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Amelting pot of contemporary theatre practices, Nandikar’s 23rd National Theatre Festival provides an important platform for the development and dissemination of an enduring tradition of drama. To be presented this evening as part of the festival, Gokula Nirgamana is a richly lyrical dance-drama that fuses content and form flawlessly. It narrates a familiar episode from the Bhagavad Gita where a playful, adolescent Lord Krishna departs from Gokula leaving the villagers unhappy. Loved by one and all, the adventurous Krishna and Balarama and their cowherd friends, live in a world all their own. Akrura arrives in Gokula with a deceitful invitation from his maternal uncle Kansa, to take Krishna and Balarama to Mathura for an archery festival. As Krishna gets ready to leave, he flings his flute to the ground. A saddened Radha and her friends wish him victory and see him off. They pick up his flute and secure it inside a tree trunk where tender shoots are sprouting. Direction: B.V. Karanth.
Event: Play in Kannada, Gokula Nirgamana, produced by Benaka, Bangalore
When: Today at 6 pm
Where: Academy of Fine Arts
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art
December 21 at Rabindra Bharati University, Emerald Bower Campus, B.T. Road: Aban Mela, organised by Rabindra Bharati University’s faculty of visual arts.
Till December 21 at New Sabhaghar, Swabhumi; 3 pm - 8 pm: Lure of the Pastoral, paintings by Arpita Basu.
Till December 22 at College of Visual Art, Nayabad, Garia (Rail Math); 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Gagan Mela, organised by students and teachers of College of Visual Art.
Till December 22 at Charnock City, KB-26 Salt Lake; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by various artists.
Till December 22 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 12 noon - 7 pm: Paintings by Partho Dutta and Dolly Dutta.
Till December 23 at Spandan Art Gallery, 87 Park Street, 1st floor; 10 am - 7 pm: Harmony, paintings by Keshav Roy, Rana Roy, Shyamal Ganguly and Samir Paul.
Till December 23 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park; 11 am - 7 pm: Expressions, figurative artworks of 33 contemporary artists.
Till December 24 at Gallery Silpi, 32B Judges Court Road; 12 noon - 7 pm: Paintings by Pranab Phouzder.
Till December 24 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Confluence, an exhibition of paintings and graphics.
drama
December 21 & 22 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6 pm: The Creative Arts presents The Merry-Go-Round — Another Spin. Dir: Ramanjit Kaur.
December 21 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 6.30 pm: Dumb Dancer (in Hindi), a National School of Drama (New Delhi) production. Written by Asif Currimbhoy, translated by Surendra Sharma, and designed and directed by K.R. Omkar.
December 22 & 23 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 6.30 pm: Padatik presents its latest production, Madhvi (in Hindi). Dir: Shyamanand Jalan.
December 23 & 24 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Hindi play Jo Such Nahin. Dir: Anjum Rizvi.
December 24 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Ranger Haat. Drama and direction: Manoj Mitra.
performing arts
Till December 22; 6 pm: Classic’s 9th annual festival of Indian classical music and dance. Featuring (today, at Gyan Manch) Sunit Chatterjee (vocal), Rahul Pawar (kathak) and Dalia Rahut (vocal).
December 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Jalsaghar and The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture present Uttarsuri — screening of a documentary Spirit of the Sarod, followed by a sarod recital by Alam Khan with Tanmoy Bose (tabla).
December 22 at Uttam Mancha; 6.30 pm: Utsav presents its 20th annual cultural programme. Featuring Tagore’s Bimbabati, a musical for children, modern Bengali songs by Anasua Choudhury, and play Lanchhitar Itikatha.
December 22 at Calcutta School of Music; 7 pm: Ajoy Ray ushers in the festive season for the Jazz Listerners’ Forum with a programme of Christmas and festive music by greatest names in the jazz firmament.
December 23 at Rabindra Sadan; 5 pm onwards (night-long): Raginee’s 34th annual classical music conference features vocal recitals by Rashid Khan, Prunima Sen, Kuber Sen Gupta, Mitali Sen Gupta, Sunit Chatterjee and Dipak Pal, and instrumental music by Kamal Mallick (sarod), Debajit Chakraborty (sitar), Sudip Chatterjee (violin), Asit Mullick (saran keena), Tanusree Chatterjee (esraj). Sangram Roy and Susamay Mishra (duet tabla lahara) and others.
talk
December 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Bengali on Panchadashi.
December 21 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mandukya Karika.
celebration
Till December 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagore: Celebration of the holy birth anniversaries of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Ma Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda.
discussion
December 21 at National Library, Bhasha Bhavan Sabhaghar; 4.30 pm: Arun Kumar Basu will discuss on Swadesh Bhavnar Aloye Rabindranath. Also, Tagore songs by Pramita Mullick.
photographs
Till December 24 at Max Mueller Bhavan foyer; 10 am - 8 pm: Artist Portraits, photographs by German photographer Barbara Klemm.
Till December 30 at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 8 pm: Just By The Way: Rocks Clouds and Nudes, an exhibition of photographs by Raghu Rai.
exhibition
Till December 21 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Crockery and glassware.
Till December 22 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 8.30 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents Christmasfare, an exhibition of costume jewellery.
christmas event
December 21 at Emami Landmark; 4.30 pm: Under the Christmas Tree — Christmas storytelling session for children by The Storytellers, followed by a session of Christmas carols.
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