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Photography
On Snake Trails – Ethnographic images of the tribes
Irulas - Photography Exhibition by Kutti Revathi
Mon 4th- Wed 13th August
At Gallery of the Alliance
For hundreds of
years, the Irulas tribe existence has depended on snake trails though it
changed its course often. This exhibition of photographs is a record of a
number of ethnographic moments in this tribe’s unique existence. Kutti Revathi
is a Tamil Writer and doctor of Siddha Medicine by profession. With an enlarged
interest in ethnographic study, she recorded her novel experience in these
distinctive photographs
Classical Music
Ajay and Theo Ranganathan
Duo of Violin and Piano, Organ
Wednesday August 6th, 6:30pm
At St. Andrews Church – Egmore
Ajay
Ranganathan, Violinist and Theo Ranganthan, Pianist and Organist are talented
brothers who study music in France at the Conservatoire of Boulogne and
Tours.Despite their young age, they have been awarded many prizes in the past
few years (Concours Hody, Concours Rotary Club, Concours Valetot etc).They have
played in several concerts in France and Poland.
Ajay and Theo
Ranganathan will present a one hour programme of music by Bacj, Mozart,
Beethoven, Winlawski and Chopin. This will be followed by a 30 minute Organ
programme with pieces by Bach and Buxtehude.
World Music
Marc and Nivedita
Fri, 8th August 06:30pm
At AFM Auditorium, College Road
A Chennai
singer meets a young guitarist from London for an evening of music
Jazz
Sharik Hasan(piano), Adrian D’Souza(drums) and Karl
Peters (bass)
Thu, 14th August, 7:00pm
At AFM Auditorium
In July and
August of 2008, Sharik is touring in India with his trio consisting of two of
India’s most reputed musicians, Adrian D’Souza and Karl Peters. The music will
includeoriginal compositions as well as fresh arrangements and interpretations
from the standard jazz repertoire
Sharik Hasan, born
in 1984, has studied in the Royal School of Music, London and Trinity School of
Music Cambridge. This was the first turning point to take place in his musical
career, as he was instantly drawn to the new dynamic sounds of jazz.
Currently he is a
part of several different groups and projects on the Paris Jazz Scene including
his own quartet for which he has been composing extensively
Theater
Kattaikkuttu Young Professionals Company
Sat 23rd August, 6:30pm
At AFM Auditorium(play in Tamil with English titles)
Vituttal
(Deliverance), a play by Rabindranath Tagore adapted for the Tamil stage by
P.Rajagopal and Hanne M. de Bruin, Kuttu Kalai Kulam, Center for performing
arts, Kanchipuram
Theater
6.30pm on the 9th. 3.30pm and 6.30pm on the 10th.
At Auditorium AFM
Final Solutions by Roo-Ba-Roo Theatre Group
"Final Solutions"
by Mahesh Dattani has a powerful contemporary resonance as it addresses as
issue of utmost concern to our society. The play presents different shades of
the communalist attitude prevalent among Hindus and Muslims in its attempt to
underline the stereotypes and clichés influencing the collective sensibility of
one community against another.
Vituttal
(Deliverance), a play by Rabindranath Tagore adapted for the Tamil stage by
P.Rajagopal and Hanne M. de Bruin, Kuttu Kalai Kulam, Center for performing
arts, Kanchipuram
Documentary
Film festival
One Billion eyes – The Demonic and The Divine.
Organized by the Prakriti Foundation
At Auditorium AFM,
Films on the
subject of Gods, Goddesses, rituals, festivals, pilgrimages, as well as the
occult, major religions of the world and tribal & aboriginal religions will
be screened. This will also include films on beliefs about spirit possession,
sorcery, witchcraft and the evil eye, supernatural affliction and its
treatment, exorcism, or healing ceremonies, medical anthropology, religious
practices and Indian ethno-medicine.
Photography
One Billion eyes – The Demonic and The Divine.
Organized by the Prakriti Foundation
At Gallery of the Alliance
Exhibition
of photographs by V. Karthik on the theme of the Demonic and the Divine.
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