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BOOK LAUNCH – INDIA AFTER GANDHI BY RAMACHANDRA GUHA
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MUSIC CONCERT: HANS VERMEERSCH
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FRENCH THEATRE FESTIVAL
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DANCE DISCOURSE 2017
—————————————-Alliance Francaise de Bangalore and. attenDance Present 50th Dance DISCourse (over 700 dancers platformed in 7 years)Saturday 2 September, 630 pmDiscourse on Natya CouplesInaugural address by the iconic Natya couple The Dhananjayans.Book releaseDARK HORSE & Other Plays by Gowri Ramnarayan
Editor V. Ramnarayan in conversation with the playwright .
To b Released by theatre artiste & singer B JayashriTo be Received by novelist Shashi Deshpande & actor-director GK Govinda RaoExcerpts enacted by Akhila Ramnarayan & Cassius LeonDance by Bangalore’s senior- natya couples:The Kirans ( Bharatanatyam ) & Nirupama- Rajendra ( Kathak).Curated and hosted by Ashish Mohan Khokar.
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New weekend session starting October 7, 2017 (Vasanthnagar / Koramangala annexes)
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LORENZO NACCARATO TRIO – JAZZ CONCERT
Alliance Française de Bangalore & blueFROG with the support of DGAF- India Nepal & Institut Français in India present a Jazz Concert by
LORENZO NACCARATO TRIO
on September 17, 2017.
8PM at blueFROG, Bangalore
Lorenzo Naccarato Trio elaborates on the concept of a kinematic jazz, in that the notion of movement lies at the heart of its musical exploration. Founded in 2012 with Adrien Rodriguez and Benjamin Naud, Lorenzo Naccarato Trio gets known in Toulouse on the developing jazz scene and, from springboards to festivals, receives the public’s increasingly enthusiastic welcome.
In their compositions, Lorenzo Naccarato Trio take us to a magnetic aesthetics that is chiselled and fluid. The compositions of this young Franco-Italian pianist is already on par with the works of Avishai Cohen or the EST trio, and it is true that it is possible to find a family resemblance between these figureheads and ‘cinematic’ jazz, axled to the idea of movement, of the Lorenzo Naccarato trio.
About Lorenzo Naccarato:
After studying the classical piano for ten years, Lorenzo Naccarato began studying musicology at a university in Toulouse in 2007. Specialising in Jazz and improv music, he conducted a research project on Thelonious Monk and took part in Master classes under Laurent Cugny, Franck Avitabile, Kenny Barron, Enrico Pieranunzi and Claude Tchamitchian, who had a determining influence on his approach to composition and group work.
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YTP 2017 – 3rd exhibition – Dushyantha H P
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Exhibition – L’ordre Règne
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Concert: EleKtriP
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Anywhere I lay my head: Dance by Julien Touati
25th October / 7 PM onwards at AF Auditorium
Dance followed by a documentary
ANYWHERE I LAY MY HEAD
Conception & interpretation : Julien Touati
Musique : Denis Teste
Stage direction : Sandra Chartraire
Texts : Charles Bukowski, Edward Limonov, Allan Ginsberg
From the artist:
‘Anywhere I lay my head’ is a contemporary dance solo project which is born after five years in India where I stud the Kathakali traditional Indian dance. I feel the need to link this learning to my own culture, to experiment the changes of my
body movements in a contemporary way and to testify about a very specific experience of immersion in an other culture. I wanted to question the human capacity of adaptation to the world in his diversity. From a personal experience where I surprised myself going over the limits I though I had, I’m asking: Do we act on the world or are we acted by the world? How our mind is conditioned
by a cultural, social and family environment in front of a body which is made to adapt itself to his environment? Is it my body which is carrying my head or my head which is carrying my body? Is that the world which is turning back or am I standing on my head? Learning Kathakali, I had at first the feeling of doing a cultural splits by an approach of art and a body work which is very far from what we have in Western countries, then my gaze changed and I had the feeling to return to the roots of theatre, to find his requirement and his necessity. I did it with the collaboration of the choreographic centre of Marie Devillers, Format Ardèche and National Centre of Dance in France.
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Hakanai – Adrien M & Claire B
Hakanai – Adrien M & Claire B
Linking digital and performing arts, this 40-minute solo performance will enchant Indian audiences with what art and technology can do when they work hand-in-hand.
For the first time, Indian dancer Priyabrata Panigrahi will be trained by French dancer Virginie Barjonnet to interpret this choreography. The training session, from May to November 2017, will transmit the capacity to interact with a digitally-created environment, after which the two dancers will criss-cross India to showcase this innovative performance.
For the first time, Indian dancer Priyabrata Panigrahi will be trained by French dancer Virginie Barjonnet to interpret this choreography. The training session, from May to November 2017, will transmit the capacity to interact with a digitally-created environment, after which the two dancers will criss-cross India to showcase this innovative performance.
24th Jan 2018 / AF Auditorium / 7 PM / Free and open to all
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FRENCH ANIMATION: BONJOUR INDIA
In order to showcase the creativity of France, the third-largest producer of animated films in the world in terms of technical expertise and storytelling, Bonjour India will screen features and short films to different type of audiences in ten cities in India. You will find the list of movies below, which will be screened at AF Auditorium everyday from 29th Jan to 1st Feb 2018.
29 / 01/ 2018 at 7 PM / AF Auditorium
MA MAMAN EST EN AMÉRIQUE, ELLE A RENCONTRÉ BUFFALO BILL
(My Mummy is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill)
2013 / Animation / 1h15
Jean, a 6-year- old boy, tells his teacher his mother is a secretary when she really travels the world.
Directors: Marc Boréal, Thibaut Chatel
Music director: Fabrice Aboulker
Screenplay: Jean Regnaud, Stéphane Bernasconi
Story by: Émile Bravo, Jean Regnaud
30 / 01/ 2018 at 7 PM / AF Auditorium
PHANTOM BOY
2015 ‧ Fantasy/Animation/ 1h 24
In New York, a courageous detective named Alex is injured by a gangster who calls himself the
Man With the Broken Face. Stuck in a hospital, Alex meets Leo, a bedridden 11-year- old who
has the ability to leave his body and float around as an apparition. Like a ghost, invisible to all,
he flies away and passes through walls. When the disfigured criminal threatens to attack the city’s infrastructure, Leo springs into action to help the lawman foil his evil plan.
Directors: Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
Screenplay: Alain Gagnol
Music director: Serge Besset
31 / 01/ 2018 at 7 PM / AF Auditorium
TOUT EN HAUT DU MONDE
(Long Way North)
2015 ‧ Drama/Action ‧ 1h 21
Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, sets out on an adventurous journey to find her adventurer
grandfather and save her family's reputation.
Director: Rémi Chayé
Music director: Jonathan Morali
Awards: Golden Butterfly for Best Animated Feature Film – International Competition
01 / 02/ 2018 at 7 PM / AF Auditorium
LA JEUNE FILLE SANS MAINS
(The Girl without Hands)
2016 ‧ Drama/Animation ‧ 1h 16
A miller sells his daughter to the devil. Although her purity protects her, the devil takes her
hands away as punishment.
Director: Sébastien Laudenbach
Adapted from: The Girl Without Hands
Characters: La déesse de l’eau, La jeune fille, Le prince, Le diable, Le jardinier, La mère, Le père
Story by: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
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GATHAS with Ariana Vafadari
07:00 PM / 20th Feb 2018 / AF Auditorium
The Gathas are the prayers of Zoroastrianism, the monotheistic religion of Ancient Persia. These poems from philosopher and prophet Zarathustra date from about 3700 years. They are surprisingly modern, expressing the life, doubts and choices of a man. As there are no records of the way they were sung originnally, Franco-Iranian Ariana Vafadari composed every song according to radifs or oriental scales. It results in music that constantly vibrates between its Oriental mystic foundations and their matching Western opera. Ariana Vafadari and her musicians have a common trait, they unremittingly stretch musical boundaries. In perfect continuity with their cultural and musical backgrounds, they were trained by traditional Iranian, Ottoman and Moroccan music, jazz, Western classical music or opera, in their improvisations and the practice of their instruments, they travel freely from one world to the next.
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THE PROPHET AND THE POET
THE PROPHET AND THE POET
25/02/2018 / 03:30PM / Play / Rangashankara
Play: Bangalore Little Theatre
An Original play based on the letterrs and articles exchanged between Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.
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THE WEIGHT OF JOY
THE WEIGHT OF JOY
25/02/2018 / 07:30PM / Dance / Rangashankara
Artist : Eric Languet, French choreographerCreated with : Alliance francaise Madras, Dance en l’R – Compagnie Eric Languet
The Weight of Joy is a dance project tackling the notion of handicap and social innovation. It is a collaboration between European and Indian dancers, including dancers with hearing disability. Drawing from the friction of these different cultures, this work attempts to discover the foundation and the conditions for the emergence of joy, be it individual or collective. On the borders of movement, text and music, this joyful and chaotic play will reconcile ourselves with the human species and all its ironies.
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EXHIBITION: Marko93 at Art Bengaluru
EXHIBITION: Marko93 at Art Bengaluru
All day | 17th – 28th of August | UB City
Art Bengaluru, one of the most reputed Art Festivals in India, has been created to showcase a wide spectrum of art forms and provide a platform for both, Indian & International artists, to exhibit their works. Art Bengaluru, over the last six editions, has defined the face of Contemporary Art & Culture in Bangalore.
Marko93 embraced graffiti in the late 1980’s in the parisian suburbs where he grew up.He soon formed his own graphic identity and acquired the notoriety that allowed him to enter art galleries. Today, Marko performs all over the world, spreading his unique aesthetics and enlightening sensitivity all over, from in situ performances to collaborations, mural paintings,light-painting videos and workshops.
Here is the schedule of the different activities:
– Live graffiti : 17-18 August
– Exhibition : 19-28 August
– Light painting workshop : 21 August, 11 am to 1 pm
Tickets : https://in.bookmyshow.com/events/art-bengaluru/ET00044176
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AF COOKOUT: Cooking Fish with chef Alexandre Seince
AF COOKOUT: Cooking Fish with chef Alexandre Seince
1.00 – 3.30 pm | 17th of August | Alliance Française cafétaria
Learn to perfect the Poached, Papillotte & Sautéed Fish. This cooking session will give you hands on lessons on how to clean, prepare ad debone a fish; and marry the same with White Butter, Paloise, Antiboise sauces.
Organised in collaboration with Café Noir Restaurants, this will be a monthly affair with different themes for each session.
AF Students and members : 500 INR / General Participants : 1000 INR / Limited seats / Payment in cash only.
For registration, please write to thierry@cafenoir.co.in or communication.bangalore@afindia.org
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PLAY READING: Maya Bazar
PLAY READING: Maya Bazar
5:00 pm | 7th of August| Alliance Française classroom 7
This play reading is a part of the Alliance française de Bangalore and Bangalore Little Theatre partnership.
Some highly imaginative and enterprising playwright of yore, created a character non-existent in the epic Mahabharatha and got her married to the Pandava prince Abhimanyu amidst a mélange of mystery, mischief and magic spells and made the theatre buffs of the time in the western Hindi belt believe that such a character really existed! In the epic, there is no daughter by the name Sasirekha or Surekha or Vatsala for the Yadava lord Balarama. The popular play found its way to cinema.
In his 2013 book, Bollywood Nation: India through Its Cinema, Vamsee Juluri wrote, “Maya Bazar’s appeal is of course as much in its story as in its stars. But the performances and the beautiful songs and sets aside, the film also reveals an interesting feature of the Telugu mythological in its Golden Age—it is a story about something not very important from a doctrinal view of religion at all”. Juluri also termed Ranga Rao’s performance as “mighty and majestic”.
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CINE FORUM MELIES: The 400 Blows / Les 400 coups
7.00 pm | 28th of July | Alliance Française auditorium
Free and open to all // Subtitled in English
François Truffaut, France – 1958 – 1h33min – Comédie dramatique, Fiction
Seemingly in constant trouble at school, 14 year-old Antoine Doinel returns at the end of every day to a drab and unhappy home life. His parents have little money and he sleeps on a couch that’s been pushed into the kitchen. He knows his mother is having an affair and his parents bicker constantly. He decides to skip school and begins a downward spiral of lies and later stealing. His parents are at their wits end and after he’s stopped by the police, they decide the best thing to do would be to let Antoine face the consequences. He’s sent to a juvenile detention facility where he doesn’t do much better. He does manage to escape however………
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