume is divided into sections by decades, and the decades in turn are separated by a series of calendars designed by artists, filmmakers and designers. The text is a stitching together of found information and received knowledge from formal/informal, acknowledged/discarded sources. It is layered with images from either the public domain or personal archives. The relationship between text and image, far from being umbilical, is playfully associative.

Just as contemporary readings are incorporated with dated markers in the written text, in the image text too, contemporary works are inserted alongside period images - and these incorporations and insertions appear with detectable joint-marks, in order to snap the spell of 'snippets from the past'. dates.sites thus becomes a deliberation on the contemporary with the aid of a speculated upon and collated past.

Madhusree Dutta, the curator of Project Cinema City, is a filmmaker and executive director of Majlis. She curated the cultural component at World Social Forum, 2004 and 2007, and has conceived and realized various courses on cultural literacy and art interfaces for both academic institutions and social movements. Her publications include The Nation, the State and Indian Identity (co-editor, 1996), and Sites and Practices: An Exercise in Cultural Pedagogy (editor, 2006).

Shilpa Gupta is a visual artist and lives in Mumbai. Her works are shown widely in leading international galleries and museums, and at art events. Shilpa creates artwork using interactive video, websites, objects, photographs, sound and public performances. She has also been engaged with various initiatives of art in wider contexts including Culture@World Social Forum and Aar Paar, a project of cultural exchange between artists of Pakistan and India.

Limelight | Piano recital - Saturday 24th @ 18.00

It is a private concert. You're requested to book your seat : 9900589996

OUR LIVES...TO LIVE - NO! to gender violence - from Friday 23rd @ 11.00

Documentary Film Festival: OUR LIVES...TO LIVE - NO! to gender violence
Films of Courage, Protest, Hope

OUR LIVES...TO LIVE...
Bangalore will play host to a film festival with a difference from November 23 to 25 at the Goethe-Institut. The festival comprising of documentaries and shorts is an initiative of the IAWRT (International Association of Women in Radio and Television), India Chapter. In all, 30 films from Afghanistan, Congo, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Iran, Kenya, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Senegal, UK and USA  are up for viewing.

"It is a unique, first-of-its-kind year-long event with screenings at multiple venues, in multiple cities, and a diverse selection of films for each location... OUR LIVES...TO LIVE is part of the One Billion Rising (OBR) campaign - a global effort for drawing attention to Violence Against Women and all kinds of gender-based injustice, within homes and communities as well as in other spaces" says Reena Mohan, Managing Trustee of the IAWRT, India chapter. Films of Courage, Protest and Hope is the slug of this film festival and the clear message emerging from the films is Say NO to Violence Against Women. The festival is curated by Smriti Nevatia and coordinated nationally by Uma Tanuku.

The opening film is Saving Face the Academy Award-winning documentary from Pakistan directed by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid - Chenoy. The film follows the battles for justice by women survivors of acid attacks in Pakistan and their facial reconstructive surgery by Dr. Jawad who regularly returns from London to work with the survivors.

In Labels from a Global City, Surabhi Sharma documents the chilling testimonies that emerge from within large factories producing garments for global labels. In 2006, a small but significant trade union was formed in Bangalore - The Garment and Textile Workers' Trade Union.

Filmmaker Deepa Dhanraj in Invoking Justice travels to Tamil Nadu where family disputes are settled by all-male Jamaats which function without allowing women to be present. A group of women have established a women's Jamaat which works to reform a system that allows men to take refuge in the most extreme interpretations of the Qur'an to justify violence towards women.

Other Indian films include Lightening Testimonies by Amar Kanwar, Morality TV aur Loving Jehad: Ek Manohar Kahani by Paromita Vohra, Bol by Shabnam Virmani, Shit by Amudhan R. P., Lakshmi and Me by Nishta Jain, India Unheard: Defenceless Woman Branded 'Witch' by Mukesh Rajak and many others.

International entries include Bastion of Sin (Germany), Sari Soldiers (Nepal-USA),Three Dots (Afghanistan),  Going up the Stairs: portrait of an unlikely Iranian artist (Iran), Fighting the Silence (Netherlands-Congo), Treyf (USA), Kung Fu Grandma (UK-Kenya), The day you love me (Nicaragua) and others.

On Saturday November 24, there will be a Panel Discussion moderated by journalist Nupur Basu on the topic: "Violence against women: 21st century's chronicle of shame". The panellists are Shashi Deshpande, Deepa Dhanraj, Donna Fernandes, Parvathi Menon and Dr. Shaibya Saldanha.

Vinayak Torvi | Hindustani vocal - Friday 23rd @ 18.00

Kala Nadam - from Friday 23rd @ 19.30

Saltbush | Children's Cheering Carpet - from Tuesday 20th @ 19.30

Street Space - Friday 23rd @ 18.00

Rang + Ras - from Saturday 17th to Wednesday 21st

Shifting Location - from Saturday 17th to Tuesday 20th

Cinema City Shorts - Sunday 18th @ 15.00

Walk through the exhibition with artist Pushpamala, a participating artist to the current exhibition.

Cinema City Shorts - Saturday 17th @ 15.00

Walk through the current exhibtion with artist Archana Hande, one of the Project's curator and participating artist.

Freeze | The Hip Hop Festival - Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th

The Chronic Blues Circus - Friday 16th @ 20.30

The Chronic Blues Circus, Bangalore’s foremost Blues Band comprises of: Miriam John – vocals, harp, guitar, Owen – bass, guitar,Sudhakar – drums, Mukut – vocals, Keys and Peter Isaac on vocals, guitar, harps and saxophone.

They are best known for their original music; a natural, clean sound and powerful vocals combined with their unique arrangements. They are probably the only Blues band around with four lead vocalists, who have completely different styles which reflects on the overall sound of the band.

Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront - Wednesday 21st @ 18.30

Synopsis : Stéphane, Zohra and Laure crisscross the streets of one and the same city but don’t know each other. Stéphane, thirty years old and lost in a world over which he has not control, is offered a deal which might change his life, but at what cost? Zohra left Algeria to try to come to terms with the death of her son who was murdered in France. Laure falls in love for the first time with fervour and innocence with a young rebel, until the day when he’s thrown into jail. Nothing calls these three to come together one day in the prison visiting room. Nevertheless, it’s in this place, where passions run high, that each will have to take their destiny in hand…

Pestillence (VV Narayan) - Friday 16th @ 20.00

Kushal's world of Cartoons & Caricatures - Saturday 17th @ 11.30

tortoise venus nautilus and us - Saturday 17th @18.30

Children's day special - Wednesday 14th

Allegro Fudge - Saturday 10th @ 20.30

Srirangapatna - Sunday 18th

Heritage Week is coming up and we’re celebrating with a Parichay to Srirangapatna!!

A medieval fort steeped in history, an ancient temple, painted palaces and colourful  tales of a Tiger who once ruled here…Srirangapatna is a city whose past is inextricably linked with our own, where every building whispers dramatic tales and every stone has a story to tell. Join us as we explore this historic city’s fort, palaces, temples and more, and see how this city next door helped shape Bangalore.

The Parichay takes place on Sunday, 18 November 2012. Charges are Rs 1400 per person, which includes transport, breakfast and lunch. We leave from Town Hall in Bangalore at 6:00 am and will be back at about 6:30 pm.

Seats are limited! Please email intach.blr@gmail.com for details on how to register.

Wanawake Wa Heri Wa Winsa - Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th @ 19.30

“The Merry Wives of Windsor” is set squarely in Nairobi, Kenya by The Theatre Company that rehearses in a camp in the shadow of Mount Kenya! The hilarious comedy naturally takes on the hues and emotions of the growing Kenyan semi-urban middle class, in its Kiswahili avatar. 

O Friend, This Waiting! - Thursday 8th @ 18.30

Orgasmo Adulto - from Friday 9th @ 20.00

Four farcical monologues by the Nobel prize winning Italian writer duo of Franca Rame and Dario Fo. Spotlight on four fine women on stage: speaking, singing, dancing, provoking us to go further. Orgasmo Adulto Escapes from the Zoo offers you the ultimate eye-candy with the maximum brain-gym.

A huge hit when it was performed in 1990, this is an all-new production featuring four fascinating characters - a housewife, a crazy lady who has left home and hearth, a hooker, and a purple-haired woman who tells fairy stories! Come to be provoked and entertained...don't miss the final play in Jagriti's Season Twenty Twelve.

Nov 9-18
Tuesday to Saturday: 8pm
Sunday: 3pm & 6.30pm

Tickets : Rs 300

AadhaaraChakra - Friday 23rd @ 19.30

A Journey across intangible spaces

Dancers: The Attakkalari Repertory Company.

Sound: Sam Auinger & Martin Lutz (Germany), Light: Pipon (France), Digital Design: Ken Furudate (Japan), Set Design: Dominic Dube(Canada)

"AadhaaraChakra - A Dancelogue' is a hybrid 'performance event', weaving in multiple disciplines - movement, film, light, plastic arts, multimedia design and sound. Set in an imagined land and oscillating between the past and present, the work invites the audience to partake in a ritualized experience.
In a complex and often fragmented narrative, the dancers embody characters from diverse Indian locales and periods. Celluloid images accompany the sometimes surreal visual journey.

A small village provides the backdrop for jasmine vendors, vegetable sellers, bangle shops and tricycles - the myriad sounds and rainbow hues invoking an ever present past. The narrow alleyways of old Delhi mesh into the expansive solitude of Humayun's Tomb and the Qutub Minar. Calls from vendors, loud music from temples and mosques, and cricket commentaries blend into an urban Indian cacophony. The production brings alive the essence of domestic life in a traditional Chettinad house, the sacred rituals in a Shiva temple, and the flavours and fragrances of a spice market.

Conceived and directed by Jayachandran Palazhy, Attakkalari's Artistic Director and choreographed by him and the dancers, 'AadhaaraChakra - a Dancelogue' is performed by Attakkalari's renowned Repertory Company. Music composers Sam Auinger and Martin Lutz modulate classical Indian music, hawkers' cries, and popular cinematic strains using urban imagination to create an evocative soundscape. Filmic images shot by Rupert Schwarzbauer morph versatile architectural spaces designed by Dominic Dube. The light design by Pipon provides surprise elements which interact with Ken Ferudata's digital design.

Produced by :
Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan within the framework of "Germany and India 2011 ? 2012: Infinite Opportunities".

Supported by:
This production is supported by the Ministry of Culture,Government of India; India Council for Cultural Relations; Archaeological Survey of India; Japan Foundation and Atmosphere."
 
Directed by: Jayachandran Palazhy

Unselfed - Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th @ 19.30

Devised Performance

After an impressive opening in Pondicherry and Chennai, Unselfed comes Bangalore. Unselfed is a new devised performance piece which explores the ideas and propositions of parallel or multiple selves. What if you met another you ? a living, breathing other you? Would you have a conversation with her, or run in the opposite direction? Or, what if you found, lying in a corner of your house, your own body ? without the breath of life? What would an encounter like that do to your 'sense of self'? Is reality on this side of the mirror, or over there, on the other side? Drawing from these ideas, the director and the group of performers worked together over a prolonged period to create a performance based on experiences of being un-selfed.

Abandoning conventional linear narratives, the work invites the viewer to journey into an evocative landscape of non-stories told through visual and physical segments. The piece has been developed through a collaboration between contemporary dancers and theatre performers.

Actors: Natasha Singh, Chandana Sarma, Ishwari Bose-Bhattacharya,Bhumika Arora and Scherazade Kaikobad

Produced by: The Company Theatre and Shapeshift Collective
Directed by: Sujay Saple
Ticket : Rs 200

An evening with Chekhov - Thursday 15th & Friday 16th @ 19.30

This theatre production comprises four dramatic pieces, ranging from uproariously funny to bitter-sweet comedies, in which male characters rave and rant about their wretched lives, convinced that domineering, deceitful or manipulative women are at the root cause of the unhappy circumstances in which they find themselves. In the process, they come across as timid and gutless, revealing themselves to be as responsible as anything else for their inability to make something of their lives.

Recently performed at the MetroPlus Theatre Festival in Coimbatore, these four short plays-'Swan Song', 'A Reluctant Tragic Hero', 'The Harmfulness of Tobacco' and 'A Man with a Violent Temper'-are about self-deception and conceit, and our inability to come to terms with the bitter truth about ourselves.
 
 Directed by: Anmol Vellani
Ticket : Rs 150

Chapter 2 by Neil Simon - Tuesday 13th & Wednesday 14th @ 19.30

Chapter 2 is about just that - Chapter 2 in the life of Aditya Kumar. He was madly in love with his wife and loses her to cancer. He slides into depression and is on his way out. His brother Nikhil tries to help by setting him up with different girls - all disasters. He finally strikes gold with Raaga Ramdas and that's when the drama kicks in cos Aditya is stuck between the memories of his late wife and the terrific person that Raaga is. In the meanwhile Nikhil is trying to have an affair with Raagas best friend on the side which also is not going quiet according to plan. This is a classic Neil Simon where he deftly weaves drama and comedy in a style that only he can.

Ticket : Rs 200

Asmi | Sufi Kathak - Sunday 11th @ 18.30

Ticket : from Rs 200

Antaradhi - Sunday 11th @ 18.00

The event begins with a sitar recital by Ustad Hafiz Khan followed by Kathak performance by maestro Pandit Rajendra Gangani.

Pandit Rajendra Gangani is a renowned Kathak dancer trained in the Jaipur Gharana, notable for his innovative style. For his outstanding contribution to Kathak, he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003 the highest award for contribution to Indian performing arts.

He has performed extensively in the UK, USSR, America, Italy, Germany, France, China and Japan. In India her has performed at the renowned Chidambaram Natyanjali Festival, the Konark Festival, the Ghungroo festival at Bhopal, Kathak Mahotsava, Sharadchandrika at Delhi, Haridas Sangeet Sammellan at Vrindavan, and Nritya Ojhas in Pune.

Ticket : Rs 250