Tuesday, December 29, 2009

34th Vikram Sarabhai International Arts Festival

28th December 2009 ,8.30pm
'Ahmedabad ki Aurat Bhali- Ramkali "
(adaptation of Bertolt Brecht 's Good person of Setzuan)
Directed by Arvind Gaur (अरविन्द गौड़)
Starring- Mallika Sarabhai (मल्लिका साराभाई) as Ramkali

Adaptation by Amitabh Srivastava
Lyrics by Piyush Mishra
Music by Dr.Sangeeta Gaur
Choreography by Revanta Sarabhai
Musicians - Jayan ,Rajesh Kanan,Pallani Vallu,Shaji,Mani Kanan
Technical support- Jeetu. Basant Kori, Dalpat
Performed by Darpana Performing Group
At Natarani, Darpana Academy

Actors-Mallika Sarabhai ,Viren Basoya, Revanta Sarabhai,Shilpi Marwaha, Yadavan Chandran, Anahita Sarabhai, Raj sharma, Nisarg Trivedi, Sonal Solanki,Jignesh Patel,Pankaj Raj Yadav,Pooja Purohit, D.Padma Kumar,Druma Mehta, Manoj Bagga, Gaurang Anand,Heman Trivedi ,Heenal Patel,Alpana Kapoor, Idrish Faqir,Rajesh Kanan,Pallani Vallu, Jayan, Kishore Dave,Shaji,Charmi Modi, Radhika Patel,Murli Nair,Mani Kanan,Abhinay Bankar,Ujjwal Dave,Pinakin Thaker, Gaurav,Mara Amrita
Dec. 29th , 8.30 pm
Performance by Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix SinghDakshina
Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company is an emerging dance company that performs and presents Indian dance forms, such as Bharata Natyam, and Modern dance, mirroring the multiple identities of second generation South Asians. The company combines the arts with social justice issues both by incorporating the themes into our work and via partnerships with local community centers and schools.
Dec. 30th December
Naada: A Happening
A sensual, sensory experimental journey of sound, light, movement, words, images, colour and smell
Conceived by : Mallika Sarabhai & Yadavan Chandran
Original soundscope by : Josh Hogan
Visual Scape by :Yadavan Chandran
There will be two showings of NAADA: A Happening. The first at 7:30pm and the second at 9:30,Season tickets available for Rs.1000(entry free for members, but passes should be collected before hand)
Venue: Natarani,Darpana,Usmanpura,Ahmedabad

Monday, December 7, 2009

Rajesh Kumar's Ambedkar Aur Gandhi in Bhopal on 6th Dec dir by AG

Rajesh Kumar's
Ambedkar AUR Gandhi
directed by Arvind Gaur
on 6th Dec.at Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal
"Aadhi Vidrohi Natya Samaroh "
Presented by Sawaraj Sansthan Sanchalanaliya

Actors-Dr. B.R Ambedkar - Bajrang Bali Singh,M.Gandhi - Viren Basoya,Rama Bai- Shilpi Marwaha,Gayakwad -Raj Sharma,Devrao Nayak -Saurabh Pal,Kedarkar- Malay Garg/Tosam/Parvesh,Devdas Gandhi -Pankaj Raj Yadav,Sarder Patel -Shiv Chauhan,Madan Mohan Malviya -Dinesh Dhawan,Mahadev Bhai -Pankaj Dattta/Teishul Gaur/Parvesh Dhawan,Sarojini Naidu -Vrinda Vedi/Disha Arora,Annie Baesant -Rachitta Juneja/Pooja Pradhan,Mahar : Saveree Gaur, Kakoli Gaur,Brahmin: Disha arora,Temple Priest: Parvesh Dhawan,Chorus - Asish,MdWaseem,Parvesh Dhawan,Priyank Dwivedi,Akash Dabas,Alok,Shashank,Arvind Kesari,Tosham Acharya,Aman,Shagun,Puneet,Himanshu Maggu ,Chatanya Vasist ,Irfan Khan ,Deepak Batra ,Rahul Khanna,Shiv Chauhan,Shalini Rai,Puneet Grover,Narendra,Devesh,Beena Rai ,Palak ,Priyank Mahajan,Suraj Singh,Sheena Chauhan ,Pankaj,Tanmay Prasad, pooja, Vallari srivastva,Pankaj dutta, Aneesh ....
Credits-
Music by Dr.Sangeeta Gaur
With musicians - Sandy , Anil Mishra & Mohit Sharma
Group incharge Viren Basoya
Production Raj Sharma and Pankaj Raj Yadav