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Kannada Film Screening: Shuddhi | 26th June, 6:30pm | by Alliance Movie Club & Suchitra Film Society

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26th June | 6:30pm

In collaboration with Suchitra Film Society, #AllianceMovieClub brings to you the screening of the Kannada film:

Shuddhi

Directed by Adarsha H. Eshwarappa

Shuddhi is the story of an American girl’s spiritual journey in India, after she befriends two female journalists who are fighting against the country’s lenient Juvenile Justice Act.

ENTRY OPEN AND FREE FOR ALL.

 

Trailer URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mXIcCYjr-s

Team Shuddhi

Lead Cast: Niveditha, Lauren Spartano, Amrutha Karagada

Written & Directed by: Adarsh H Eshwarappa

Produced by: Nandini Madesh & Madesh T. Bhaskar

Director of Photography: Andrew Aiello

Editor: Ramisetty Pavan

Music: Jesse Clinton

Sound Designer: Nithin Lukose

Casting: Sandeep Jain

Executive Producers: Rachana K.G & Ganesh B.T

Assistant Directors:

  • Sameera Simha
  • Jayanth Shivakumar
  • Dilip Chakravarthy
  • Gowrav Gowda
  • Raviraj BL

Photography Exhibition: Livres en vie by Jean-Marc Godès | 25th June-12th July

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Livres en vie

by Jean-Marc Godès

A photography exhibition of amazingly real photographs presented without any computer editing.

A brilliant photographer, in his own right, he has dedicated his entire artistic research to the promotion of books through photography.

Catch some of his best photographs exhibited at AFB from 25th June to 12th July. Do not miss this opportunity.

Vintage Lounge: Bellydance performance by Shruti Narayanan | 19th July (2 shows – 5pm & 7:15pm)

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Vintage Lounge

Relive the bellydance nostalgia

19th July

5pm-6:15pm & 7:15pm-8:30pm

In Shruti’s words, the showcase will span the 30s through the 80s – periods of great significance for the Egyptian film and entertainment industry, and will celebrate the technical sophistication, artistic expression and the unique styling of some of the silver screen legends that lasted for a short while but left a lasting impact on the bellydance we see today.

Do not miss this spectacle. Tickets will be live on BookMyShow from June 22.

Fête de la musique 2019 | 29th and 30th of June

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Our favourite event of the year is here!

Fête de la Musique (World Musique Day) is back with its 2019 edition, to be held on the 29th and the 30th of June with a lot more to offer. On this occasion, musicians of all genres, amateurs, or professionals and music fans gather for a cheerful celebration of music. Most importantly, it is absolutely free and open for all.

If you have any other queries, please feel free to write to us at fdml2019.bangalore@gmail.com

 
logo FDLMThe Fête de la Musique was initiated in France in 1982 and has since then remarkably spread out around the world. In 2014, more than 700 cities in more than 100 countries have hosted the Fête de la Musique. Completely different from a music festival, the Fête de la Musique is above all a free popular fête, open to any participant (amateur or professional musicians) who wants to perform in it. This Music day allows the expression of all styles of music in a cheerful atmosphere. It aims at a large audience, working to popularise musical practice for young and not so young people from all social backgrounds. It gives an opportunity to communicate and share a very special moment through music.

Piano Duo Concert: The Music We Love | 26th July, 7pm

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26th of July 2019, 7pm at Alliance française de Bangalore

The pianist duo – Natallia K Kapylova and Liudmila Alizarchyk – are back with a new program. The artists will take you on a musical journey through Europe with stopover in Argentina.

Playful jazz of French Milhaud, luscious romance of Argentinian Guastavino, Solitude of Austrian Schubert,  philosophical reflections of Russian Shostakovich,  dramatic German Bruch, sensual Bizet and dazzling French Saint-Saëns, inventive Belorussian Vysotsky, inspired by rock star Freddy Mercury – pianists will share with you some of their favourite masterpieces.

Tickets worth Rs.400 each, available on BookMyShow.

Bellydance Rhapsody: Anubis Nirvana Latin & Bellydance | 20th July, 6:45pm

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BELLYDANCE RHAPSODY, is an attempt at bringing Latin and Bellydance in its purest form to Bangalore, grooving to the tunes from Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon and Spain.

Anubis Nirvana Latin & Bellydance, have worked very hard to make the event bigger and better with dancers from all levels – beginners, intermediate, advance or professional.

The show’s authenticity would surely leave you in awe – be it the accessories, props, costumes, music or dance forms.

Don’t forget to be there on Saturday, 20th July 2019 at Alliance française Auditorium, Bangalore, Tickets: 400 Rupees. Time: 6:45 PM

About the Artistic Director

ANUBIS NIRVANA, is an International renowned Teacher, Choreographer and Artistic Director, since 1996. Member of International Dance Council, UNESCO.

“Amazing,” “Mesmerising,” “First-Class,” “Perfection, ” “a Queen” are among the international press and specialised critics descriptions of her Art.

Her passion for the Art of Dance was engendered in a familiar artistic environment at an early age, dedicating her life to the globalisation of this Art ever since.

The career of Anubis Nirvana began on stage at the age of 7 in her native country Venezuela. Anubis’s formal dance foundation initiated with jazz, rumba, flamenco, salsa, merengue, cumbia, bachata and tap, in Caracas, under the leadership of Mercedes Quintero Dance School.

In 1996, Anubis” started her training in Belly Dance at the Middle Eastern Dance Exchange in Miami, Florida, under the leadership of Masters: Tamalyn Dallal, Maria Jammal, Lamis, Jillina, Ansuja, Hanan, Amir Thaleb, Horacio & Beata Cifuentes, Nourhan Sharif, Jihan Jamal and Bozenka. Quickly distinguished developing an elegant, classic, powerful, earthy and charismatic style for Bellydance.

Anubis continued to flourish her Art under the tutelage of world renowned Master teachers in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Spain, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Dubai, Yemen, Oman, etc.

She founded 3 dance schools in Caracas, Muscat and Bangalore:

1. CARACAS, Venezuela: “ANUBIS NIRVANA Danza Arabe “in 2005, She spent time training dancers and producing a myriad of events ranging from TV (PORTADAS, CHANEL 4), radio ( 101.1 FM), theatre shows (Teatro Don Bosco and C.E.A) and outdoor festivals (International Dance Day by UNESCO and Ultimas Noticias Newspaper Anniversary). She is very proud that her dance school in Venezuela was the first one to introduce Bollywood dance style; this achievement was even recognised by the TV channel Venevision, which broadcast many times our dance performance.

2. MUSCAT, Oman: “ANUBIS NIRVANA Latin & Bellydance ” since 2008, where she has students from different countries, also many interviews with local newspapers and magazines like: Times of Oman, Hi, The Week, “Y”, The Observer, Muscat Daily, Mar’a, Faces, Thursday, Oman Tribune. She created 3 different Latin Dance workshops for the summer camps at the Catholic Church in Muscat from June and July 2008-2009-2010. In March 26th 2009, Anubis and her students participated in a charity event, where the Royal Family from Oman was present: Dance Muscat Dance 2009, we delight the audience with different performances: Rumba Flamanca from Spain, Egyptian Bellydance, Bomba from Puerto Rico and Drums from Venezuela.

3. BANGALORE, India: “ANUBIS NIRVANA Latin & Bellydance ” since 2009 She guided her dance school as a Choreographer, Teacher and Artistic Director, which is now settled in Koramangala 3rd block, with regular classes of Egyptian, Turkish and Lebanese Bellydance, also Latin Dance: Merengue, Salsa, Reggeaton, Rumba Flamenca, Joropo, Plena, Bachata, Cumbia, Paso Doble, etc. We had 3 sold out students showcases at Alliance Francaise Auditorium: “Raqs Bangalore”, ” Lets Dance Bangalore” and “Mistica”. They also performed for different charity organisations and Orion, Phoenix and Forum Malls.

Anubis Nirvana’s global trajectory has captured the admiration of other remarkable artists in various artistic realms. In December 2010, she travelled to Caracas to be part of an International Dance Festival, where she taught Omani Folk dance, she had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Master Mahmoud Reda (founder of the famous REDA TROUP from Egypt). In 2013-2014, she were invited by the Venezuelan Embassy in Delhi to perform and to give a speech about Venezuelan Folk Dances, organised by the Embassy of Spain, and many others to promote Venezuelan culture in India. Since 2017 she is the official Spanish translator for Master Farida Fahmy (Egypt).

Anubis continues to globalise Latin & Bellydance on and off stage and has established a dance-training program accessible to all audiences, parallel to her work as a Choreographer and Artistic Director for ANUBIS NIRVANA Latin & Bellydance.
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The Drama Queens (Pune) presents Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts | 6th July, 3pm & 7:30pm

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Directed by Dr. Vasudev Menon

Date: 6th July
Time: 3pm to 5pm & 7.30pm to 9.30pm
Venue: AFB Auditorium
Passes: Rs. 250

All passes available on BookMyShow and at the venue before the show, on show days.
(For details contact: thedramaqueenspune@gmail.com, +919922500481)

Here is the team telling you about the play, their interpretation of it, and the team.

Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts
Ghosts is a story of a woman whose life is determined by the norms of patriarchy. She has had an unhappy marriage with a philanderer with a mental illness. She has been compelled to manage the household and the business as well as make decision for everything and everyone, even her son. After great sacrifices, mental hardships and the death of her husband, just as life seems to be on track, she discovers that her son has inherited her husband’s disease. The woman, the mother will be forced to do something unspeakable. This is a tale of love and hate, oppression and liberation, cowardice and courage.

Written in 1881, Ghosts remains one of the relatively under-explored of Ibsen’s works in terms of dramatic performances. We attempt to lens the play through the conflicts of tradition and modernity. The Ghost to us is the metaphoric adherence to conventional value systems that overhang our negotiation with the changing times. At the same time, Ghosts for us has many parallels with Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Not only do both the plays explore the themes of ghostly hauntings, madness and patriarchal control and oppression, but also the character graphs of Mrs. Alving, Oswald Alving, Regina, Engstrand and Pastor Manders echo and refract that of Claudius/Gertrude, Hamlet, Ophelia and Polonius. Finally and very importantly, we are eager to explore and present ‘Mrs. Alving’, one of theatre’s early challenges to gender stereotyping.

Cast
Helen Alving : Ashwini Dasgupta
Oswald Alving : Isha Pungaliya
Jacob Engstrand : Mahesh Ramnathan
Regina Engstrand : Gargi Datar
Pastor Manders : Vasudev Menon

Crew
Digital Media publicity and PR : Gargi Datar, Isha Pungaliya
Lights & Sound : Rhea Gangavkar
Costume and Make-up : Anukruti Singh
Production Executives : Anushaa Deshpande and Chetna Anand
Production Manager : Nutan Burman
Design and Direction : Vasudev Menon

The Drama Queens
Theatre allows the Queens to make proximal all that which delights and torments us. We live through this world and look at it in artistic anticipation. Drama gives us a vantage point to look at history, politics and its lived realities. We recreate, originate and offer ideas that move us, ideas that have moved humanity for centuries and will continue to do so. We choose theatre for its directness. We choose it for its overwhelming existence as it unfolds in the actors, tangible through the vibrations of their bodies as they put forth the madness of love and the subtlety of violence.

Yes, we are dramatic. We command it, we rule it. We are its queens.

The Group
The Drama Queens is a theatre group in Pune that wishes to dedicatedly produce and perform theatre in English. Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts is our fifth production. Our first two shows of this play were on the 9 th June 2019 at the Aksharnandan School, 15th June 2019 at Raah Literary and Cultural Centre, Lullanagar and 30 th June at Jyotsna Bhole Sabagruha. These shows garnered us standing ovations at curtains. Following this, The Drama Queens travels with Ghosts to perform 4 shows in Bangalore over the first weekend of July. We intend to take this to Mumbai, Delhi, Goa and Chennai before the year ends.

Our previous work includes The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet. All of these were well received and reviewed. The Merchant of Venice was rated 4 stars in The Pune Times review. We were also invited to perform an Evening of Shakespeare’s Scenes and Monologues by The British Council, Pune in 2016.

The group is comprised of people from various walks of life across a range of age groups. What holds us together is a focus and passion towards narratives that speak of tradition versus modernity, self, other and community, the workings of gender roles and spaces. In the coming years we want to continue our exploration of these ideas and themes both in terms of form and content.

Another and equally important ambition is theatre education. We are attempting to create a repertoire where actors, technicians of light and sound, production managers, designers and directors get trained under one roof. Eventually we would like to develop unique techniques and forms of theatre practice through long years of dedication to the art form.

Finally, The Drama Queens prides itself for the versatility of its female actors who often bend gender and comfortably play male roles.

Peru Film Festival | 18th-23rd July | by Embassy of Peru in India & AFB

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In partnership with Embassy of Peru in India, for the first time ever, we bring to you a Peru Film Festival featuring four amazing Peruvian films. Do not miss this opportunity of discovering Peru.

Entry free and open for all.


Tulu Film Screening: Paddayi | 25th July, 6:30pm | by Alliance Movie Club & Suchitra Film Society

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25th July | 6:30pm

In collaboration with Suchitra Film Society, #AllianceMovieClub brings to you the screening of the Tulu film:

Paddayi

Directed by Abhaya Simha

Followed by a Q&A session with the director.

ENTRY OPEN AND FREE FOR ALL.

Peruvian Textile Exhibition | 19th July – 2nd August | by Embassy of Peru in India & AFB

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Catch a one-of-its-kind exhibition of beautiful #Peruvian tapestries from the renowned San Pedro de Cajas region in Peru, at #AFB. You ought to make some time for it and bring your friends along.

Brought to you in collaboration with Embassy of Peru in India.

Entry free and open for all.


Peruvian Textile Exhibition | 19th July - 2nd August
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PTM, a comic play by Being Theatre | 17th August, 5:30pm

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17th August, 5:30pm

Language: English (for most parts), with a few dialogues in Hindi and Kannada

SYNOPSIS

From the makers of ladies compartment and men’s department comes another play for all age group.

We all have been a part of a parent teacher meet either as a child, a parent or few of us as teachers. This play captures a varied set of parents coming to meet the teacher to discuss a child’s progress at school. What makes it unique is the way humour has been used to deliver a serious message which is crippling today’s education system and how the teacher has to handle the pressure built by various parents.

Come and laugh as you witness a passionate teacher, the amusing peon, over ambitious parent, overindulgent parent, just a parent all under one roof.

Men’s Department, a play by Being Theatre | 17th August, 7:30pm

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Men’s Department

17th August, 7:30pm
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Please purchase tickets on BookMyShow: https://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/mens-department/ET00051927

SYNOPSIS
Men’s department is a play about friends and a motley of emotions, that ensues when they meet one evening. It is a humorous drama with segments of thought-provoking discussion unfolding when the friends meet. The story is pragmatic, something both the men and women of metro cities can relate to. Don’t go by the name, women get some exclusive sneak peek, of all-men get together and be ready to take the jokes sportingly. Just get ready to be entertained thoroughly and laugh out loud.

‘Ripples of Sound’: Guitar concert by Dolce Music Academy | 9th August, 5pm

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Music is the divine way to tell beautiful things to the heart.

On 9th August, guitar students and faculty from Dolce Music Academy will fill your silence with the melodies – from Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd to Eric Clapton. They have got it all and they hope to see you there.

Being Marathon | 3 plays | 17th Aug 3:30pm, 5:30pm & 7:30pm

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3 intriguing plays back-to-back.

Kannada Film Screening: Ammachi Yemba Nenapu | 22nd Aug, 6:30pm | by Alliance Movie Club & Suchitra Film Society

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22nd August | 6:30pm

In collaboration with Suchitra Film Society, #AllianceMovieClub brings to you the screening of the Kannada film:

Ammachi Yemba Nenapu

Directed by Champa Shetty

Based on three short stories of Sahitya Akademi Award winning writer Vaidehi.

ENTRY OPEN AND FREE FOR ALL.


French Film Screening: Primaire | 27th August, 6:30pm | by Alliance Movie Club

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27th August | 6:30pm

#AllianceMovieClub brings to you its next screening

Primaire

Directed by Hélène Angel

ENTRY OPEN AND FREE FOR ALL.

Plot Summary

[ENG] Florence is a school teacher devoted to her students. When she meets little Sasha, a troubled child, she will do everything possible to save him, even if she abandons her life as a mother or a woman and even call into question her vocation. Florence will realize little by little that there is no age to learn. [FR] Florence est une professeure des écoles dévouée à ses élèves. Quand elle rencontre le petit Sacha, un enfant en difficulté, elle va tout faire pour le sauver, quitte à délaisser sa vie de mère, de femme et même remettre en cause sa vocation. Florence va réaliser peu à peu qu’il n’y a pas d’âge pour apprendre.

Trailer URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdOWT3M6u2w

26th Aug: “Abhivyakti Nirmiti” 2019 | Music, Dance, & Painting | by Abhivyakti Cultural Trust

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A festival celebrating young talent (4 to 20 years old) in music, dance, and painting.

An exhibition of classical music, dance, puppetry, storytelling, pottery, traditional games, and more.

Brought to you by Abhivyakti Cultural Trust

Young Talent Program 2018-19, 6th Exhibition: “Fabula” by Dharti Patodia | 4th Sept-25th Sept

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The Alliance française de Bangalore is glad to invite you to the vernissage of the 6th exhibition of the 4th series of the

Young Talent Program 2018 – 2019

“..FABULA..”  

by Dharti Patodia  

starting on Wednesday 4th September 2019 at 7:00 PM 

The exhibition will be on display till 25th of  September  

ENTRY OPEN AND FREE FOR ALL.

6th Sept, 7pm: Piano & Vocals Concert by R E Cunville & Lorie Bear

Chapters, a play by StageCraft (NCBS) | 30th Aug, 7:30pm

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Buy tickets here: https://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/chapters/ET00109778

About the play

What does it mean to do scientific research? Is it just magical colour reactions and captivating moments of discovery, or is this a small part of a bigger truth? StageCraft’s latest original production ‘Chapters‘ tries to portray the journey of a young scientist in training, en route to achieve a PhD, the highest academic degree. Using dynamic sets, rhythm, music and movement, we depict the trials of a PhD student in science and life, and where both come together. Will it be an uphill climb of strife, or will it be a merry-go-round of smiles? ‘Chapters‘ lays out these common yet rarely known truths beyond the walled confines where scientists thrive. With already five performances to its credit at four esteemed research institutions in Bangalore (NCBS, NIMHANS, JNCASR and ICTS), Chapters opens for the first time to the general public. With this production, StageCraft attempts to start a conversation, and build a social dialogue about stories within academia.

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