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From rural India to rural Norway. Godaan - "the gift of a cow", is a contemporary dance work based on the celebrated novel by the Indian writer Munshi Premchand. Premchand's is an ambitious work exploring social and economic conflict in a North Indian village before Independence through the story of Hori, a poor farmer, and his family's struggle for survival and self-respect. The choreographer, Sudesh Adhana, was born in India and is now living and working in Oslo.
Date:
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Venue:
Faridabad Municipal Auditorium, Faridabad, Hariyana, India
Traditional dancers from all over Gujurat gather at Modhera's incredible medieval Sun Temple for the Modhera Dance Festival. The event showcases the region's classical dance forms in the manner in which they were originally intended.
The Sun Temple's outer walls, covered with sculptures of the sun god, Lord Surya, act as a dramatic backdrop during the event.
Part of their album launch world tour. Time Out’s ‘British Sarod maestro’, Soumik Datta, was recently declared by Vogue to be ‘one of the the biggest new music talents in Britain’.
Attakkalari India Biennial, South Asia's largest international contemporary movement and mixed arts festival, is scheduled to be held from January 25 to February 3, 2013.
Entering its 5th year, Delhi Ibsen Theatre Festival 2012 presents seven productions in which tradition confronts the Global, and this real evolution creates a third new genre of expression.
Date:
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Venue:
Kamani Auditorium & LTG Auditorium, New Delhi, India
A simultaneous dialogue between the three art forms of painting, music, and dance that explores the timeless present and is built around the central question: Can one live creatively, live in the ‘Now’? The present carries within it burdens of the past as well as the fantasies of the future. Can these links be broken, so that a timeless moment is born?
The Dharani Kalotsav organised by 'Society Dharani' a Cochin (Kochi) based cultural organisation, is a five-day dance and music extravaganza held every year in Kochi, Kerala. The Festival runs from 1-5 November 2012.
The Bacardi NH7 Weekender comes to the capital this year featuring some of the most exciting artists from India and around the world.
Runs from 15-16 December 2012.
Rock and metal bands, folk-fusion giants, “banging” DJs and thousands of fans will descend for two days of awesomeness. Lineup and ticket details will be revealed soon, so stay tuned.
The Bacardi NH7 Weekender comes to the capital this year featuring some of the most exciting artists from India and around the world.
Runs from 13-14 October 2012
LINEUP (Not in any particular order)
BACARDI BLACK ROCK ARENA
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13th October, 2012
- Indus Creed
- Parikrama
- Pentagram
- The Circus
- Vir Das' Alien Chutney
- Zero
