Découvrir January - February 2012 HADOUK TRIO In Ahmedabad Throughout 2012, come and celebrate with us the 30 years of the Alliance Française in Ahmedabad I N D I A Cinéclub Calendar for Cultural Events 07 Jan • 18 Feb Alliance Française Gujarati will be closed on: JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2012 Sahitya Parishad January 01 (New Year) Short Film Festival Monthly Talk Fanatika Theatre January 14, 15 Concert Les Lutins du Niranjan Bhagat Documentary Festival (Uttarayan) Hadouk Trio Court Métrage 27 January 3-4-5 February 19-22 January 11 February Gujarati Gujarati January 26 Gujarati Natarani Sahitya Parishad Sahitya Parishad (Republic Day) Sahitya Parishad January 30 Concert Monthly Talk (Gandhiji’s Death Anniversary) Concert Eryck Abecassis Chinu Modi Eryck Abecassis 24 February 25 February February 04 17 February Kamatibaug Gujarati (Eid-E-Milad) NID Baroda Sahitya Parishad February 20 (Maha Shivratri) Alliance Française d'Ahmedabad Alliance Française – Annexe Baroda Découvrir Shahid Vir Kinariwala Marg, 1, Sangeet Society Opp. Gujarat College, Ellisbridge Opp. Shivashray Society [dekuvRiR] Ahmedabad 380 006 Gujarat, India. Vasna Road, Baroda 390 015 to discover Tel: +91 79 26401551, 26560271 Gujarat, India { { Fax: +91 79 26560221 Telefax: +91 265 2252854 January – February 2012 Web: http://ahmedabad.afindia.org Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Facebook: Af d'Ahmedabad Patrick Audoux © Desk CampusFrance-Espace Ahmedabad Design by (at Alliance Française d'Ahmedabad) er Image: v kreativeidea +91 98259 26602 www.campusfrance.org • email: [email protected] Co Gandhigram Law Garden Railway Station oad British Library Ashram R r e Panchvati v Town Hall i Circle R Gujarat College Ellis Bridge i t a m r a b a S Celebrating 30 years of Alliance Française in Ahmedabad Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad (founded in 1982) will celebrate its 30th birth anniversary in 2012 by organising a series of lectures, talks and discussion on ‘the impact of French literature on Gujarati writers’ throughout the year 2012. Every month an eminent Gujarati writer or scholar will be invited to speak and share on this theme. This lecture series will include literature, theatre, philosophy and artistic current and movements. We invite you to discover the blog dedicated to this yearlong event: franceandgujarat.wordpress.com Amongst the other speakers in the course of the year will be Mr. Chandrakant Topiwala, Mr. Mahesh Champaklal, Mr. Madhusudan Baxi, Mr. Suman Shah and Mr. Sitanshu Yashaschandra. We also invite you to share with us your papers, questions and feedback. You can mail us on [email protected] At the end of this project in December 2012, we wish to publish a trilingual book as the documentation of this project and to cater to a larger readership. 02 | Découvrir Monthly Talk “What I learnt from Baudelaire” by Mr. Niranjan Bhagat Mr. Bhagat is an eminent poet. He first read Baudelaire in 1946 at the age of 20 and ever since, he has, time and again, timelessly returned to him. He says “I have learnt from Baudelaire that modernism is synonymous with urbanism and antonymous with pastoralism, and, therefore, in poetry there is no modernity if there is no city in it.” Between 1946 and 1956, Mr. Bhagat wrote ‘Pravaldweep’ (Coral Island), a group of 16 poems about Mumbai, for which Baudelaire was a perennial source of inspiration. Mr. Bhagat says that a modern poet employs urban imagery elevated to the first intensity and detached irony ending in profound charity. Language of interaction: English, Gujarati 27 January 2012 – 7:00 pm Gujarati Sahitya Parishad “Cyrano thi Shukdan” by Mr. Chinu Modi Mr. Modi is a renowned poet, gazalkar and playwright. His Gujarati adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s very famous “Cyrano de Bergerac” is known as “Shukdan”. This is a fabulous attempt of not only adapting a story in a different cultural context but also of matching the physical qualities of the original characters with the adapted ones that everything seems to be very natural, very original. Mr. Modi will also speak of existentialism, dadaism and surrealism which generated in France and have laid a great impact on the literary current of Gujarat. Language of interaction: Gujarati 25 February 2012 – 7:00 pm Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Please visit his official website: http://chinumodi.com/Default.aspx Découvrir | 03 The Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad is very pleased to present HADOUK TRIO Saturday, February 11, 2012 IN AHMEDABAD 8.30pm at Natarani Photo by Dominique Rieffel Hadouk Trio is in town for an exceptional concert which will take us a step further towards and into an ethereal world. Not to be missed! Didier Malherbe: Following the footsteps of Hermann Melville and Saint Exupery, Hadouk gives Doudouk, us escapism. Welcome aboard Air Hadouk! Fly 'Aerozen' on a hedonistic interplanetary flight to emerging destinations. soprano saxophone, Khen, flute The line of sight: the horizon where external influences and intimacy meet, and from which point the continents redraw themselves exploring the beginning of Loy Ehrlich: new instrumental metamorphoses. Hajouj, Gumbass, Thus the khen, the Laotian mouth organ, is wrapped in electrical energy, the Keyboards, Kora… hang, a mix between a steel drum and a gamelan, enters into the world of chromaticism; the doudouk steps into of the shoes of jazz, the hajouj, a bass Steve Shehan: originally from the desert made from camel-skin becomes a piccolo, Percussion, heightening the tone; the appearance of the bahu flute, with its free Chinese reed, creates a wave of movement. djembe, hang Swings and loops, high voltage rhythms and gliding harmonies, our 3 co-pilots opt for free style. But they also know how to help you land gently with no turbulence. Enjoy your flight! HADOUK is the HAjouj played by Loy and the DouDOUK played by Didier (http://www.myspace.com/hadouktrio) FREE ENTRY on a first-come, first served basis. Please note that the gates will close at 8.50pm. Be on time. For more details, please contact Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad. 04 | Découvrir Philippe Glorioso Photo by Hadouk Trio was created in 1996. Since then, the 3 musicians have released 7 albums and have toured over the world for last 16 years. Didier Malherbe | Born in 1943, Didier Malherbe started on saxophone when he was 13, after hearing Charlie Parker's Bloomdido. A trip to India and Afghanistan in the early sixties introduced him to ragas, modal music and the bamboo flute. His third album Zeff was released in October 1992, for the label Tangram. The title of the album is derived from Zephyr, and is also the name he gave to a plastic, circular bass flute which he played for Vangelis on the soundtrack of Ridley Scott's movie "1492 Conquest of Paradise" as well as on the daily jingles for France Television 3. Having spent many years absorbing musical and rhythmic influences from around the world, Didier developed an avid interest in collecting exotic instruments, each of which offers the opportunity to explore and embrace new styles of playing and approaches to composing. Loy Ehrlich | Born in Paris in 1950, In the 80’s he plays with Touré Kounda , Bill Laswell, Ginger Baker , Youssou N'Dour , Peter Gabriel. In the 90’s he met Jon Hassel and Steve Shehan , works with John Lurie, Amina, Geoffrey Oryema and Wasis Diop. Always involved in Gnawas music Loy Ehrlich is Artistic Director of the Gnawa music festival of Essaouira (Marocco) from 2003 to 2009 and leads “Band of Gnawa” featuring Louis Bertignac from Telephone, Cyril Atef and Gnaoui musicians as a tribute of the famous “Band of Gypsies”. He’s also a requested CD producer, as one of the main musician of the world music stage. Steve Shehan | Composer, performer, multi-instrumentalist, Steve Shehan was born in 1957 in Ft. Eustis, Virginia. He has been based in France since 1978, though his travels since this time have led him virtually around the globe. He took part in many albums and collaborated in studio and on stage with artists as famous as Bob Dylan - Paul Simon - Paul McCartney - Peter Gabriel - Magma - Cheb Mami - Arthur H - Salif Keita - Youssou N’dour - Rokia Traoré - Nitin Sawhney - John Mc Laughlin. An atypical route for this composer born in the United States, of a Cherokee father and a French mother and for whom the music is a mode of communication between peoples whatever is their language, their culture, their religion. Organized by Découvrir | 05 When you are a Fanatika anatika theatre member, club you get Fanatika Theatre Club wishes you all a • Free access to Regular Workshops very happy and prosperous 2012. (exclusively for members) Fanatika begins the year 2012 with its Regular Workshop sessions starting from • Free access to International Workshops Monday, 9 January 2012. Our regular (exclusively for members) workshops are organized every Monday and Thursday from 7:00pm – 8:30pm at • 25% Flat Discount on Paid Workshops Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. The annual • Free and privileged seats for you and membership fees for Fanatika Theatre your family for Fanatika productions Club is Rs. 2000.00. • 10% Fanatika member discount on Phone: 079 - 2640 1551 - 2656 0271 some plays which come to Ahmedabad http://fanatikatheatreclub.blogspot.com Fanatika Theatre Club group on Facebook [email protected] Fanatika Theatre Documentary Festival for more information: 3-4-5 February 2012 • 7pm onwards log on to http://ahmedabad.afindia.org/ http://fanatikatheatreclub.blogspot.com/ Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Partners Chintan Pandya President Fanatika06 |Theatre Découvrir Club On the occasion of the NID Sound Design module, managed by the Animation Department, The Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad and the National Institute of Design are pleased to present you Eryck Abecassis NoisIndia Project - a multimedia musical performance Live Performance on Friday, February 17, 2012 • 7pm National Institute of Design (NID) The NoisIndia project was born in India during winter 2011.