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2017 | Issue No. 4 Message from the Director Wasanthe Kotuwella Director t gives me great pleasure to India, Ms. Nayyara Rahman from Arts (Colombo) grounds on March Iannounce the publication of the Pakistan, Mr. Najib Manalai from 6 and was organised in collaboration fourth issue of SAARC Art Magazine Afghanistan, Dr. (Prof.) Prem Kumar with the Saundaryabhimani Arts from SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Khatry from Nepal, Dr. Swadhin Sen Festival of the University of Colombo. Our programmes and events from Bangladesh and a special note Visual and Performing Arts. The always gives us an opportunity to on Bhutan by artist Dr. Sumera Jawad SAARC Artist’s Camp took place in meet many personalities from across (esteemed participant of the SAARC Kathmandu (Nepal) from July 28-31, the SAARC nations and this issue Artist Camp in Bhutan, 2016). Many 2017- with participation by painters of the SAARC Art is a reflection of of these dignitaries have been part of from all across the SAARC region. the same as we continue our journey various events and programmes of The SAARC Research Project on Buddhist Cultural Trails: Journey of exploring the concept of ‘Art’ SAARC Cultural Centre- including, Through Time & Space, of Merchants, through the kaleidoscopic lenses Ms. Nayyara Rahman, Dr. Swadhin Monks and Pilgrims was organised of the ethos of Intangible Cultural Sen, Ali Sahil, Dr. (Prof.) Prem Kumar in Colombo (Sri Lanka) between Heritage. This issue is dedicated to Khatry and Dr. Sumera Jawad. The photographs of the issue have been August 26 and 27- followed by a one- the understanding of the concept of day Post-Seminar Tour to Dambulla ‘Storytelling and Folklore’. From contributed by the authors themselves and also forms parts of their significant UNESCO World Heritage Site and time immemorial, stories have been Arankele Meditation Monastery- research in the discipline. We feel a part of human civilisation in the Archaeological Site on August 28. privileged to have all the authors and form of music, dance, painting and The resounding success of this event contributors helping to make this issue in later years- architecture, sculpture, was made possible through the earnest successful. theatre and cinema or existing simply efforts and the wide participation of as its name suggests- as ‘stories’. We members of academia from across explore this multifarious perception of From the publication of our third issue the SAARC Member States. We are ‘Storytelling’ as well as ‘Folklore’ as at the beginning of the year (March, including some significant moments an important part of our socio-cultural 2017, Issue-3) - the SAARC Cultural of the same event within this issue of existence in this issue of SAARC Centre witnessed several events and SAARC Art. programmes. The Centre successfully Art. The concept note, explaining this celebrated International Women’s perspective has been penned down We, at the SAARC Cultural Centre, Day on March 8 at Lionel Wendt by Culture Specialist (Research)- Dr. look forward to maintaining our Theatre in Colombo with significant (Ms.) Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai. rhythm of organising various dignitaries present from various The issue has articles by esteemed programmes and events for the cultural backgrounds of not only Sri personalities from various cultural remaining part of the year of 2017 Lanka, but other SAARC countries and beginning of 2018 with the same disciplines as well as members of as well. The all-women’s drumming tempo- bringing the people of South academia from all the eight countries ensemble from Colombo- ‘Thuuryaa’ Asia together, forging brotherhood of the SAARC Member States, enthralled the audience across an and spreading the richness of culture. including Ali Sahil from Maldives, hour-long performance. The SAARC The forthcoming issues of SAARC Dr. (Prof.) Jeyasankar Sivagnanam Exhibition of Paintings took place at Art promises to surge forward with the from Sri Lanka, Dr. Ajay Joshi from the University of Visual and Performing same notion of unity. SAARC ART September 2017 Issue No 4 1 antasies and fiction have been Fthe corner stone of good stories and popular productions from the very inception of the theatre. The world of music - specifically opera and the performing arts - the world I inhabited as a professional international opera singer for over a dozen years and still keep a foot in - is steeped in it. It is this very feeling of wonder and exploration of imagination that brings the theatre- goer and music lover flocking back on to the red velvet covered seats in the gold gilded traditional theatres, to watch the Artistes tread the thick wooden floorboards time and again. The act of immersing oneself in the Performing Arts - whether it be as the Artiste spinning the story through dance, movement, music, speech or song, or the spectator drinking The Mythical, Majestic and it all in as a visceral experience - is a veritable feast for the senses. This only becomes more potent Mysterious and its and more powerful with the depth and perceptible truth of the story Magical influence on Music which underpins the performance as a whole. The more realistic the story, the more we feel and therefore By the more we are directly moved by it. This could explain the modern Kishani Jayasinghe – Wijayasekara trend towards realism, within the Deputy Director (Programmes), SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo performing arts. However, on the LLM International Commercial Law (Nottingham UK); LLB (Nottingham UK); other end of the spectrum, there is our PGDip/Masters (Opera); ARAM; LRAM; DipRAM (Royal Academy of Music UK) never-ending love affair with myths and legends…stories of times gone by when Gods and Goddesses in the In addition to being the Deputy Director for Programmes at the SAARC Cultural lands and the world in general had Centre, Kishani Jayasinghe - Wijayasekara is an International Opera Singer and an underlying feeling of…magic and nostalgia. International Commercial Lawyer. She is a former Young Artiste at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and has the distinction of being the first South Asian Soprano Perhaps this is why, even centuries soloist to perform there. Winner of six International Vocal Competitions, Kishani is a later, we still relish stories of rescuing Pioneer for Opera in the South Asian Region. She has been adjudicated The Asian maidens, sacrificing virtuous nobles, Woman of Achievement for Art and Culture, having competed with finalists from protecting kingdoms, forbidden India, China, Pakistan and Iran, and was presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II as a love affairs, dungeons and dragons, poisoned apples and evil step Young Commonwealth Ambassador for the Arts. She is also a Goodwill Ambassador mothers, hidden relics and jewels for the South Asian Women’s Fund, and Women in Need. She is the creator and in elaborate hair adornments, giant author of the National Weekend Newspaper feature ‘Voice for Women’, an Educator, beanstalks and golden eggs, spinning Philanthropist, Rotarian, Wife and Mother. wheels, handsome young princes and the all-important beautiful and feminine - but also of late, strong - princesses. We still take the trouble to preserve the art of storytelling, to pass it down from one generation to the next and create an interest within the young and impressionable minds of the future, and make every effort to 2 SAARC ART September 2017 Issue No 4 help them imagine the impossible, is in fact possible. Perhaps, this could also then explain the abundance of folk stories and legends woven into the very fabric of opera and theatre. It would be natural to assume that eastern themes and ‘local’ South Asian legends are unlikely to underpin the traditionally western and European art form of Opera. Nevertheless, they exist and have universal themes across Asia and Europe by way of protecting, sacrificing and wooing nobles and their legacies. They still number in the few and far between category, however they have stood the test of time and in some instances, it is unclear how they came to feature in these stories at all. Nadir, Leila and Zurga in a production of The Pearl-fishers in The Netherlands Whilst several examples are available, one which perfectly most significant and memorable hero race and religious beliefs become illustrates the point, and is worthy of Kings, Dutugemunu. Legend says in irrelevant and the only thing that further exploration is Les pêcheurs order to appease the angered Gods ultimately matters, is telling the story. de perles (The Pearl Fishers) by for her father’s crime, Viharamaha Under the costumes, the scenery, the the French opera composer, George Devi sacrificed herself to the Gods make-up, the props, the music and Bizet, with a libretto by Eudéne of the Sea to save her land from the the madness, what matters is telling Cormon and Micheal Carré. It raging storms and the tempestuous a story that touches us, makes us premiéred in Paris at the Théâtre floods. A moving and deeply felt feel something deep in our hearts, Lyrique on the 30 September 1863 story line which forms the basis of transports us to another place and and is set in ancient times. It tells a an opera that is once again making gives us the time and space to story of two best friends, Zurga and its way into mainstream repertoire imagine, explore and experience. Nadir, who vow eternal friendship, on the international Opera circuit It is finally the story that endures in an operatic duet that over 150 and bestowed me the opportunity of and the legend in all its mythical, years later is still considered one of being the first Sri Lankan to ever sing majestic and mysterious glory, that the most beautiful pieces of music the role of the Sri Lankan priestess creates the magic that causes even ever written.
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