March 9, 1998
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DANCE Konark Dance and Music Festival The Konark Dance Festival is now hot on the heels of its better-known counterpart at Khajuraho. Packaged earlier more as a tourist attraction with liberal doses of food and even an adventurous coast-to-coast 175 km long trek thrown in, the frills are out at last. While established names like Madhavi Menon and G. Vidya were there last week, Konark is also fast becoming a launching pad for talented newcomers. Flamenco Natyam As the name suggests, Flamenco Natyam will juxtapose the basic elements of Spanish Flamenco with those of Indian classical dance. This collaboration between the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the Spanish Embassy will see a teaming up between Flamenco dancer-singer La Conja and Bharatnatyam and Odissi exponent Rajika Puri. MUSIC Dear Ella-Dee Dee Bridge Water Ella Fitzgerald is known the world over for her electrifying jazz performances. This album is a tribute to the first lady of jazz, saluting some of her most memorable concerts. A great collection of tunes. If you're into this kind of music, you're also likely to freak out on the trumpet (Byron Stripling) and trombone (Bob Trowers). Go buy it. ART An Exhibition of Paintings -- Eleena Banik Eleena Banik, trained at Shantiniketan and based in Calcutta, shows her work at the spanking new Apollo Apparao Galleries. Largely a collection of abstracts, Banik's canvases are shorn of all ostentation and human form. Part of the proceeds from these exhibitions are channelled to the Apollo Cancer Foundation. Good show. A Tribute to G R Santosh This one's a tribute to Gulam Rasool Santosh on the occasion of his first death anniversary. Santosh, who was known for his Tantra art, worked predominantly in oils, so this exhibition of his watercolours is an interesting diversion. Here, the master dwells on the union of Shiv and Shakti. |
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