October 2018

ON Stagevolume 8 • issue 3

Rama Vaidyanathan presents Vivartana At the NCPA Nakshatra Dance Festival

One World Many Musics Symphony Orchestra of Celebrating Artistic Plurality Snapshots from the Autumn 2018 Season

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NCPA Booking Office Musics festival this month, the NCPA 2282 4567/6654 8135/6622 3724 08 is celebrating artistic plurality in music www.ncpamumbai.com Reflections Creativity and the outlier. By Anil Dharker from around the world. By Arwa Mamaji 10 20 One Step Forward The Headliners NCPA Nakshatra Dance Festival 2018 is about With Lucrece, Emil and the Detectives and reinvention, the marrying of ancient dance Constellations, the NCPA is set to bring tradition with the stories of our time. the best of international theatre to the By Shayonnita Mallik local stage. By Reshma O. Pathare

16 Soul Over Soil 24 With bands such as Euphoria and Rakesh and Two to Tango Friends presenting at the One World Many The tango has travelled far beyond

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Somaiya Learning Centre – Talk by Zane Dalal Thank you very much for providing a context this evening to some music that I have heard over the years. The broad sweep from Disney to Shermetyevo, the Parsi-twins and beyond, was indeed a delight; a silo- busting, renaissance kind of experience. I wish some of my students had been there. I hope to listen to Bruckner’s 7th soon. Thanks again for a wonderful evening. – Kaushik Chatterjee

Coffee and Conversation with Zane Dalal I enjoyed attending this session. I had no special expectations in attending and thought this would be a conventional evening where a conductor shares his thoughts on the joys and agonies of conducting. As it turned out, he set the framework for his discussion in the most unconventional terms: tracking the development of the Western classical music tradition over the last century, and then provoking us to reflect on the idea of communication, obviously what composers and conductors aspire to do, but also where we are headed as a society when the current generation wishes to experience nothing beyond what the mobile phone can provide. I found two subjects he covered fascinating. The first was to track the inventions of the last century decade by decade and juxtaposing them with the music of those times. Zane’s other exceptional exposition was in reply to a question – “What to you is the difference between a Mahler and a Bruckner symphony?” I have never quite heard so evocative a description of what a Bruckner symphony can stir in the imagination! – Cyrus Guzder

SOI Open rehearsal Thank you, for providing the students this wonderful opportunity Argentina and Uruguay to find of experiencing your orchestra live. The students really enjoyed a well-respected place in the 36 A season to remember this experience. Most adults with special needs love music and it is classical music canon. To trace Memorable moments from the therapeutic for them too. the journey of this musical genre Autumn 2018 Season of the Our vision of ‘a future where every individual with special needs is (and dance style) is to unearth Symphony Orchestra of India. empowered to lead a happy and productive life’ was made possible its strong links to its place and through this experience. culture. By Beverly Pereira On behalf of the Mann family, we would like to say that the support 44 of individuals like you makes it possible for our organisation to exist to The researcher’s creed make the community a great place to live. Your contribution plays a 28 Ashok Ranade analyses what A Study in Brown vital role in enhancing the services provided at Mann and thus in turn is important and what is Had Clifford Brown lived longer, facilitating the overall progress of the students. frivolous in the research of he would have changed jazz – Geetanjali Gaur, Mann folk performing arts. trumpet playing forever. By Sunil Sampat Follow us on: 46 facebook.com/NCPAMumbai Programme Guide 32 @NCPAMumbai Why Beethoven is the All of October’s events at the greatest symphony NCPA. NCPAMumbai writer ever youtube.com/user/TheNCPAMumbai1 History has long pronounced pinterest.com/ncpamumbai its near-unanimous verdict: 56 Ludwig van Beethoven is the What’s Next shahanshah of the symphony What to expect in the following form. By Manohar Parnerkar months. We look forward to your feedback and suggestions. Please do drop us an

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ForwardNCPA Nakshatra Dance Festival 2018 is about reinvention, the marrying of ancient dance tradition with the stories of our time. By Shayonnita Mallik kuttua

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Nakshatra New.indd 10 18/09/18 6:10 PM he Nakshatra Dance Festival is a festival for group choreographies in dance. In the journey of being a curator, Swapnokalpa Dasgupta (Head of Programming – Dance, NCPA) has searched for an accurate definition for group choreography and Tfound various interpretations of the same. One such A Realityunique performance was Torobaka, an innovative duet by Kathak dancer Akram Khan and flamenco dancer Israel Galván. Presented during Nakshatra in 2015, the performance had the musicians abandoning their usual niches, and joining the dance at the start. Everything onstage – from the main dance duet, to the lights, to the musicians and their movements – had been perfectly choreographed. It was a spectacular visual treat. And Checkto Dasgupta, it signified a coming-of-age of dance in the 21st century: a reinvention of years of tradition into an expression of the contemporary. It was the moment she realised how dance had moved away from just art to experience, had left the penance of the temple and entered the arena of the stage, even though the grammar, invented years ago, remained the same.

A scene from Rama Vaidyanathan’s Vivartana

Nakshatra New.indd 11 18/09/18 6:06 PM A scene from Rajendra Gangani’s Antarparva

Nakshatra Dance Festival 2018, the “Classically, Bharatanatyam NCPA’s annual group dance festival, celebrates this reinvention. I spoke to two was actually created either for of the festival’s key performers: Akademi award-winning dance-dramas or for the soloist dancer Sharmila Biswas and Padma Shri – the devadasi – who performed Bharatanatyam dancer , about the innovations they’re bringing alone. I’ve been a soloist all my into their choreography. life; working with a group is THE RHYTHM OF A STORY interesting on many fronts” Biswas’s Murchhana is the story of sangeet, or the act of making music, a beautiful though one person wrote it in what is now Pakistan example of bringing natya into nritta. The piece is and the other person wrote it in the deep South.” For divided into three acts: the first one shows Rambha Samson, the river, which belongs to so many states and and Brahma discovering music in the newborn languages, was like her own identity. “My father is from universe; the second has Mohini, the female form of Pune, my mother is from Asansol. I have Jewish origins, Vishnu, on her quest for music as a fruit of passion; I have Christian origins, I have Hindu origins. I have a and the third has a gopi who is transformed into a guru who, at one time, was a theosophist. I am all these mrudanga in the hands of Krishna. “This must be the things really, and I feel no hesitation in picking up any fourth or fifth production,” laughs Biswas. She first poem from anywhere.” came upon Murchhana about 20 years ago, when Anywhere for Nadi became six languages – Tamil, she met a few mrudanga players. She composed, Sanskrit, Kannada, Urdu, Hindi and Bengali – expressed performed and recomposed Murchhana in all that in forms such as , music and even Rabindra time. One year, it graced the stage as a solo, the next Sangeet. As Samson read she picked: poetry from Tamil year, it was a duet. Today, in what Biswas says is her writings that could be traced to 400 BC, and verses final draft,Murchhana lives as a group performance. from contemporary works such as those by . The result is that Nadi gurgles with philosophy THE UNDERBELLY OF VERSE and poetry, going beyond borders, beyond languages. Like rivers wind through earth, cutting through states, Through the dance, Samson has reinvented the Samson’s Nadi winds through poetry, collecting poetry, and through the poetry, given Bharatanatyam languages, depositing beauty. Three years ago, when vocabulary a new dictionary. Samson first started reading poetry on rivers, she was overwhelmed. Writers across the subcontinent WINDS OF REINVENTION had written the most wonderful verses, steeped in What is clear with these two and the other productions philosophy on the river. What also amazed her was the at Nakshatra is that the line between traditional and philosophical similarity in what they were saying: “Even contemporary is getting blurred. For instance, Vikram

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Nakshatra New.indd 12 17/09/18 3:26 PM Iyengar is presenting contemporary dance via “a Kathak- Leela Samson informed body” in Shunya Se, while Rama Vaidyanathan’s Vivartana (Bharatanatyam) and Rajendra Gangani’s Antarparva (Kathak) are about abstract concepts such as transformation and mindfulness respectively. In such a scenario, what is classical and what is modern? How do we define what has been reinvented? Biswas contemplates an answer. “Dance isn’t generational; it is reinvented every day. Because we are doing a traditional form, we try to connect to the past. But the dance that is taken forward, the dance that moves to the future, that is the one that is reinvented every day. Reinvention is like a conversation.” For Samson, reinvention is a strange word. “I think we all do it differently. It’s really not about whether you are going forward or backwards or sideways or if people think your dance is out of place at a particular time. I’m not sure how these things work and it’s really not my business.” She explains that her job is to follow her instinct, to frame poetry and fill it with the dance of many bodies in a way in which they could best express their beauty. But newness has a strange allure. A tarana with jazz music, a classical dance routine spiked with electronic dance music – the temptations of experimentation to see what works and what doesn’t are many. Regardless, Biswas is critical of the word ‘fusion’. “Sometimes, what we mean by fusion is patchwork, not really fusion,” she says. “Look at raga Maand, which has been taken from Rajasthan and is very much of Rajasthan, but is also a huge part of Carnatic tradition today.” She points out that fusion has almost become a misnomer for the mash-up of diametrically opposing forms like jarring music and classical dance. Biswas’s observations set me thinking in Nadi’s direction. Though the piece employs traditional poetry jewellery and hairstyling, “Just the dancers being and dance, its coming together is a reinvention of the lean and able-bodied, that itself is modern, classical format: for instance, it has an Urdu poem I think.” Bharatanatyam in a group is a novel experience that finds expression in the form of a tillana. Talking for Samson as well. “Classically, Bharatanatyam was about the process of such creative reimagining, actually created either for dance-dramas or for the Samson says, “Of course, it was challenging. soloist – the devadasi – who performed alone. I’ve I went to Rajkumar Bharathi, who’s really a modern- been a soloist all my life; working with a group is day, genius composer. He is a traditional Carnatic interesting on many fronts. Physically, mentally, composer, but he was drawn towards these poems emotionally I get quite fed up sometimes,” she admits, and their traditional tunes. He was excited by the “but I am also extremely revitalised by working with idea of adapting poetry from six languages into the young people.” vocabulary of Bharatanatyam – the result of which Talking later to Dasgupta, the curator of the was not just a dialogue between the river poets of festival, I discuss the upcoming Nakshatra. This year, then and now, but also a duet between Carnatic and unlike the usual trend, does not have one dance from Hindustani sangeetam.” each form. Dasgupta is aware she may be criticised for it, but is willing to risk it. “That system of having INNOVATION AND RISK one of each type gives a monotony to the curation. But, all innovation comes with risks; they’re two I want Nakshatra to be about concepts, not what sides of the same coin. In Samson’s case, Nadi is form, person or group. To maintain a group for years rather different from what her guru Bharatanatyam and years is a very, very tough thing. Five years ago, legend did. “Whatever I I felt there was a need to dedicate a festival to the fact have learnt and whatever I am trying to do is a take- that these people have consistently worked together off from there. But people may fault me, in saying with each other and stayed together for years, and mine is not quite as typical, my dancers are not this effort should be recognised.” dressed as classically,” Samson explains. In her own ways, she has been trying to divest Bharatanatyam NCPA Nakshatra Dance Festival will take place from of much of its paraphernalia in costume, in 12th to 14th October.

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Nakshatra New.indd 14 17/09/18 3:27 PM ARCHIVES The researcher’s creed ON Stage brings you excerpts from the NCPA Quarterly Journal, an unsurpassed literary archive that ran from 1972 to 1988 and featured authoritative and wide-ranging articles. Ashok Ranade analyses what is important and what is frivolous in the research of folk performing arts.

Aims, objectives, research and relevance Indian situation is concerned, this is the The good and the bad are terms that need not be assumed to have type of irrelevance that one detects on a The all-round acceptance of folk research a universal and accepted connotation. majority of occasions. from all quarters evokes only a mixed In brief, aims can be defined as the Research should make for a better response. It is true that at all levels – general goals to be attained through life, that it should be a part of a larger individual, institutional, national and methodical efforts. Objectives are the ameliorative programme, in order to international – research-programmes are concrete goals located midway between prove its social relevance. Since this is encouraged. But is the encouragement the initiation of an activity and the the ultimate aim of all human activity, it founded on proper grounds? Perhaps the attainment of the aims. Research is could surely be used as a guideline. But, time has arrived to do some rethinking defined as a diligent and systematic as explained earlier, aims are not to be and realign the forces in operation. investigation into a subject in order confused with objectives. Therefore, the There are clear indications that such a to discover or revise facts, theories, ultimate (aim) could hardly be the same realisation, and the consequent recharting applications, etc. Relevance is a variable as the immediate (objective) though of courses followed, is in progress. For degree of appropriateness example, researchers are anxious of the efforts to the needs Research should make for a to ensure retrieval rather than sought to be satisfied through collection. The revolution in the former. better life, that it should be a communications and the leap in The aims of researchers technological resources have by in folk performing arts are part of a larger ameliorative now been successfully harnessed to carry out a complete to collect and preserve human investigation of a particular programme, in order to prove expressions which otherwise folk culture with the intention might have proved to be too of enumerating, describing, its social relevance. Since this is evanescent. Today there is a classifying and comparing the ultimate aim of all human grave danger that facts and forms of folk expression. information may outpace the activity, it could surely be used researcher. Attempts to press The importance of into service computerised relevance as a guideline. retrieval systems prove that The matter of relevance is the danger has been sensed. appropriate at this point. However, the question is, is it a A suitable concord of objectives and their mutual dependence cannot be right solution to the problem? The truth orientations is merely one instance of denied. Action-oriented research, a is that more advanced communication the relevance-phenomenon. However, phrase so fondly and widely employed, and technology can hardly equip the the matching of orientation to objectives is a pleonasm because research in itself researcher to face the challenges involved is an internal kind of relevance. The is action. In fact, action by itself is only because the decisions that need to be appropriateness or otherwise is within the a truncated phenomenon – the fuller taken in this respect are of a conceptual research-field which is well-demarcated version of which is the white heat of nature and can hardly be delegated to by the quartet of researcher, objective, thought – a result of intense mental computers. It is, therefore, essential orientation and aims. However, the activity and its concretisation. To put to adopt unhesitatingly certain self- entire activity represented by the quartet it less rhetorically, action-oriented critical positions, and if this strategy is forms merely a part of the total life of the research, which social relevance likes to followed, the Indian situation poses some community. Hence, is it not incumbent swear by, is, in reality, a consequence of fundamental questions. for the research-field, as realised by the objective – orientation correlation A very striking feature of most the quartet, to have a relationship of that has already been described. If Indian research is the tendency relevance with society at large? This is the one is aware of the rightful distinction to avoid theorisation. There is an social relevance plank that has provided between pedantic and academic obvious reluctance to raise conceptual so much support to an agitated view of the research, then it is the latter which frameworks which relate to collected art-situation in recent years. successfully strikes an equilibrium data. This is a serious weakness because The irrelevance that generates anxiety between objectives and orientation. such frameworks are essential to ensure in the field of researches in folk performing All academic research is relevant and the quality of significance in the material arts is caused by a mismatching between social relevance is one of its important collected. No fact or detail is insignificant objectives and orientations. As far as the contributions. sui generis. Even though facts or details

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FOB Archives New.indd 44 17/09/18 3:17 PM possess an intrinsic importance, no All details, all facts are, therefore, to be Under the circumstances, one may significance could be assumed unless revered and collected because potentially deduce that three-fourths of the total a wider conceptual framework is in all are considered worthy of study. folkloristic content is dominated by non- existence. Therefore, mere discovery of It is also possible to argue that the rather literary impulses. Is it not, therefore, a facts is not to be equated with carrying out obstinate adherence to the ethnographical great scholastic mistake to continue the research. It is rather naïve to argue that a rather than the cultural line was due to language-literature bias of the past? theoretical or a conceptual framework the motives of the British rulers whose It is unfortunate that the nature of cannot be thought of unless adequate desire to learn more about the country was performance is forgotten in the established data is collected. Collection of facts and aroused largely by commercial interests. research-processes in folk performing raising of conceptual frameworks are not Whatever the reasons, it is true that folk arts. Every performance is a result of a successive by simultaneous processes. research in India remains ethnographic in series of decisions arrived at and carried Further, all concepts are acts of minimal orientation. However, this is not the whole out through the agency of non-verbalised, theorisation and if due attention is not story. action-based, physio-mental events paid to this ratiocinative truth, more and In addition to following the non- accessible to perception in the normal more irrelevant or at least insignificant selective total-view models tried out by course. Unless attention is focussed on the facts are likely to be collected. Conceptual the ethno-disciplines, researchers readily phenomenon of performance, half of the frameworks not only confirm facts but also grasped the research mapping followed researches in the folk expression are likely generate them. In all research activities, by literary students of folk expression, to remain anaemic and bookish shadows an emerging hypothesis and a of the pious resolve to research. gradually increasing body of Unless attention is focussed It is also important to note facts proceed together. There that even if the value-neutral are no theory-neutral facts and on the phenomenon of attitude is inevitable in the case in anthropocentric disciplines of an outsider and also desirable it is nearly impossible to performance, half of the for any product of a materially come across these intellectual superior or advanced culture wonders. Non-realisation of researches in the folk expression studying an alien culture, does this fundamental truth has it possess the same validity reduced many researches to are likely to remain anaemic and and legitimacy for an insider an indiscriminate collecting bookish shadows of the pious who undertakes to execute activity. Isolated facts a deliberate, temporary and are capable of supplying resolve to research. reversible act of stepping information; they can out of his native culture? In hardly impart knowledge. Only active almost totally ignoring, in the process, other words, do Indians researching theorisation can transform information the performance aspect. Hence, names of into Indian folk expression need to into knowledge. places, terms, symbols, etc. were subjected adopt the same conceptual, theoretical to explanations and interpretations with and methodological stances as do non- Ethnology vs Ethnography literary and linguistic biases. The same Indians? After all, every ethno-study is There is a deeper reason for the literary attitude allowed an upper hand to be defined as a study of man through misplaced belief in the importance of to chronology, etymology, genealogy, culture and the studies of separated or bare facts. Research into folk studies imagery studies, stylistic analysis, etc. isolated culture manifestations in the total in India incorrectly traces its lineage to Verbalised expression occupied a central context of the particular culture involved. ethnographic researches. As is known, position – it almost continues to do so even The definition of ethno-study has nothing ethnography deals with scientific and today. to do with ‘which culture is being studied detailed descriptions of a culture while the by whom’. task of comparatively studying two or more The literary conundrum It is instructive to note that though cultures is left to ethnology. It is easy to see It is time we realise that all these strategies more than a score of disciplines are that both these approaches adopt a total of research can yield only fringe-benefits listed as contributory for students of folk view model that believes that everything is as far as the performing arts are concerned. expression, the three major valuational related to everything else and, therefore, to The chief reason is that these total-view- disciplines of ethics, aesthetics and understand any single thing, it is necessary based literary strategies miss the core philosophy do not find a place in the to collect data on almost everything. It of any performance – that qualitative listing. As indicated earlier, folk expression is obvious why such an approach was dimension of the co-ordinated, physio- as a whole is dominated by performance adopted in relation to Indian folklore in mental, audience-conditioned act which which, in turn, is a cumulative result of general. The pioneers in the field were the consists of non-verbalised, improvisatory valuational decisions expressed through Germans, the British and, a little later, the and impact-guided content. The entire non-verbal, improvised and deliberately Americans. They were sympathetic but content of folklore is customarily divided structured events. Hence, how can a alien to the culture they studied. For them, into four categories: material culture, researcher in folk performing arts ignore the total model was a necessity – it being oral tradition, arts of performance and the value-disciplines? a safer strategy to cast the investigating customs and superstitions. The first net wider in unknown waters. Pioneers three categories are actualised through This article first appeared in the NCPA can hardly afford to be selective; by craftsmanship, verbal performance and Quarterly Journal in December 1983 (Vol. choice, they have to be accommodative. non-verbal enactment respectively. XII, No. 4)

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FOB Archives New.indd 45 17/09/18 3:17 PM Programme Guide (Programmes are subject to change. Please check the website and refer to our emails for updated information.) OCTOBER 2018

THEATRE FILMS / SCREENINGS INDIAN MUSIC INTERNATIONAL MUSIC

PHOTOGRAPHY & EXHIBITION PRESENTATIONS & DISCUSSIONS DANCE MULTI ARTS

theatre Produced by Mohan & Richa music reflects a confluence of Goel three traditions: Gwalior, Jaipur and Mirror, Mirror Kirana. Furthermore, her mastery English Play (75 mins) A Mohan Azaad's Workshop over the semi-classical repertoire of Tata Theatre Presentation Purab tradition, and her academic Monday, 1st – 7.30 pm proficiency to analyse and interpret Tickets: subtle elements in music lend a stamp Renowned Bollywood actor Minissha `1,875, 1,500, 1,125, 750, 525 & 375/- of authority to her presentation. A Lamba takes the stage for the first time (Members) prolific composer and an ardent guru, in a story of sibling rivalry that traces `2,500, 2,000, 1,500, 1,000, 700 & she is known for her enlightening lec- the relationship between identical 500/- (Public) dems on diverse musical aspects. twins Minal and Maanya. It is a riveting (Inclusive of GST) In this recital, Dr. Marulkar will story of a woman placed in the most Box Office now open showcase her eclectic approach to extraordinary circumstances that aesthetic build-up in khayal vocalism, forever changes her destiny. indian music and also present some semi-classical compositions. Written & Directed by Saif Hasan Hyder Dr. Alka Deo Marulkar Cast: Minissha Lamba Hindustani Vocal Music (Khayal) Tickets: Recital `135/- (Members) An AGP World Production (approx. 120 mins) `150/- (Public) Godrej Dance Theatre Box Office now open Tickets: Thursday, 4th – 6.30 pm `1,500, 1,125, 900, 750, 570 & 375/- film (Members) An NCPA Presentation `2,000, 1,500, 1,200, 1,000, 760 & Fresh Pix: Aamhi Doghi 500/- (Public) Daughter and disciple of veteran Marathi Film (140 mins) (Plus GST) vocalist Rajabhau Deo, Dr. Alka Deo Little Theatre Box Office now open Marulkar was also privileged to Thursday, 4th – 6.30 pm train with M. S. Kanetkar, a veteran theatre of Jaipur gharana. As a result, her An NCPA Presentation

Dr. Alka Deo Aamhi Doghi explores the beautiful That's My Girl Marulkar, 4th, English Play (120 mins) Godrej Dance relationship between two women Tata Theatre Theatre – a motherless 16-year-old Savi and Tuesday, 2nd – 7.00 pm 25-year-old Ammi. They share a warm relationship even though one would That’s My Girl is the story of a daughter expect rivalry. who has come looking for a role in the Hindi film industry and meets her Directed by Pratima Joshi father who had deserted her and her Produced by Puja Chhabria mother 16 years ago. The interaction Aamhi Doghi, between the daughter, a wannabe 4th, Little film actress, and the father, a veteran Theatre screenwriter, is funny and sentimental.

Written & Directed by Bharat Dabholkar Cast: Anant Mahadevan, Shweta Rohira & Ananya Dutta

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Programme Guide.indd 46 18/09/18 2:48 PM Studio: White Swan Studios & Everest Rakesh & Entertainment Friends, 5th, Cast: Mukta Barve, Priya Bapat, Tata Theatre Bhushan Pradhan, Kiran Karmarkar, Aarti Wadakbalkar & Prasad Barve

Admission on a first-come-first- served basis. NCPA members will get preferential seating till 6.20 pm.

theatre Kalam Hindi Play (100 mins) Godrej Dance Theatre Friday, 5th – 5.00 pm & 7.00 pm

The play revolves around the story of a Euphoria, 6th, Tata scientist, a fighter, a teacher, a motivator, Theatre a successful president and politician, and lastly of a ‘winner’, a winner of the hearts of people from across the world: the story of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

Directed by Anshuman Bagaria Cast: Kumar Chheda, Rishabh Joshi, Yash Barot, Prachi Mehta & others

Abstract Productions

Tickets: `450/- (Members) `500/- (Public) Box Office now open

international music (Approx. 120 mins each day) of RAF include: Satyajit Talwalkar Tata Theatre (tabla), Gino Banks (drums), Sheldon NCPA Jazz Collective Friday, 5th & Saturday, 6th – 7.00 pm D’Silva (bass guitar), Sanjoy Das Experimental Theatre (guitar) and Sangeet Haldipur Friday, 5th – 7.00 pm An NCPA Presentation (keyboard and vocals). Individually trained in diverse musical traditions, The NCPA Jazz Collective comprises The world we live in is buzzing with together, the talented young brigade four talented young musicians who myriad traditions and musical forms strives to extend the boundaries of have a spark and enthusiasm for jazz across various indigenous cultures. their respective instruments and as a genre in India – the jazz/Latin-jazz Music from around the world exerts musical fields. Blending sounds and pianist Pradyumna Singh Manot, wide cross-cultural influence as styles expressions of Indian instruments with Sanjeeta Bhattacharya on vocals, influence one another. This festival that of international instruments, they Abhinav Khokhar on upright acoustic showcases varied musical forms and explore a vast musical canvas leading bass and Saurav Ghosh on drums. The reaffirms the peaceful co-existence to newer musical sounds and exciting quartet represents the high standards of cultural and artistic plurality in the soundscape. for live jazz performance that have world. With this event, we celebrate been set by JAZZ@NCPA over the last the power of music as a healing Saturday, 6th October few years. force that promotes cross-cultural Euphoria understanding, and remind people of Tickets: `500/- all cultures and religions that we share Euphoria is one of the first Hindi rock Box Office now open a common humanity. bands to ride the pop wave in the mid ’90s. Since then, they have performed indian music Friday, 5th October over 1,700 shows worldwide and Rakesh & Friends (RAF) collaborated with top-ranking bands One World Many Musics: such as Sting. Spearheaded by Celebrating Artistic Led by the well-known flautist Rakesh Dr. Palash Sen, a singer, songwriter, Plurality Chaurasia, the other instrumentalists musician, composer and actor, the

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Programme Guide.indd 47 18/09/18 2:49 PM band will present original songs based The play portrays post-partum SOI Chamber on themes ranging from love, longing, depression, highlighting a highly Orchestra, 9th, Experimental life, fun and relationships; from their neglected form of depression. Theatre popular albums Dhoom Pichak Dhoom, Halla Bol and other commercially Written by American Playwright successful productions. Tammy Ryan Directed by Ila Arun & K.K. Raina Daily Tickets: Cast: Dilnaz Irani, Ankur Rathee/Joy `600, 450 & 300/- (Members) Sengupta, Ashish Chawla, Anjula `800, 600 & 400/- (Public) Bedi/Shilpa Mehta & others (Inclusive of GST) An NCPA Presentation Box Office now open Age: 18+ Supported by the Consulate General of Brazil in Mumbai international music Tickets: `675 & 450/- (Members) Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 Shakuntala `750 & 500/- (Public) “Dissonance”, K.465 (orchestra version) The Unfinished Opera by Franz (Inclusive of GST) Villa-Lobos: Adagio from Bachiana Schubert (approx. 100 mins) Box Office now open Brazileira No. 2 Jamshed Bhabha Theatre Villa-Lobos: Choro No. 7 Saturday, 6th – 7.00 pm theatre Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.1

An Austrian Embassy & Jasubhai ELVIS – Long Live the Tickets: `600 & 400/- (plus GST) Foundation Presentation King! Box Office now open India's First Tribute Show (90 mins) Shakuntala is an unfinished opera in Tata Theatre theatre three acts, written in 1820 by Franz Sunday, 7th – 7.00 pm Schubert to a libretto by Johann Philipp The Unexpected Man Neumann. The opera is based on the Raell Padamsee presents ELVIS – Long English Play (120 mins) Sanskrit story of Shakuntala’s love for Live the King!, the best Elvis Presley Experimental Theatre King Dushyanta and her rejection. In tribute show ever presented in India. Wednesday, 10th & Thursday, 11th – 1789, Kalidas’s Shakuntala was translated Get all set to groove and move to 7.30 pm by Sir William Jones, reportedly the Elvis’s greatest hits – ‘Jailhouse Rock’, first Indian play to be translated into ‘Hound Dog’, ‘Love Me Tender’ and The Unexpected Man is a middle-age a Western language. The famous many more. The show will take the romance set on a night train from love story caught the attention of audience across a journey in the life of Paris to Frankfurt. Two passengers, Schubert. This concert version of the Elvis with the help of stunning visuals two strangers, two worlds apart. The musical masterpiece was arranged and on LED screens, backing vocalists man struggling with his growing completed by the composer, conductor and glitzy rhinestone costumes that bitterness with people, and the woman, and president of the Vienna Boys’ will give a truly authentic Las Vegas recovering from the death of her dearest Choir, Professor Gerald Wirth. It will be experience. friend. Will they find the connection performed by an Austrian chamber they want? With a minimalist set design, orchestra, consisting of musicians of the Starring: Siddharth Meghani & and a dynamic sound and light design Collegium Ennsegg Orchestra and the his Live Band that brings the train alive, the characters Bruckner Orchester Linz, together with Directed by Karla Singh find themselves on a trip that could voices from the Shillong Chamber Choir Produced by Raell Padamsee's ACE change their lives. of India, making it a true Indo-Austrian Productions cultural enterprise. The story will be Written by Yasmina Reza presented by an Indian narrator in Tickets: Translated by Christopher Hampton English. Schubert’s musical text will also `1,875, 1,500, 1,125, 750, 563 & 375/- Directed by Padma Damodaran be interpreted by Indian classical dancer (Members) Associate Direction by Sadiya Siddiqui Shovna Narayan. `2,500, 2,000, 1,500, 1,000, 750 & Cast: Naved Aslam & Padma 500/- (Public) Damodaran Tickets: (Inclusive of GST) `1,000, 750 & 500/- (inclusive of GST) Box Office now open A Red Earth Stories Production Box Office now open international music Age: 15+ theatre SOI Chamber Orchestra Tickets: Baby’s Blues Evgeny Bushkov, conductor `675 & 450/- (Members) English Play (110 mins) Luiz Gustavo Carvalho, piano `750 & 500/- (Public) Experimental Theatre Experimental Theatre (Inclusive of GST) Sunday, 7th – 5.00 pm & 7.30 pm Tuesday, 9th – 7.00 pm Box Office now open

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Programme Guide.indd 48 18/09/18 2:50 PM film Khandu Sanap, Admission on a first-come-first- 12th, Little Theatre served basis. NCPA members Argentine Film Festival will get preferential seating till 2018 6.20 pm. Little Theatre Thursday, 11th – 4.00 pm onwards dance

In association with the Consulate NCPA Nakshatra Dance General & Promotion Centre of the Festival, 2018 Argentine Republic, in Mumbai Friday, 12th to Sunday, 14th October Las Acacias (2011 / 96 mins) The Nakshatra Dance Festival Thursday, 11th – 4.00 pm to 5.36 pm aims to feature innovative group choreographies. This year brings Reluctantly, a dour long-distance stellar performances by eminent truck driver agrees to give a lift to a Meghana choreographers such as Leela Sardar, 12th, Paraguayan single mother and her Little Theatre Samson, Sharmila Biswas, Rajendra five-month-old daughter to Buenos Gangani, Rama Vaidyanathan, Aires. Can the palpable silence soften Vikram Iyengar and Bimbavati Devi. up the taciturn trucker's sullen heart? The festival also explores two dance The film won the Caméra d'Or at the workshops to be conducted by learned 2011 Cannes Film Festival. scholars, Biswas and Vaidyanathan. It also has a talk by Dr. , a Directed by Pablo Giorgelli noted Indian dance historian, scholar Cast: Germán de Silva & Hebe Duarte and critic. Vino Para Robar (To Fool Nakshatra Performances a Thief) (2013 / 105 mins) Ghana Baari Barikhata: Thursday, 11th – 6.00 pm to 7.45 pm Reflections in a Raindrop Manipuri by Bimbavati Devi & Two professional thieves will have to Manipuri Nartanalaya & work together to steal a unique bottle Shunya Se of wine kept safe inside a bank in (Approx. 90 mins) Neo-Classical Dance by Vikram Mendoza. Little Theatre Iyengar & Ranan Friday, 12th – 6.30 pm (Approx. 120 mins) Directed by Ariel Winograd Experimental Theatre Cast: Daniel Hendler, Valeria Prominent among the various Friday, 12th – 6.30 pm Bertuccelli & Martín Piroyansky initiatives undertaken by Citi and the NCPA are two schemes: Support to Ghana Baari Barikhata is a traditional Showroom Gurus and Scholarships to Young song sung in natasankirtanas in (2014 / 75 mins) Musicians. These programmes are in Manipur that describes the pangs of a Thursday, 11th – 8.00 pm to 9.15 pm the field of Hindustani vocal ( nayika whose tears flow like rainwater, and khayal) and instrumental music when she sees her nayaka. Monsoon After losing his job, a family man at (melody and percussion instruments). has been the welcome season of rock bottom becomes obsessed with This series is launched to showcase the fertility and love. The monsoon songs his new job as an apartment salesman. beneficiaries of the above schemes. eulogised the intermittent separation In this event, there will be a pakhawaj of lovers as well as their eternal love Directed by Fernando Molnar recital by Khandu Sanap followed by as they swung together during Jhulan Cast: Roberto Catarineu, Andrea dhrupad recital by Meghana Sardar. Yatra, and a bhakta's love for god and Garrote & Diego Peretti Sanap trains with Sukhad Munde. He for his devotees when his chariot is holds a Master’s degree in pakhawaj, pulled with the cords of love during Admission on a first-come-first- and received first prize at the State Level Rathayatra. The choreography is served basis. Pakhawaj Festival held at Usmanabad. based on the traditional and ritualistic He is the recipient of the CITI-NCPA dance and music of Manipur that are indian music scholarship 2015-16. Sardar trains with performed during the festivals that dhrupad maestro Uday Bhawalkar. She are celebrated during the monsoon CITI-NCPA Promising has been awarded scholarship from season. Artistes Series the Ministry of Culture (India) and was a From the abstract and intangible Khandu Sanap, pakhawaj recipient of the CITI-NCPA scholarship to the concrete and tangible, all Meghana Sardar, dhrupad 2015-16. existing together, distinct, yet closely

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Programme Guide.indd 49 18/09/18 2:51 PM Bimbavati Devi, Vikram Iyengar, 12th, Rajendra 12th, Experimental Experimental Theatre Gangani, 14th, Theatre Tata Theatre

Sharmila Biswas, 13th, Rama Vaidyanathan, Tata Theatre 13th, Tata Theatre

Leela Samson, 14th, Tata Theatre

connected: Shunya Se creates a The story of Murchhana has a mystic Antarparva: A Journey reflection of this specificity, multiplicity quality. It is unique in the way in Within and abstraction with and within the which traditional artistes capture the Kathak by Rajendra Gangani & Kathak dance form and the Kathak- inexplicable and infinite through very Troupe & informed body. Journeying through simple gestures and words. The first Nadi: The River Kathak grammar and principles of story describes Rambha and Brahma, Bharatanatyam by Leela Samson & movement, Shunya Se simultaneously discovering music in the newly formed Spanda maintains, extends and challenges universe. The next story is about the (Approx. 120 mins) the assumptions Kathak is based on, music arising from passion and the Tata Theatre and an all-pervading pulse, a secret, quest for everlasting youth. The last Sunday, 14th – 6.30 pm sometimes silent rhythm binds all this story is about the transformation of together – the elements of Kathak and Tungavidya into Mrudanga, in the Antarparva is a celebration of the the elemental universe – in a growing, hands of Krishna. emotions that are constantly created morphing, evolving conversation Vivartana talks about dance being when the outer world collides with created and spoken through this a multilayered powerhouse of the inner self. It is a journey within. A dancing body. transformation. Dance transforms us journey narrated not through words physically, emotionally, spiritually and but through pure, lucid movements Tickets: culturally; it also has the capacity to that culminate into the expression `360 & 270/- (Members) eventually touch the world around of the highest form of happiness. `400 & 300/- (Public) us. As stated by expert journalist Antarparva is the manifestation of Shanta Gokhale, "In Vivartana, noted the pure joy that one feels for simply Murchhana: The Eternal Bharatanatyam exponent Rama existing. Spirit of Music Vaidyanathan proposes dance The river has been the very source Odissi by Sharmila Biswas and itself as a medium of transformation, of life. Nadi is a selection of poems Odissi Vision & Movement Centre & fundamentally altering the relationship from six Indian languages - Tamil, Vivartana: Dance of the self with the other and the self Sanskrit, Kannada, Urdu, Hindi and Transforms with the self.” Bengali. The musical expressions vary Bharatanatyam by Rama from a traditional thumri of Varanasi Vaidyanathan & Troupe Tickets to Rabindranath Tagore’s poetic (Approx. 120 mins) `450, 300 & 150/- (Members) and musical expressions in Bengali Tata Theatre `600, 400 & 200/- (Public) that reflect the soulful music of the Saturday, 13th – 6.30 pm (Plus GST) wandering of Bengal.

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Programme Guide.indd 50 18/09/18 2:53 PM Tickets: `450, 300 & 150/- (Members) `600, 400 & 200/- (Public) (Plus GST) Box Office for the Festival now open A Talk by Dr. Sunil Kothari Tata Theatre Foyer Saturday, 13th – 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm Ramakant Gundecha, 14th, Sunil Kothari is a noted Indian dance West Room 1 historian, scholar and critic. He is also a former Professor In collaboration with Dhrupad at Ravindra Bharti University, . Sansthan Bhopal Nyas He received the Padma Shri in 2001, and Pranjali Barve, 13th, the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in Experimental Theatre Dhrupad is the oldest surviving genre 1995 for overall contribution to Indian of Hindustani music. The tradition is classical dance. He was awarded the 7039067878 or email sdasgupta@ reputed for following special training Kumar Chandrak in 1961 and the ncpamumbai.com. methods to groom facets such as Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 2012. voice, breath control, pitch control and international music systematic delineation of composition. Admission on a first-come-first- The NCPA offers a special opportunity served basis. NCPA members will Sparks Fly to train with the internationally get preferential seating till 4.50 pm. Featuring Hotpocket with Pranjali renowned exponents of this art form, (Approx. 90 mins) Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha, Workshops of Nakshatra Experimental Theatre and their senior disciples. The following Saturday, 13th – 7.00 pm topics will be covered in the sessions: Odissi Workshop by 1. Science of swara and raga Sharmila Biswas An NCPA Presentation – 2. Voice culture training for raga music Sea View Room Performance Series 3. Music and Yoga – Sunday, 14th – 11.00 am to 1.00 pm Nadayoga in Dhrupad With the success of The Wunderkinds, 4. Study of laya and tala Odissi exponent Sharmila Biswas the NCPA now brings you a fabulous will conduct a workshop on spins live performance of pure pop, paying The sessions will be conducted every or bhramari from Abhinaya Darpana tribute to the divas of music such as month to maintain continuity. and will also teach exercises that are Madonna, Celine Dion, Taylor Swift, specially developed for Indian classical Demi Lovato, Christina Aguilera, Adele, Enrolment Fee: `1,000/- (plus GST) dances. Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Pink and for one session of 2 hours. A limited Idina Menzel. A supremely melodic number of registrations will be Registration Fees: `400/- singer, Pranjali Barve will recreate the accepted. For enquiries regarding For registrations, call Binaifar mood with a live pop performance, batches, timing and registration: 66223822 / 9137076369 or email rendering each song in its purest contact 66223813 or write to [email protected]. form, along with a very accomplished us at ncpamusicworkshops@gmail. and talented band called Hotpocket, com. Bharatanatyam comprising Hrishi Giridhar (guitar), Workshop by Rama Shivang Kapadia (drum), Risa theatre Vaidyanathan Rodrigues (bass) and Ayan Banerjee Tata Theatre Foyer (piano and keyboards). Jeene Bhi Do Yaaro Sunday, 14th – 11.00 am to 4.00 pm Hindi Play (120 mins) Tickets: `500/- Experimental Theatre SNA Awardee Rama Vaidyanathan Box Office now open Sunday, 14th - 7.00 pm will conduct a Bharatanatyam workshop, teaching Thiruvrmpavai indian music The promise of a sweet future together, Kautuvam, an invocatory piece based walking hand-in-hand into the sunset on Manikka Vachakar’s tamil text Training Sessions in forever. This is what romantic dreams are Thiruvempavai. Dhrupad made of. The husband-to-be, to impress Conducted by Umakant & Ramakant his sweetheart will go out of his way to Registration Fees: `2,000/- (Inclusive Gundecha do everything she demands. But after of GST) Supported by their Disciples the wedding, what happens? The same For registrations, call Binaifar West Room 1 sweetheart becomes a nag. The man 66223822 / 9137076369 / Sunday, 14th – 1.00 pm to 6.00 pm knowing well that the end has been

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Programme Guide.indd 51 18/09/18 2:54 PM achieved becomes lax and takes his wife teaching the piano for over 30 years. community and their memories of love for granted. Watch the dynamics of this With a musical teaching lineage that and loss. It is the first feature film from post-marriage situation. includes Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven the u-ra-mi-li project, a larger body of Written & Directed by Om Katare and Liszt and more directly Olga Craen, work that looks at the connections Cast: Om Katare, Partik Pendharkar, Tehmie Gazdar and Mario Monreal, between music and labour. Radha Bharwdaj, Sapna Malhotra & she feels compelled to spread the Abid Khan joy that music has given her. She has Directed by Anushka Meenakshi had several students who have been A Yatri Production recipients of the local, national and Admission on a first-come-first- international awards at the ABRSM and served basis. NCPA members will Age: 18+ Trinity College, London examinations get preferential seating till 6.20 pm. and winners of several local, national Tickets: and international competitions. The theatre `450 & 360/- (Members) recital will present her students. `500 & 400/- (Public) Dreamz – Seher Box Office now open Admission on a first-come-first- Hindi Play (60 mins) served basis. Experimental Theatre theatre Wednesday, 17th – 7.30 pm & film Thursday, 18th – 4.30 pm & 7.30 pm FemaPalooza – A Unique Show for Women by NCPA Reality Check Dreams are a fgment of our Women Little Theatre imagination that makes us question the Stand-up Comedy (120 mins) Monday, 15th – 6.30 pm real from the created. Professor Saheb Godrej Dance Theatre arrives in a quaint town of Kasauli for a Sunday, 14th – 5.00 pm & 7.30 pm In collaboration with the Cinema quiet weekend, when he is pulled in by Collective 1 a mysterious sister in search. As he tries FemaPalooza is a unique show for to help, he is engulfed into a dream women by women. The fourth time at Kho Ki Pa Lu/ Up Down & or a shocking reality, leading to many the NCPA, FemaPalooza is back with a Sideways questions. line-up of six of the best comics in India. In Chokri (a Naga language) with It is sure to leave you rolling on the floor English Subtitles (83 mins) Written and Directed by Pankaj Kapur laughing. Bring your mothers, sisters, Cast: Pankaj Kapur, Supriya Pathak MILs, daughters, granddaughters and Close to the India-Myanmar border is Kapur, Gautam Saugat, Vasil Khan BFFs for this unique show. the village of Phek in Nagaland. Around & others 5,000 people live there, almost all Cast: Jeeya Sethi, Sonali Thakker, of whom cultivate rice for their Presented by Theatron Aishwarya Mohanraj, Niveditha own consumption. As they work in Prakasam, Pavitra Shetty & Aditi co-operative groups – preparing the Tickets: Mittal terraced fields, planting saplings or `540 & 450/- (Members) harvesting the grain and carrying it `600 & 500/- (Public) A Comedy Ladder Production up impossibly steep slopes – the rice (Plus GST) cultivators of Phek sing. The seasons Box Office now open Age: 16+ (Only women can attend) change, and so does the music, transforming the mundane into the indian music Tickets: hypnotic. The love that they sing of `540/- (Members) is also a metaphor for the need for Nad Ninad: From Our `600/- (Public) the other – the friend, the family, the Archives (Plus GST) community, to build a polyphony of Guided Listening Session on the Box Office now open voices. Stories of love, stories of the field, Musical Artistry of stories of song, stories in song. Up Down (Approx. 120 mins) international music & Sideways is a musical portrait of a Little Theatre

Kho Ki Pa Lu, Keyed Up 15th, Little Piano Recital by Students of Theatre Blossom Mendonca (Approx. 120 mins) Little Theatre Sunday, 14th – 7.00 pm

A second-generation piano teacher and the founding director of Living Voices, Blossom Mendonca has been

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Programme Guide.indd 52 18/09/18 2:54 PM Nikhil Banerjee, story. Dopehri is a novella written by various mental issues in their lives. The 19th, Little Theatre Kapur that is rendered onstage with the result is total chaos. We get a glimpse help of lights and music. It transports of the four religions in their domestic us through Amma Bi’s journey from environment as we go into the loneliness to self-discovery. characters’ homes and witness their relationships with various people in Written & Directed by Pankaj Kapur their lives. Five actors play 35 characters Performed (rendered) by Pankaj Kapur in this play. Produced by Supriya Pathak Kapur Written & Directed by Meherzad Patel Tickets: Cast: Mona Singh, Sajeel Parakh, `540/- (Members) Danesh Irani, Meherzad Patel, `600/- (Public) Danesh Khambata & Siddharth (Plus GST) Merchant Friday, 19th – 6.30 pm Box Office now open A Silly Point Production An NCPA Presentation PHOTOGRAPHY Tickets: This programme makes available APAC School of `1,500, 1,125, 900, 750, 525 & 375/- to the lovers of Hindustani classical Photography (Members) music some of the NCPA’s archival Photo Exhibition `2,000, 1,500, 1,200, 1,000, 700 & recordings. This month, we present Piramal Art Gallery 500/- (Public) the music of sitar maestro, Nikhil Saturday, 20th & Sunday, 21st – (Inclusive of GST) Banerjee (1931-1986), specially 12.00 pm to 8.00 pm Box Office now open recorded for our archives in 1975 and 1976. A child prodigy, Banerjee was the Vinayak Puranik and Archana Joshi theatre youngest musician to win a competition of the APAC School of Photography, and consequently be employed by the Thane, will host an exhibition of a photo Imli Papita Tarbuz All India Radio at the age of nine. His contest organised by them. Entries Hindi/English Play (100 mins) mentors were great instrumentalists from all over India have been received Godrej Dance Theatre such as Birendra Kishore Roy including their students. Selected Sunday, 21st – 12.00 pm Chowdhury, Radhika Mohan Maitra photos will be exhibited in the gallery. and the legendary maestro from Maihar, The award function for the winners An NCPA Presentation Baba Allauddin Khan along with his will be held on Sunday, 21st October at son, Ali Akbar Khan. Hailed for his 2.00 pm in the gallery. Sunny and Ririe are excited to leave technical virtuosity, he forged his own for Disneyland but an emergency in distinct style of playing, which was theatre the family brings their cousins home imbued with extraordinary fluidity from the Konkan to Mumbai. The three and emotional content. This session Laughter Therapy cousins Imli, Papita and Tarbuz are not will be conducted by Dr. Ashwin English Play (120 mins) welcomed by Sunny and Ririe. A series Dalvi, who has researched the life and Tata Theatre of humorous and emotional incidents contribution of Banerjee. Dr. Dalvi is a Saturday, 20th – 7.00 pm take place, which form a bond between senior disciple of sitar maestro Arvind them for life. Parikh and is presently the chairman of A Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Parsi Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi. walk into the therapy session of Dr. Story & Creative Direction by Makarand Bombay’s clinic to help cope with Deshpande Admission on a first-come-first- served basis. NCPA members will Imli Papita Tarbuz, 21st, Godrej Dance Theatre get preferential seating till 6.20 pm.

theatre Dopehri Dramatic Reading in Hindi (80 mins) Experimental Theatre Friday, 19th – 7.30 pm Saturday, 20th – 4.30 pm & 7.30 pm

Dopehri is set in the streets of Lucknow where sits the haveli of an old, lonely woman named Amma Bi. Pankaj Kapur brings to us her

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Programme Guide.indd 53 18/09/18 2:55 PM Directed by Tejas Malap international music Conducted by Nicola Luisotta Cast: Aakanksha Gade, Anvay Cast: Anna Netrebko (Aida), Anita Ashtivkar, Bharat More, Mayuri Francesco Granata in a Rachvelishvili (Amneris), Aleksandrs Mohite, Ankit Mhatre & others Piano Recital Antonenko (Radamés), Quinn Kelsey An Ansh Production Experimental Theatre (Amonasro), Dmitry Belosselskiy Sunday, 21st – 7.00 pm (Ramfis) & Ryan Speedo Green (The Age: 3+ King) A Mehli Mehta Music Foundation Tickets: Presentation Tickets: `500/- `450/- (Members) `250/- (only for students on `500/- (Public) Francesco Granata, 20, has been production of valid ID cards) Box Office now open performing since the age of eight Box Office now open and has won several competitions theatre and prizes, the most recent being the indian music First Prize of the Premio Venezia Piano The Siddhus of Upper Competition in 2017. He graduated Sukhan, 25th, from the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi Experimental Juhu Theatre English Play (120 mins) with highest honours and is currently Tata Theatre at Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome. The Sunday, 21st – 7.00 pm programme will include the works of Debussy, Chopin and Mussorgsky. Balvinder aka Bubbles Siddhu, a 50-year-old well-paid financial Tickets: executive, and his loyal Parsi wife, `700 & 600/- (plus GST) Behroze, live on the 14th floor of Box Office: 9th October for Members a typical modern Upper Juhu aka & 12th October for Public Andheri hi-rise called Sea View Towers. In spite of having poured their life screening savings into this 2.5 BHK flat in Mumbai, everything civil and civic seems to go Aida Sukhan: A Mehfil of Urdu wrong. By Giuseppe Verdi Literature & Sufi Music Opera Screening (approx. 216 mins) (approx. 180 mins) Originally produced for Aadyam, Sung in Italian with English Subtitles Experimental Theatre an Aditya Birla Group Initiative Godrej Dance Theatre Thursday, 25th – 6.30 pm Tuesday, 23rd – 6.00 pm Directed by Rahul da Cunha An NCPA Presentation Cast: Rajit Kapur, Shernaz Patel, An NCPA-The Metropolitan Opera Meera Khurana, Kajli Sharma & (New York) Presentation Produced by Wide Wings Media Shishir Sharma & Jigisha Creations Aida is a classic love story of love and A Rage Production betrayal. Set in Memphis, in the capital A team of 18 talented artistes presents city of ancient Egypt, Ethiopian princess Sukhan; an event showcasing a Tickets: Aida is held prisoner. An Egyptian plethora of works from Urdu literature `1,125, 900, 750, 600, 375 & 225/- general, Radames, is secretly in love along with compositions of Hindustani (Members) with Aida, and she with him. The story and Sufi music. The presentation also `1,500, 1,200, 1,000, 800, 500 & has a twist when Radames is chosen to includes recitation of Urdu prose 300/- (Public) lead a war against Ethiopia and Aida is and storytelling (dastangoi) as well (Plus GST) conflicted between her love for him as recitation of and nazms Box Office now open and her country. along with the musical presentation of ghazals and . Aida, 23rd, Godrej Dance Theatre Tickets: `315 & 225/- (Members) `350 & 250/- (Public) Box Office: 9th October for Members & 12th October for Public

dance The Courtesan Project by Manjari Chaturvedi Dance Re-lived, Stories Retold,

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Programme Guide.indd 54 18/09/18 2:56 PM Women Performers from 18th to dominated dhrupad tradition, Amita 20th Century (90 mins) Sinha and Janhavi Phansalkar Tata Theatre have trained with the internationally Thursday, 25th – 7.00 pm renowned vocalists Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha. Once closely The concert re-lives the magic of associated with dhrupad, rudraveena The Courtesan, the muse for poets, is a rare instrument today. Murali painters, sculptors, artists, musicians, Saturday, 27th to Monday, 29th – Mohan Gouda and Heikel Ben writers, film-makers and the creative 12.00 pm to 8.00 pm Mlouka have trained with eminent thought at large. A mega classical dance This is an exhibition of artistic ancient instrumentalists such as Asit Kumar production in which the audience will coins, currency and stamps. They have art Banerjee and Rajshekhar Vyas. Having experience a bygone era, this theatrical in the form of portraits, scripts, nature and trained with renowned pakhawaj dance production is the brainchild of culture. Other highlights are Learn Ancient maestro Shrikant Mishra, Akhilesh Manjari Chaturvedi. It incorporates Script on Coin, Coin Expert Speak and Gundecha is regarded among the theatrical story-telling performances by Read & Refer books. A model of Vasai Fort finest exponents of Kudau Singh style actor Neesha Singh and brilliant dance will be on display. Exhibits are from the of pakhawaj today. Dnyaneshwar sequences by Chaturvedi. These two collection of historian and coin researcher Deshmukh and Anuja Borude are women will mesmerise the audience Pascal Roque Lopes, international coin being trained by Akhilesh Gundecha with the lives of the erstwhile courtesans. exhibitor Sanjay Joshi and ancient script at the Dhrupad Sansthan. Both expert Tejasweinee Sachin Pathak. have performed widely in India and Conceptualised & Directed by Manjari overseas. Chaturvedi indian music Cast: Manjari Chaturvedi & Neesha Tickets: Singh Festival of Dhrupad `135/- (Members) Experimental Theatre `150/- (Public) A Sufi Kathak Foundation Production (approx. 120 mins each day) Saturday, 27th & Sunday, 28th – Sunday, 28th October Tickets: 6.30 pm Bihar Brothers, vocal duet `375 & 225/- (Members) Sauravbrata `500 & 300/- (Public) In collaboration with Dhrupad Chakroborty, surbahar Box Office: 26th September for Sansthan Bhopal Nyas Umakant & Members & 29th September for Public Ramakant Gundecha, Dhrupad is the oldest surviving vocal duet dance genre of Hindustani music with a history that goes back to the reign of Sanjeev Jha and Manish Kumar, Utkarsh Series Raja Mansingh Tomar of Gwalior (1486- popularly known as Bihar Brothers, Kathak Lecture-Demonstration by 1514), when dhrupad is believed to have trained at the Dhrupad Sansthan. Padma Sharma & Sunayana Hazarilal have evolved. Known for its disciplinary Having studied sitar and surbahar (Approx. 90 mins) tenets and dignified character, efforts from stalwarts such as , Experimental Theatre have been made to revive the genre in Kashinanth Mukherjee and Zia Friday, 26th – 6.30 pm the last couple of decades. The two- Fariduddin Dagar, Sauravbrata day festival will showcase practitioners Chakroborty presently studies An NCPA Presentation of vocal music and rare instruments dhrupad with the . such as rudraveena and surbahar, Having trained with the renowned Renowned Kathak dancer Padma presenting a wide variety of forms within dhrupad maestroes Zia Fariduddin Sharma and Sunayana Hazarilal the dhrupad tradition. and Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Umakant present a lecture-demonstration on the and Ramakant Gundecha are comparative study of gharanas. Saturday, 27th October regarded among the finest exponents Amita Sinha & Janhavi of dhrupad today. Their engaging Tickets: Phansalkar, vocal duet style of presenting duets has won `270 & 180/- (Members) Murali Mohan them international acclaim. Besides `300 & 200/- (Public) Gouda & Heikel Ben performance, they have furthered the Box Office: 26th September for Mlouka, rudraveena duet cause of dhrupad by training future Members & 29th September for Public Pakhawaj Trio: Akhilesh generations at Dhrupad Sansthan, Gundecha, Dnyaneshwar Bhopal, and at many centres around PHOTOGRAPHY Deshmukh & Anuja the world. Borude Art on Coins – India & the Accompanied by Tickets: World Farooque Lateef Khan, `180/- (Members) Photography & Coins, Currency & sarangi `200/- (Public) Stamps Exhibition Box Office: 9th October for Piramal Art Gallery Breaking the stereotype of the male Members & 12th October for Public

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Programme Guide.indd 55 18/09/18 2:57 PM What’s Next NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2018 (Programmes are subject to change. Please check the website and refer to our emails for updated information.)

Anwesshaa, 1st November, Bangarra, 1st Rukmini Vijayakumar, Experimental Theatre November, Jamshed 2nd November, Bhabha Theatre Experimental Theatre

INDIAN MUSIC Thursday, 1st November – 7.30 pm Mala by Rukmini Vijayakumar Jan Jaati by Sumeet Nagdev Tu Jahan Jahan Chalega: An NCPA & Australia Fest Presentation Dance Arts Celebrating the Genius of Experimental Theatre Lata Mangeshkar Led by artistic director Stephen Page, Friday, 2nd November – 6.30 pm With Anwesshaa & Group Bangarra Dance Theatre is in its 29th year, (approx. 120 mins) but the dance techniques it propounds is Rukmini Vijayakumar is one of the most Experimental Theatre forged from more than 65,000 years of culture, sought-after young Bharatanatyam artistes Thursday, 1st November – 6.30 pm embodied with contemporary movement. of her generation who is also known for The company’s dancers are dynamic artistes her contemporary work. She is empanelled An NCPA Presentation who represent the pinnacle of Australian with the ICCR and has performed in many dance. Each dancer has a proud Aboriginal venues in India and abroad. She has been This thematic presentation has been designed and/or Torres Strait Islander background and appreciated for her unique style, innovative to enable uninitiated listeners to enjoy and their relationships with other dancers are the choreography, athleticism, arresting appreciate the rich raga legacy of Hindustani heart of Bangarra. Their stories, gathered from emotiveness and attention to detail. The SNDA music by associating a particular raga with respected community elders, are showcased or Sumeet Nagdev Dance Arts is a renowned a corresponding raga-based film song. with authentic storytelling, outstanding dance company set up by celebrated Trained in music under Jayanta Sarkar and technique and deeply moving performances. dancer-choreographer Sumeet Nagdev. , Anwesshaa has sung The Company Division of SNDA performs for several regional and Hindi films, and won Tickets: contemporary Indian dance productions at numerous awards. `1,000, 750 & 500/- (inclusive of GST) dance festivals and theatre venues across the `250/- (only for students on production globe. Tickets: of valid ID cards) `405 & 270/- (Members) Box Office: 9th October for Members & Tickets: `450 & 300/- (Public) 12th October for Public `360 & 270/- (Members) Box Office: 9th October for Members & `400 & 300/- (Public) 12th October for Public dance Box Office: 9th October for Members & 12th October for Public dance Contemporary Dance Season, 2018 Illuminate & In The Moment Spirit 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 30th November by Mitul Sengupta & By Bangarra Dance Theatre Company Rhythmosiac Jamshed Bhabha Theatre (approx. 60 mins) An NCPA Presentation Godrej Dance Theatre

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Highlights.indd 56 18/09/18 2:33 PM Saturday, 3rd November – 5.00 pm Hark is an artistic attempt to shine a spotlight slavery. A beautiful Philistine woman Delilah Dr. Mitul Sengupta is a recipient of the on their lives. is sent to seduce Samson and learn his National Nrityo Shiromani Award, a National Choreographer & Director: Namaha secrets. Unfortunately, she succeeds and the Scholar in Kathak from the Ministry of Culture, Mazoomdar Philistines conquer the Hebrews again. In the government of India, a Fellow in Kathak end, Samson is able to gather his strength one dance from Kalakritti Sanskritti Foundation, Tickets: last time to destroy both the Philistines and New Delhi, and a psychologist. Sengupta is `270 & 180/- (Members) himself. Elina Garanča, Roberto Alagna, an empanelled artiste of the ICCR, the EZCC `300 & 200/- (Public) Laurent Naouri, Elchin Azizov & Dmitry and the Sangeet Natak Akademi. She has Box Office: 9th October for Members & Belosselskiy complete the all-star cast and studied Kathak with Birju Maharaj, Saswati 12th October for Public Mark Elder conducts. Sen, Om Prakash Maharaj, Malabika Mitra, Madhumita Roy and Chetna Jalan. She has Inter Connect Tickets: undergone training in classical jazz and ballet Contemporary Dance by & `500/- under Ronnie Shambik Ghose. She is a teacher, Music by Mohi Baha’ud-din Dagar `250/- (only for students on production choreographer and director of Rhythmosaic Tata Theatre of valid ID cards) School & Dance Institute. Friday, 30th November – 6.30 pm Box Office: 9th October for Members & 12th October for Public Tickets: In association with the Astad Deboo `180/- (Members) Dance Foundation SCREENING `200/- (Public) Box Office: 9th October for Members & The prominent element of music goes hand- 12th October for Public in-hand with dance. Pioneer of contemporary dance in India, Padma Shri and Sangeet Agent Provocateur Natak Akademi awardee Astad Deboo will by Sujay Saple & Shapeshift be collaborating with noted rudraveena Experimental Theatre player and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee Saturday, 3rd November – 6.30 pm Mohi Baha’ud-din Dagar to discover this interconnection between contemporary The Winter’s Tale, 13th November, Sujay Saple is an independent performer, dance and classical music. An excerpt of this Godrej Dance Theatre director and designer, working in the field work was premiered at the NCPA Mudra Dance of theatre for over 14 years. He is also the Festival earlier this year. The Winter’s Tale artistic director of Shapeshift Collective, an Theatre Screening (approx. 180 mins) experimental performance company based in Tickets: Godrej Dance Theatre Mumbai. He has been involved in more than `450, 300 & 150/- (Members) Tuesday, 13th November – 6.00 pm 30 theatre projects. He has trained in physical `600, 400 & 200/- (Public) theatre for a brief period with Adil Hussain, (Plus GST) An NCPA-More2Screen (UK) Presentation living and working under a rigorous training Box Office: 26th October for Members & regime in his international society for artistes 29th October for Public The Winter’s Tale is Shakespeare’s great play of and performers in Hampi, Karnataka. He has the irrational and inexplicable, illustrating how choreographed and directed two original SCREENING uncontrollable emotions can range across works, Unselfed (2012) and Moon Fool (2014), gender, country, class and age. Its universe is full that have been performed at various festivals Samson and Delilah of monsters, gods and natural disasters, with a around India and received rave reviews. by Camille Saint-Saëns colossal sweep that takes audiences from the Opera Screening (approx. 184 mins) stifling atmosphere of the Sicilian court to the Tickets: Sung in French with English Subtitles unbuttoned joy of a Bohemian festival. Staged `360 & 270/- (Members) Godrej Dance Theatre at the beautiful and iconic Globe Theatre `400 & 300/- (Public) Thursday, 8th November – 6.00 pm in London, this new production is directed Box Office: 9th October for Members & by Blanche McIntyre and stars Will Keen (The 12th October for Public An NCPA-The Metropolitan Opera (New Crown, Wolf Hall) as Leontes, Priyanga York) Presentation Burford (W1A, Marcella) as Hermione Hark by Kaishiki and Annette Badland (EastEnders, Father Nrityabhasa Samson leads the Hebrews in a revolt against Brown) as Old Shepherd. This is part of the Experimental Theatre the Philistines in order to get released from popular Globe On Screen series. Sunday, 4th November – 6.30 pm Samson & Delilah, 8th November, Godrej Dance Tickets: `500/- Hark is an exploration of new dimensions in Theatre Box Office: 9th October for Members & dance-theatre. It tells the story of a mother, her 12th October for Public two daughters and two daughters-in-law. One by one, in the span of a year, fate turns these international music five happily married women into five grieving widows. Have these women lost just their Artie’s Festival November husbands? Or have they lost something more? 2018

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Highlights.indd 57 18/09/18 2:33 PM Artie’s Festival, 19th & 20th Theatre Screening (165 mins) and Roland meet at a barbecue. Are they November, Experimental Theatre Godrej Dance Theatre single, recently single, in a relationship or Thursday, 22nd November – 2.00 pm married? Perhaps they go on a date and fall in love, or perhaps it doesn’t go well. Maybe An NCPA-More2Screen (UK) Presentation they get together and they break up. After a chance encounter at a dance lesson while A new production of one of the funniest plays preparing for an upcoming wedding, they in English, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of get back together, or maybe Marianne reveals Being Earnest, will be broadcast live to cinemas that she’s now engaged to someone else. from the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s Or perhaps Roland is engaged. Or, what if West End. Wilde’s much-loved masterpiece Roland and Marianne navigate all of this and throws love, logic and language into the air to get married? Or what if their time together is Experimental Theatre make one of theatre’s most dazzling firework cut tragically short? Nick Payne’s touching and 19th & 20th November – 7.00 pm displays. Jack, Algy, Gwendolyn and Cecily funny multi-award winning play is about many discover how unsmooth runs the course of things – string theory, the multiverse, free will, An NCPA Presentation true love, while Lady Bracknell keeps a baleful choice, honey– but it’s also about what it is to eye on the mayhem of manners. Michael love someone so much that you will put their Mathilde Borsarello Herrmann, violin Fentiman’s witty new production stars Olivier needs before your own, no matter the cost. Alix Catinchi, violin Award winner Sophie Thompson (Guys and Cecile Grassi, viola Dolls) and Jeremy Swift (Downton Abbey), Written by Nick Payne Gauthier Herrmann, cello alongside Fiona Button, Pippa Nixon Directed by Bruce Guthrie Jean-Michel Dayez, piano and Stella Gonet. Cast: Mansi Multani & Jim Sarbh

Monday, 19th November Tickets: `500/- Age: 16+ Brahms: Piano trio Op. 87 Box Office: 9th October for Members & Korngold: Lied from Suite Op. 23 for two 12th October for Public Lucrece violins, cello and piano left hand English Play (60 mins) Dvořák: String Quartet Op. 96 ‘American’ THEATRE Experimental Theatre Wednesday, 28th November to Saturday, Tuesday, 20th November NCPA Theatre Season 2018- 1st December – 7.00 pm Dvořák: Piano quartet No.2 Op. 87 2019 Sunday, 2nd December – 4.00 pm & 7.00 pm Beethoven: Variations for Piano trio Op. 44 Wednesday, 5th to Saturday, 8th Shostakovich: Piano quintet Op. 57 Constellations December – 7.00 pm English Play (80 mins) Sunday, 9th December – 4.00 pm & 7.00 pm Tickets: Experimental Theatre `600 & 400/- (plus GST) Thursday, 22nd & Friday, 23rd November An NCPA Production in collaboration Box Office: 9th October for Members & – 7.00 pm with The Shakespeare Edit 12th October for Public Saturday, 24th & Sunday, 25th November – 4.00 pm & 7.00 pm Lucrece is a dramatic adaptation of SCREENING Shakespeare’s 1594 narrative poem now An NCPA Production known as ‘The Rape of Lucrece’. It is a narrative The Importance of Being poem about the tragic rape and death of the Earnest One relationship. Infinite possibilities. Marianne title character and the revenge that follows. Extraordinary in its beauty and scope, it is also The Importance of Being a very political play at the centre of current Earnest, 22nd November, Godrej Dance Theatre issues around assault and patriarchy.

Based on a poem by William Shakespeare Adapted & Directed by Paul Goodwin Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Suruchi Aulakh & Deepal Doshi

Age: 16+

Daily Tickets: `675 & 585/- (Members) `750 & 650/- (Public) (inclusive of GST) 10% discount for students with valid ID cards 10% discount on purchase of season pass Box Office now open

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Highlights.indd 58 18/09/18 2:34 PM international music The Blues Jam his ideal woman, Dulcinea. Cervantes’s hero Three saxophones, two trumpets along with comes to life in the Bolshoi’s critically acclaimed NCPA International Jazz vibes, piano, bass and drums from the best at the staging of this exalting performance. With Festival ’18 festival will play together in a spectacular finale panache and sparkling technique, principal Tata Theatre to the festival. dancers Ekaterina Krysanova and Semyon 23rd to 25th November Chudin lead the spectacular cast of toreadors, Tickets: flamenco dancers, gypsies and dryads in virtuosic Friday, 23rd November – 6.30 pm `1,500, 1,000, 800, 500 & 300/- (plus GST) dancing that is quintessential Bolshoi. Box Office: 26th September for Members & Los Gatos 29th September for Public Music: Leon Minkus A rousing opening to this festival with a Latin Choreography: Alexei Fadeyechev (after band featuring Cuban percussionist Miguelo SCREENING Marius Petipa & Alexander Gorsky) Valdez, Pradyumna Singh Manot on piano and Sanjeeta Bhattacharya on vocals. Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote Tickets: `500/- Encore Ballet Screening Box Office: 26th October for Members & Bungalow (approx. 190 mins) 29th October for Public Australia’s finest contemporary saxophonist Godrej Dance Theatre Mike Rivett backed by a rhythm section from Saturday, 24th November – 5.00 pm THEATRE Japan led by piano maestro Koichi Sato with Ko Omura on drums and Kosuke Ochiai on An NCPA-Pathé Live (Paris) Presentation Wolf bass. Hindi / English Play (100 mins) Inspired by heroic stories of brave knights, Don Experimental Theatre Saturday, 24th November – 6.30 pm Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful servant Sunday, 25th November – 12.00 pm Sancho Panza set out on an adventure to meet Brazilian Samba Express An NCPA Presentation The brilliant Brazilians, pianist/vocalist Jim Don Quixote, 24th November, Godrej Dance Porto and Robertinho Bastos on multiple Theatre A field trip by city kids becomes an adventure percussions, Italians Francesco Lento on of a lifetime when they go to study the Korku trumpet and Gianluca Liberatore on acoustic tribe in the Satpura forest located in Madhya bass and Hungarian Aron Nyiro on drums will Pradesh. A tribal boy goes missing, the forest is celebrate the exotic rhythms and melodies from being destroyed by the teakwood mafia and the Brazil. villagers are hunting down an endangered wolf – the last of its kind. Will the kids be able to do The Ari Roland Quartet the impossible – save the boy, the forest and the This much sought-after quartet from New York wolf? Experience the journey through the eyes of with a unique two saxophone section will the wolf. transport you to the jazz dives of Greenwich Village. Directed by Trishla Patel Co-directed by Sukant Goel Sunday, 25th November – 5.00 pm Music by Rohit Das & Trishla Patel Cast: Aashitosh Solanki, Aastha Deorah, MND FLO Aanchal Poddaar, Gayatri Phulpagar Another New York-based band, features Simon & others. Moullier on vibraphone, Sharik Hasan on piano, Anthony Toth on drums and Alexander Wolf, 25th November, Experimental Theatre Toth on bass. The Clifford Brown Legacy Band Celebrating the trumpet wizardry of the late, great Clifford Brown, this band is brought by his grandson, Clifford Brown III and features Miles Davis’s one-time saxophone player Bennie Maupin along with Rayford Griffinon drums. This is the first tribute to Brown anywhere outside the United States. The Twin Jam Sessions The Latin Jam This will feature musicians from the bands Los Gatos and the Brazilian Samba Express playing together. It will be hard to remain seated.

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Highlights.indd 59 18/09/18 2:35 PM The Girl of the Golden West, 27th November, Godrej Dance Theatre

Age: 6+ An NCPA Presentation SCREENING Tickets: `450 & 360/- (Members) Pravaha is dedicated to new creations in Indian Degas: Passion for Perfection `500 & 400/- (Public) dance. It is a chance for Mumbai audiences From The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Box Office now open to experience the artistes’ newest work born Exhibition Screening (approx. 85 mins) out of their years of experience. The season Godrej Dance Theatre SCREENING features eminent dancers such as Geeta Wednesday, 12th December – 6.30 pm Chandran (Bharatanatyam), institutes The Girl of the Golden West such as Nrityagram (Odissi) and Mumbai- An NCPA-Seventh Art Productions (UK) by Giacomo Puccini based celebrated artiste Vaibhav Arekar Presentation Opera Screening (approx. 202 mins) (Bharatanatyam). Sung in Italian with English Subtitles Exhibition On Screen journeys from a superb Godrej Dance Theatre Box Office: 9th November for Members & exhibition at The Fitzwilliam Museum in Tuesday, 27th November – 6.00 pm 12th November for Public Cambridge, whose extensive collection of Degas’s works is the most representative in Britain, to the An NCPA-The Metropolitan (New York) SCREENING streets of Paris. With exclusive access to view rare Presentation and diverse works, this film tells the fascinating The Madness of George III story of Degas’s pursuit for perfection through Minnie is a lively girl who runs the Polka Theatre Screening both experimentation with new techniques and saloon frequently visited by miners. Rance, the Godrej Dance Theatre lessons learnt from studying the past masters. sheriff, falls for Minnie, but she, in turn, falls for Tuesday, 11th December – 6.00 pm Directed by David Bickerstaff. a bandit Ramerez. The people in town want to capture Ramerez and hang him. An armed An NCPA-National Theatre Live Tickets: `400/- Minnie shows up just in time and reminds (London) Presentation Box Office:9th November for Members & the miners of everything she does for them, 12th November for Public hoping to get them to set him free. Multi-award winning drama The Madness of George III, written by one of Britain’s best-loved international music Conducted by Marco Armiliato playwrights Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Cast: Eva Maria Westbroe, Jonas Lady in the Van), is the epic play that was also Choir of Somerville College, Kaufmann, Carlo Bosi, Željko Lučić, adapted into a BAFTA-winning film. The cast Oxford Michael Todd Simpson, Matthew Rose & of this new production includes Olivier award- William Dawes, conductor Oren Gradus winners Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Wolf Hall) Tata Theatre in the title role, and Adrian Scarborough Thursday, 13th December – 7.00 pm Tickets: (Gavin and Stacey, Upstairs Downstairs, After the `500/- Dance). It’s 1786 and King George III is the most An NCPA Presentation `250/- (only for students on production powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is of valid ID cards) becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, makes Box Office: 26th October for Members & to fits of lunacy. With the king’s mind unravelling their debut performance in India in a programme 29th October for Public at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and celebrating the Christmas season. The programme the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to will include choral classics by Bach, Rutter, dance undermine the power of the Crown, and expose Vaughan Williams, and more, as well as popular the fine line between a king and a man. Christmas songs. Pravaha Dance Festival, 2018 Tickets: `400/- Tickets: `600, 500 & 300/- (plus GST) Friday, 7th, Sunday, 9th, Sunday, 16th & Box Office: 9th November for Members & Box Office: 9th November for Members & Friday, 21st December 12th November for Public 12th November for Public

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