RONALD RAND’s ‘ART OF TRANSFORMATION’ WORKSHOP Feb. 14, 2015 at CRIPA, 4:30-7:00 pm to attend, call Jill at 9486416173 A great way to have play and learn how to unleash creative impulses through the joy of improvising play, imagination/movement exercises and theater games. We’ll explore how to overcome the “inner critic,” nerves, unleash creative impulses […]
CENTRE D’ART – CITADINES With the participation of the French Pavillon present mayaura IN-EX CORPORE 10 years through painting Feb 7th -28th, 2015 Opening Saturday Feb 7th at 4 pm CENTRE D’ART – CITADINES Auroville, India ~ centredart@auroville.org.in Open Monday to Saturday from 1.30pm to 5.00pm
Beyond Names Exploring the essence of our wisdom traditions Odissi Dance by Nayantara Nanda Kumar & C. Nanda Kumar time: Sat. 7th Feb. 2015, 8 pm place: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas Nayantara Nanda Kumar an environmental engineer and Odissi dancer is the founder of Our Sacred Space – a center for environmental work, […]
Kala Kendra, Bharat Nivas presents Art Chakra, the Open Art Platform This Sunday morning, join us at Art Chakra. It’s an open platform where you can present your art works. Be it photography, drawing, painting, poetry, songs, music, short films, digital presentations etc.. Just bring it on! 1st of February, 2015, Sunday Venue: Audio Visual […]
We welcome you to ‘Ras Barse’ – An evening to spend listening, to the words of poets, saints and believers, in the voice of Swati Srinivas singing for us, Ghazal & Bhajan in Hindi, Urdu, Bhoj Puri and Marwadi on Sat. 31st Jan ’15, 8PM at Unity Pavilion :: Harmonium: Kanam Shameem Babu :: Tabla: […]
IMPROVISING MOVEMENT a natural dance with Elisabetta time: Friday, January 30th 10 am – 12.30 pm place: Pitanga Cultural Centre An inner journey to access your personal creative dance language. The exploration of movement through different elements, perspectives, images and feelings within giving rise to opportunities and challenges within own unique dance. Elisabetta is a […]
29 Jan – 01 Feb 2015 Christopher Taylor Ram Shergil Saibal Das and Aurovilian photographer Sebastian Cortes Booth No. B-13 NSIC Exhibition Grounds Okhla Industrial Estate New Delhi
a letter from Korea: Dear. Auroville I hope all is well with you. I’m Seulgi, Lee who is the coordinator from International Ceramic Workshop of GICB2015. We’ve held the Ceramic Biennale every two years. We are now taking application from artists who want to participate in the International Ceramic Workshop which is the one of […]
01.06 – 06.06.2015 Tuscany, Italy summer residential program “Arts Oasis” for performers of various genres and techniques The event is inviting artists from all over the world. The workshop will take place at the XII century monastery famous as the place of seclusion for the outstanding Dante Alighieri. Room, full board & local transportation are […]
Tugay plays the Ney, Sufî wind instrument at the Savitri Bhavan Saturday 31 January 2015 at 5 PM All are Welcome! The Turkish Ney is an old end-blown reed flute. Ney, Turkish tanbur, oud (lute) and Turkish kemençe (fiddle) are considered to be the most typical instruments of Classical Turkish music. The Ney also plays […]
Samba de Roda workshop lead by Luciana Luciana was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She has been playing capoeira and dancing samba since her teenage years. Since then Luciana has performed and taught in various festivals, schools and events all over New Zealand, Fiji Islands and NYC and Brazil. Luciana is the co founder of […]
Kolam ‘Drawing with powder dot and lines.’ with Grace Tuesday January 27th 9.00am-12.00pm (Please ignore the old date on the poster below!) A dance orientated deepening of how the Physical Body engages in the making of Kolam and the actual making of Kolam with an explanation of the three major Kolam types. Each participant should […]
Libertas A dance performance from Korea Directed by Sin Cha Hong Performed by Sin Cha Hong and Young Ah Choi time: Friday, January 23, 2015, 7 p.m. No entry for latecomers. Admission Free – all are welcome! Donations would be appreciated. place: Adishakti, Sir Ratan Tata Koothukovil, Edyanchavadi Road, diagonally opposite to Hope About […]
The Auroville Theatre Group invites you to our exciting new production of “The Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare, January 21, 22 and 23, 2015, 8:00 p.m. at the Visitor’s Centre. The cast includes: Savithri Maya as Portia, Jeremy as Bassanio, Swar as Antonio, Rachel as Nerissa, Jerry as Gratiano, Nitish as Lorenzo, Ramesh as […]
Yatra uses a blend of agile and lyrical dance movements drawing from the Odissi, Gotipua and Sahiyatra traditions. It interprets the idea of a puja or ritual celebration of the Lord on stage, presenting a meditative view of the vocabularies of these traditions. Artistic Direction by Rekha Tandon Musical Arrangements by Michael Weston Lights by […]
Article in AurovilleToday‘s latest issue: Passing: Veenapani Chawla Theatre artist Veenapani Chawla, one of Auroville’s most dynamic neighbours, passed away on November 30 after suffering a heart attack following a pulmonary embolism. She was only 67 years old. Veenapani was the founder, artistic director and managing trustee of the Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Arts & […]
Ink Painting on Korean Paper Workshop with Werner Sasse January 17th (Saturday), 3-5pm, Unity pavilion Korean Paper (“Hanji”) has been famous in East Asia as being of superior quality for almost 2000 years. It is made from the inner bark of the Paper Mulberry. In this workshop we will work with Hanji made for calligraphy […]
KALA KENDRA BHARAT NIVAS: PAVILION OF INDIA PRESENTS RUTHANNE TUDBALL’S POTTERY WORKSHOP Kala Kendra in collaboration with Aavartan Pottery will be hosting renowned ceramic artist Ruthanne Tudball for a workshop this week. The workshop is by invitation only. Ruthanne will be presenting her work (as will a couple of other invited indian potters) At Kala […]
Gallery Square Circle, Kala Kendra & Bharat Nivas present “Work in Process” Closing Ceremony Wednesday, 14th Jan 2015 at 5 PM at Gallery Square Circle, Kala Kendra – Bharat Nivas I would like to share my experience of artist in residency programme and thank all of you and especially to the Bharat Nivas Group. You […]
Tribute to Mr. Soli Daruwala Aurodhan art gallery will pay a tribute to Soli Daruwala, regarded as the founder of the contemporary art movement in South India, by holding a concert by Anil Srinivasan at 8.30pm on January 14 at Krtashraya Aurodhan Gardens on Papammal Koil Street.
A note from Moghan: As a theater director, I’m working on the adaptation of “My Burning Heart”, an interview of Satprem in 1988 by French journalist F. de Towarnicki. Readings are planned in Auroville, Chennai and Paris for March and April 2015. The idea is to present the piece in different Auroville International Centres in […]
Namashkar Friends, We hope to see you all, on the 17th of Jan, Saturday and enjoy an evening of Flamenco with Shehzeen and Chris at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium in Bharat Nivas. Shehzeen Cassum has been dancing since the age of 5, she has trained at the Classical School of Ballet and Western Dancers, under […]
