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Samsara features a collective of distinguished musicians driven by the belief that music is a powerful force bringing people together. In this exciting collaboration, musicians from both the Jazz and Indian music genres come together to create a brilliant new sound – approaching the idea of fusion in an organic and meaningful way. Being two very distinct styles, Jazz and Indian classical music also share key similarities such as the adherence to rhythmic cycles and musical freedom through improvisation. The ensemble features top musicians, composers and conductors from across the UK.

Rowland Sutherland : Flute | Mick Foster : Clarinet | Issie Barratt : Baritone Saxophone | Dominic Ashworth : Guitar 

Prathap Ramachandra : Gatham (Clay Pot) | Kousic Sen : Tabla Gaurav Mazumdar : Sitar | Sanchita Pal : Vocal

25 May 2013 | 13:00 until 15:00

FREE ADMISSION

www.milapfest.com/events/samsara-the-capstone/

2013 marks the centenary of Indian cinema, one of the most prolific film industries in the world. It was a hundred years ago that India screened its first ever film, Raja Harishchandra, in Mumbai (then Bombay). To commemorate the historic occasion, the National Media Museum is showcasing some of Bollywood’s best known actors and the industry’s most loved films with the exhibition Bollywood Icons: 100 Years of Indian Cinema.

Bollywood Icons looks at Indian cinema’s fascination with stars through a vibrant collection of classic and contemporary posters, many of them rare hand painted prints, with some dating back to the early 1940s. The posters say as much about the real lives of the stars they feature, as they do about the films they promote. Many of the posters feature popular romantic couples through the decades, some of whom fell in love in real life as well as on-screen. The exhibition also features footage of some of Bollywood’s most spectacular song and dance sequences.   Bollywood Icons will appeal to fans of popular Indian cinema of all generations and is also a great introduction for newcomers.

The exhibition also explores the theme of iconic women in Indian cinema, including Fearless Nadia the stage name of Mary Evans. Evans was an Australian-born actress with an English father who went on to star in dozens of Indian films from the 1930s – 1960s. She performed her own stunts, and often those of her male co-stars, and was given the ‘Fearless’ moniker by the director of her action films, Homi Wadia, whom she later married.

Gallery Two: Until 16 June 2013 

www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/PlanAVisit/Exhibitions/BollywoodIcons/Introduction.aspx

The Drum, along with a consortium of partners including Sampad, is hosting a major exhibition of film posters as part of Bollywood 100 in Birmingham, the city-wide celebrations marking one hundred years of Indian cinema. A hundred years ago India's Dadasaheb Phalke, a pioneer in his own right, made a silent movie about a king who never lied; marking the beginning of Indian cinema. By the early 40's the industry had developed, based on a winning recipe which still contributes today to the fame and mass appeal of Indian cinema, namely; song, dance, drama and fantasy.

1st May to 29th June

www.the-drum.org.uk/single-event/

Akram Khan Company’s first appearance on stage in the UK this year will be at the unveiling of its new production iTMOi (in the mind of igor) – inspired by composer Igor Stravinsky to commemorate the centenary of his seminal work The Rite of Spring. Part of a Stravinsky-led trilogy of works at Sadler’s Wells entitled A String of Rites, iTMOi is central to Stravinsky celebrations around the world and is hosted at Sadler’s Wells exactly 100 years after the original work was premiered in Paris, on 29th May. The piece will have had its world premiere on 14th May at MC2: Grenoble, France, where Khan is an Associate Artist in a special co-operation with Sadler's Wells. iTMOi explores the human condition, rooted in the concept of a woman dancing herself to death. With this production Khan has worked for the first time with three different composers and it will feature an original score by Ben Frost, Jocelyn Pook and Nitin Sawhney. The production will also feature a large cast of 11 international dancers.

Tuesday 28th May - Saturday 1st June

www.sadlerswells.com/search.php