In the City...
Dance
‘Soul Cages’
Savitha Sastry’s latest production will be presented on February 11, 7 pm at Chowdiah Memorial Hall. Savitha is a leading exponent of bharatanatyam while the ‘Soul Cages’ is an artistic experience that captures the cycles of life and death as a journey, rather than an end in itself.
Bharatanatyam
As part of the ‘Every Friday Cultural Evening Programme’, organised by the
Indian Council for Cultural Relations and department of Kannada and Culture, there will be a bharatanatyam dance recital by Manasa Rao, a disciple of Lalitha Srinivasan, on February 3,
6.30 pm at Yavanika.
‘Rangarpane’
Kalasindhu is presenting the ‘Rangarpane’ of Priyanka A on February 5, 6.30 pm at Shivarathreeshwara Centre, 8th Block, Jayanagar.
DRAMA
‘Five Grains...’
Just Theatre’s ‘Five Grains of Sugar’, written by Manav Kaul and directed by Nimi Ravindran, will be staged at Ranga Shankara on February 7 and 8, 7.30 pm. The play is translated by Arshia Sattar and lighting design is by Sujay Saple. For telebooking, call 9845602265.
‘Santheyolagondu...’
The Kannada play, Santheyolagondu Maneya Maadi, will be staged at Ranga Shankara on February 3, 7.30 pm. The cast includes Harikrishna, N Mangala, Vijay, Raghavendra, Santhosh and Siddaraju. The play is written, directed and designed by M C Anand.
Pot Pourri
Conference
Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan is organising ‘Conference: The Art of Teaching – Teaching with the arts’ on February 4 and 5, 9 am to 5 pm at Hotel Regaalis, Lavelle Road. Entry is only by registration. For details, call 25205305/6.
Exhibition
The ‘Education UK Exhibition 2012: Light up your career’ will be held on February 6, 1 pm to
7 pm, at Vivanta by Taj on M G Road from 1 pm to 7 pm.
Representatives from more than 58 UK universities across disciplines will be present. There will also be seminars.
Entry is free for students. To register online and for information about the participating institutions and seminars, log on to www.educationuk-in.org
Mexican films
Bangalore Film Society is presenting a ‘Mexican Film Festival’ at Bangalore Film Society office, No. 33/1-9, Thyagraju Layout, Jaibharath Nagar, MS Nagar. The films will be screened from February 2 to February 11. All screenings start at 6.30 pm. Entry is free. For details, call 9886060096.
‘Ethereal Indigo’
Central Cottage Industries Emporium is holding ‘Ethereal Indigo’, an exhibition-cum-sale of indigo prints till February 12 at 144, MG Road. From saris to bedspreads, shawls to handicrafts, the exhibition has it all.
‘Gudiya...’
Gudiya Sambhrama, the Bangalore temple festival, will go on till March 11. As many as 250 artistes from all over India have converged in the temples bringing performances of dance, music, theatre, puppetry, harikatha and innovative rangoli. For details, call 9731207477.
Magic competition
The Karnataka State Federation of the Deaf is organising the first ‘All-India Magic Competition of the Deaf’ on February 4 and 5 at SRN Adarsh College Auditorium, Chamrajpet.
About 40 hearing impaired artistes from different states will perform and compete in Stage Magic, Comedy Magic, Illusion Magic and Micro Magic to win the Championship trophy.
Art
Mixed media
Kynkyny Art is hosting ‘Travelling Doors’, a solo show featuring young artist Santhana Krishnan this month. His mixed-media pieces take a nostalgic, vicarious and heartwarming trip down the enchanting bylanes of the temple town, Kumbakonam, where the artist grew up, studied art and fell in love with the idea of doors. The exhibition is on at Kynkyny Gallery till February 9.
Fine strokes
Crimson is hosting an exhibition by artist S G Vasudev from February 8 to 29. This exhibition will showcase his tapestries, paintings and drawings.
‘Traffic Masala’
An exhibition, Traffic Masala by Christian Engelmann, will be held at 1, Shanti Road Studio/Gallery, Shanthi Nagar, from February 2 to 5. The exhibition will open on February 2, 7 pm. Christian Engelmann is the Goethe-Institut’s artist-in-residence, living and working at 1, Shanti Road Studio/Gallery. Traffic Masala is the work-in-progress outcome of his two-month sojourn in Bangalore. Entry is free. For details, call 25205305.
‘Varna Mythri’
The exhibition ‘Varna Mythri - Rumale Chennabasaviah Centenary Retrospective 2011’ will be on view till February 19 at NGMA, Palace Road.
Intricate works
Galleryske is holding a solo show by Austrian artist Eva Schlegel from February 6 to March 17.
‘Vanitaa’
Magnitude Gallery is presenting a tribute to women called ‘Vanitaa’ at the gallery 140/3, 27th Cross,
13th Main, 3rd Block, Jayanagar.
Music
‘Hadouk Trio’
The ‘Hadouk Trio’ will perform at Alliance Francaise on February 6, 7.30 pm. The line-up includes Didier Malherbe (doudouk, flute, khen); Loy Ehrlich (hajouj, kora, sanza, gumbass) and Steve
Shehah (percussion, hang).
First anniversary
The Majolly Music Trust will be celebrating its first anniversary with a gala concert on February 11, 7 pm at Alliance Francaise. It will feature its highly qualified faculty with a variety of performances on piano, classical violin, classical guitar, classical singing, and music theatre, including one of India’s best choirs ‘Madrigals, Etc’. Performers include Tanisha Herbert, Usha Aron, J W Johnson, Mohan Krishnan, Ravi S, Grace Biswas and Neecia Majolly. For details, call 9844628219.
‘Sur Prabhat’
‘Rajguru Smruti’ is holding the thirteenth edition of its annual early morning Hindustani classical music concert, Sur Prabhat, on February 5 at Chitrakala Parishat. The performing artiste is Ruchira Kedar (vocal), who will be accompanied by Gurumurthy Vaidya on tabla and Ravindra Katoti on harmonium. The concert begins at 7 am.
In concert
A series of Carnatic music concerts will be held till February 12 at Bangalore Gayana Samaja Auditorium. There will be a concert by T M Krishna on February 3. Vishaka Hari’s musical discourse will be on February 4 and that of Malladi Brothers on February 5. The events are being organised by Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira.
‘Aadi Anant’
Citi India, jointly with The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), is organising an innovative festival of Indian music called ‘Citi-NCPA Aadi Anant: From Here to Eternity’ on February 10 at Chowdiah Memorial Hall. It will feature two back-to-back performances by celebrated Indian musicians on the same day. Kaushiki Chakrabarty Desikan’s (vocal solo) performance will be followed by a Talavadya Kacheri. Anindo Chatterji will be on tabla, Kaaraikkudi Mani will be on mridangam, V Suresh will be on ghatam and N Amrith on kanjira.
Rap away
Gangis Khan aka ‘Camoflauge’ will perform on February 4, 7 pm at ‘Pebble - The Jungle Lounge’. The hip-hop/rap artiste is from Mumbai but resides in Toronto.
Gangis began recording material at an incredible rate, pouring emotions and experiences into every song he made.
