th 10 Delhi International Arts Festival 12th November - 25th November 2016 ting 25 ra Y b e le a e r s Clean India C Cultured India PrasiddhaFOUNDATION Ministry of Culture Delhi International Arts Festival is the Schools, National Museum, national Archives, foreign Signature Arts Festival of India. This is the cultural centres, Habitat Centre, hotels, and several others- 10th year of the Festival which attracts including formal theatres and informal amphi-theatres / performers from over 30 Countries cultural and eclectic spaces) annually and over 2000 plus artistes of all Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International I believe that everyone should be touched by art. Art feeds genre from all over India. Because it is organized in over 35 the soul and reveals one’s true identity.Art makes a better venues in the capital city - Delhi NCR , over a duration of human being of all of us. two weeks, it has huge visibility across board and attracts audiences of all class and calibre and age group. Delhi Delhi International Arts Festival is a gift to the people of International Arts festival is recognised world over as a India. Please make sure to attend as many performances ‘Brand India’ projection of cultural diplomacy & cultural as you can. tourism. Delhi International Arts festival is widespread in its outreach and reaches everyone from policy makers, Prathibha Prahlad ministers, bureaucrats to corporates, artistes, educators, Founder Festival Director judiciary, media and socially important persons. The www.prathibhaprahlad.net masses too are touched by DIAF events which have free www.diaf.in and unrestricted entry. Children and mass audiences are exposed to several events of the Festival. Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International Of the 35 plus venues of the Festival are huge heritage monuments like PURANA QILA & parks such as Nehru Park, Central Park, auditoria like Kamani, CSOI (Civil Services Officers Institute ), Meghdoot at SNA,Universities, 12th November 12th November Ms. Prathibha Prahlad, Founder Festival Purana Qila, Mathura Road, 6.30 pm Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International Director & Committee Members, DIAF PraSIDDHA DANCE REPERTORY / Classical cordially invite you to Dance / Artistic Dir: Prathibha Prahlad / INDIA BEIJING CITY CONTEMPOrarY DANCE 10th Delhi International Arts Festival COmpaNY / Contemporary Dance / CHINA Opening Ceremony LUZ ArcaS / Flamenco / SpaiN THE LAB ORCHESTra Jazz & World Music / ISraEL PALÁSTISISKA / Jazz Duo / HUNGARY VENEZUEla INDIA BLEND ENSEMBLE Latin Sounds / VENEZUEla SbaNDIEraTORI E MUSICI FORNOVO TarO Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International Flag-wavers and Musicians / ITALY 13th November 14th November Meghdoot Theatre - I, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, 7.00 pm Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House, 7 pm CONTEMPORARY DANCE Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International MUSIC & DANCE BEIJING CITY CONTEmporarY DANCE CompanY JANAKI RANGarajan Contemporary Dance / CHINA Dance Theatre - ‘UnraVELLED’ / CHENNAI Meghdoot Theatre - I, Sangeet Natak Akademi SatYanaraYANA Raju Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House, 6.30 pm Dance Theatre - Bhakta / BANGALORE MITALI DEY & GROUP / Borgeet / GUWAHATI MUSIC & DANCE SUDHA RAGhuraman Central Stage, Central Park, Abhang Vani in Carnatic Style / DELHI Connaught Place, 6.30 pm Mallika Sarabhai & REVanta Sarabhai MUSIC & DANCE Bharata Natyam Duet / AHMEdabad ANWESHA Mohanta / Sattriya / GUWAHATI Prasiddha DANCE REPErtorY / Sanskritik Swacchta Artistic Dir: Prathibha Prahlad / INDIA Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre SBANDIEratori E MUSICI FORNOVO Taro Lodhi Road, 7 pm Flag-wavers and Musicians / ITALY Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International FILM FESTIVAL THE LAB OrchEstra /Jazz & World Music / ISraEL DOCUMEntariES ON THE LIFE OF VENEZUELA INDIA BLEND ENSEMBLE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE Latin Sounds / VENEZUEla The Mountain of Mystery / English / by Planet Doc FUSION 10 / Music & Art for Swacch Bharat / INDIA 51 mins / VENEZUEla 15th November 15th November Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, 7 pm Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre Lodhi Road, 7 pm SUFI / WORLD MUSIC Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International FILM FESTIVAL KONYA Tasawwuf ENSEMBLE / Sufi / TURKEY DOCUMEntariES ON THE LIFE OF ZUZANA NOVA & Ondra Gorcik INDIGENOUS PEOPLE World Music / CZECH REPUBLIC The Yoiking Hand / Sámi Bojá /The Wind Whispers There Is Someone behind the Tundra BANHA TEam FOLK TroupE / Dance & Music/EGYPT Aurora Keeps an Eye on You Meghdoot Theatre - I, Sangeet Natak Akademi Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House, 6.30 pm MUSIC & DANCE ILEANA Citaristi / Karuna, Dance Presentation Inspired by Mother Teresa’s life / Odissi BHUbaNESHWAR Ramakrishna Talukdar Group / Sattriya GUWAHATI Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International Vasanta RAAS / Manipuri / JNMDA Group / IMPHAL Jawahar LAL NEHRU MANIPUR / Dance Academy, Manipur / MANIPURI 16th November 16th November Kamani Auditorium Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre Copernicus Marg, 7.00 pm Lodhi Road, 7 pm Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International MUSIC & DANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMEntariES ON THE LIFE OF INDIGENOUS Yoik SONG / Inuit Mask Dance PEOPLE Sámi Lávdi / NORWAY Bolivia / English / Dir M.F. Barros / 48 mins / Balajan / Dance & Music / KYRGYZSTAN VENEZUEla Meghdoot Theatre - I, Sangeet Natak Sahitya Akademi, Conference Hall, Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House, 5.30pm Mandi House 6.30 pm BOOK RELEASE MUSIC & DANCE Asmita – MultilinGual Short StorY READING TattVA AcadEMY / Kathak / Ananya Tarana & BY WOMEN WRITERS Atindriya / AHMEdabad Padma Mouliswar ADITYA Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International Hindustani Vocal / AGARTala Anita Sharma & Group Sattriya Dance / GUWAHATI 17th November 18th November Meghdoot Theatre - I, Sangeet Natak Meghdoot Theatre - I, Sangeet Natak Akademi Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House, 6.30 pm Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International Mandi House, 6.30 pm FESTIVAL OF PLAYS MUSIC & DANCE 1857: TURREBAZ KHAN / Theatre / English & Urdu / JAYaprabha MENON & Group / Tatvam / DELHI HYDErabad BIDYUT Mishra / Hindustani Violin / GUWAHATI Civil Services Officers Institute, Vinay Marg NAGALAND SINGING AMBASSADORS / Cosi fan Tutte Chanakyapuri, 7 pm Mozart’s Opera / NAGalaND FESTIVAL OF PLAYS Civil Services Officers Institute, Vinay Marg, KRISHNA’S DAIRY / Indian Ink / Theatre / English Chanakyapuri – 7 pm NEW ZEalaND FESTIVAL OF PLAYS IGNCA Auditorium, C.V. Mess, Janpath KISSA ANDHER NAGRI KA / Comedy Theatre / Hindi RITVIK SANYAL CONCErt HYDErabad Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International IGNCA Lawns, Rajendra Prasad Road DIVYajYoti BAND PErformancE 18th November 19th November Amity University, Sector-125, Noida, U.P Meghdoot Theatre - I, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House, 6.30 pm Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International DANCE & MUSIC FESTIVAL OF PLAYS Illusionist & CONJURER / Murray Molloy / IRElaND ‘QULI: Dilon ka SHAHZaada’ / Theatre / Urdu ONE TREE / Spiritual Music / AUSTRIA HYDErabad PALASTI Siska DUO / Jazz / HUNGARY CarolinE Prada / Chhau Dance / COLOMBIA Civil Services Officers Institute, Vinay Marg Chanakyapuri, 7 pm FESTIVAL OF PLAYS KRISHNA’S DAIRY / Indian Ink / Theatre / English NEW ZEalaND IGNCA Auditorium, C.V. Mess, Janpath, 4 pm Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International LEcturE ON `BUILDING PEacE: THE BAHUDHA WAY’ BY SHRI B. P. SINGH, FORMER GOVERNOR, SIKKIM 19th November 20th November IGNCA Auditorium, C.V. Mess, Janpath, 6 pm Civil Services Officers Institute, Vinay Marg, ABHISHEK RAGhuraman CONCErt Chanakyapuri, 7 pm Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International Central Park, Connaught Place, 6.30 pm WORLD MUSIC 3 PEOPLE MUSIC / World Music / TaiWAN WORLD MUSIC RHYTHMOSAIC - SENGupta DANCE CompanY TANOUT FamilY / World Music / MOROccO Contemporary Kathak / KOLKATA 3PEOPLE MUSIC / World Music / TaiWAN Baul MUSIC / BANGladESH Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International 21st November 21st November Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, 7 pm Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, 7 pm MUSIC & DANCE Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International DANCE ZIA Nath / Mystical Whirling / MUmbai DEsolatE - The Voices of Trapped by LES MUSES D’ HambourG / Dance & Music Rhythmosaic - Sengupta Dance Company GErmaNY Contemporary Kathak / KOLKATA WORLD Ethnic MUSIC ENSEMBLE / IraN, INDIA, BAZM-e-ISHQ BY ASTHA DIXIT / Kathak / DELHI FraNCE & MEXICO Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre, Civil Services Officers Institute, Lodhi Road, 7 pm Vinay Marg, Chanakyapuri, 7 pm JOURNAL LAUNCH MUSIC & DANCE Art ICHOLMAIHAR launchES” DRISHYam” BY BEIJING OPEra / National Opera Company CHINA RajEEV SETHI Sampada - Lajja SambhaVnath & TarikaVALLI Drishyam will focus on the different ways of ‘Seeing Art’ - from the eyes of the author/artist Katharina Kakar; of Indian Dance / FraNCE & PORTUGAL gallerist AmbicaBeri; of artist Samit Das; of social scientist Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International Sanjay Srivastava Speakers - Katharina Kakar and Sanjay Srivastava Moderators - Dr. Alka Pande and Sheema Mukherjee Guests of Honour - Mr. Ashwani Lohani, Chairman - Air India & Mr. Ganesh Singh, Member of Parliament 22nd November 22nd November Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, 7pm Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre Lodhi Road – 7 pm Delhi International Arts Festival 2016 Delhi International WORLD MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC YORKSTON THORNE KHAN / World Music JuditGabos / Classical Music / HUNGARY UNITED KINGDOM