Bornfree Dance Camp!

Bornfree Dance Camp!

The Bornfree Dance Academy conducts intensive dance workshops for children this summer 2012! The Bornfree Dance Academy is to encourage and empower children who have strong passion in dance. Dance training will be in the style of contemporary, jazz, ballet and Indian folk dance. Children will be not only having a fun, but also developing the correct understanding about the posture, body alignment, breathing, and body control, with the regressive dance practice. The class will be well planned and structurized~warm-up, sequence of steps, choreography and cool-down, conducted by professional trained dancers. If your child is found to have reached the certain level, s/he will be taken to the higher level to perform at the public occasions with us. They will be invited as a member of the Bornfree Dance Company (Professional children’s dance company) in the future.

The Bornfree Dance Academy will be offering your child to perform for the special dance festival, “Celebration of Childhoods” for the International Day against Child Labour, 12th June 2012. There will be 100 children performing for this occasion.

Place;

Art 9 Studio, Hannumanth Nagar; at the basement of K.H. Kala Soudha, near Ramanjaneya Temple; Mirror furnished and spacious place

For 1st to 3rd Standard…Time; 2:00~3:00pm

1st Batch; 16th-27th April (except Saturdays and Sundays); 10 days

2nd Batch; 7thMay- 18th May (except Saturdays and Sundays); 10 days

For 4th standard onwards Time; 3:00~4:00pm

1st Batch; 16th-27th April (except Saturdays and Sundays); 10 days

2nd Batch; 7thMay- 18th May (except Saturdays and Sundays); 10 days

Fees; {Registration by 15th, April}

Rs.1000 for each batch per person ( If you will take two batches Rs.1800)

Instructor; Ms. Mioi Nakayama,

Tel; 9886011830 or admin@bornfreeart.org / mioinakayama@bornfreeart.org

The Bornfree Dance Academy also strives to bring a new life to children from the streets, bonded labour and working backgrounds. We are specializing in dance movement therapy where children who have gone through traumatic experiences. The Bornfree Dance Academy is under the umbrella of the Bornfree Art School, which is for working, street and bonded labour children. You can find

Rules for WTF Festival

Important Information for the participants of the Drama Competition:

• Entry into the Festival is ONLY after screening the play either by CD, Online Video or Live screening
• For live screening, the date will be notified to the team after the registrations.
• Screening of the play is by judges and on preset parameters.
• 7 productions to perform on each of the 3 days so in total 21 productions are expected at the theatre festival
• The duration of the drama should be 15 mins and NOT even a second More than 15 minutes.
• There should not be more than 20 characters/actors on stage (as a team for easy mobility)
• The Drama Team should be able to set up the props and other necessary requirements to stage within 5 minutes.
• The language should be either in English, Hindi or Kannada
• The Drama can have costumes, dance, music and also models to enhance the interest and credibility of the Drama.
• No written scripts will be allowed during the performance
• The Drama cannot have people from background narrating, No Voice OVERS allowed
• Audiences are expected to maintain silence during the play. At the discretion of the organizers, points may be deducted if any team members in the audience cause a disturbance. Mobile phones must be switched off or set to silent mode.
• Briefing Sessions:
• Selected plays will be called on a pre informed date for a briefing session by the Festival Directors. Representative of each production should attend the briefing sessions
• Written Posters / Banners / A.V. Aids can be used for illustration.
• The Festival directors hold the veto rights in case of selection in case of any discretion.

Rayakote, 1858

Photo Title – ‘Gate of the Hill Fort Ryakotta', from the photograph album by Capt. Linnaeus Tripe, 'Photographic Views of Ryacotta'; South India, 1858.

Original Transcript from pages of Rare Book Society of India

This photograph is part of the album he produced of Ryacotta, or Royacottah, and the Salem district. This is an extract of the accompanying text published with the image in 1860:

'Near the massive gateway represented in the view, there is said to be a subterraneous passage, and a story is told of the place which illustrates the great hold which the British Government possesses on the fidelity of the native troops. It is thus related by Mr. J.W.B. Dykes C.S. in his ‘Salem an Indian collectorate,’ page 348.

‘Down this mysterious chasm some five or six adventurous Sipahis [Hindu for soldier, meaning here an Indian soldier] had once rashly wandered in search of treasure said to be hidden there. They never came back, and their troubled spirits were nightly heard wailing around the rock. In those days the castle was guarded at all hours, and each night as the clock struck twelve, the sentry at the gate heard a wild and unearthly voice asking three times over, “Where is my family.” The boldest of the garrison were afraid and for three successive nights none durst answer, but at last one more courageous than the rest, when the sad question was once more put, “Where is my family,” loudly replied, “In Raya Vellore, in Raya Vellore, drawing a pension, drawing a pension,” and then say the Sipahis, the ghosts went down to their long home, glad, and for ever. Their families safe, the ghostly minds were at rest and the ill starred treasure-seekers troubled their comrades no more.'

Source: V&A, London.

Nannavala Kagada

WeMove theater brings play called “Nannavala Kagada” written by S. Gundurao in a whole new flavor on stage.

Nannavala Kagada play can be coined as “Old wine in a new jar” a humorous play, WeMove theater intends to spread the awareness of “Letter writing” among the younger generation through this play. The play is set to enthrall the audience with a new look designed to suit the present generation, it is long believed among the audience that theater is just for intense and certain set of audience; WeMove’s new Nannavala Kagada is believed to break this jinx and make theater and plays approachable and attractive to a wider set of people.

Nannavala kagada is a humorous play; the main protagonist of the play is supposed to be a Kannada poet who is admired to write poetic verses for his house helper's upcoming Bayalu Nataka (Musical drama). On the other hand, the helper dreams of giving the best performance in the upcoming village fair with the help of his master's poetic talents; least he knows about his own ability to act. The play then takes a different route when the post man of the village encounters the helper when he is busy practicing for his musical drama. At the same time his wife, a typical middle class woman who is an illiterate condemns her husband's ability to be a poet. Upset by his wife's poor support, the hero of the play teases his wife as an illiterate. This is where the wife challenges her husband and pledges to read and write within a month’s time. What happens next in the letter is the core of the play. The play is integrated using ‘patches’ technique of theatre and is presented overall by a wonderful original theme music. The music is definitely set to surprise the audience of kannada theatre.

Under the Guidance of Abhishek Iyengar and Sriharsha Grama, Directed by Hanu Ramsanjeev and Presented by Rangaraj Bhatracharya, Music by Abhishek Narain

Cast:- Anup Shenoy, Divyashree, Keerthi, Ranjan Siddapa, SriHarsha Grama, Srikanth Bhatracharya and Radhika Narayan

Nannavala Kagada is being staged on Jan 29, 2012 as part of RangaAayama fest.

Click here to know more details about We Move theater.

Tarantismo Creative Dance Co

About Tarantismo Creative Dance Company pushes the boundaries and bends the structure of Indigenous and International dance styles to create a strong, honest ever moving voice. Founded on 24th July 200. 

Company Overview:

Tarantismo is… A dynamic group of dancers trained in styles like Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Belly Dancing, Bollywood and Indian Contemporary dance. The members of Tarantismo have been finalists on the hit reality television shows Dance Dance and Dance India Dance. They are proficient performers and have worked both in the country and abroad. The members of Tarantismo have a keen choreographic eye and are also well seasoned instructors.

Description:

Tarantismo innovates… new fitness trends and exciting dance styles. Tarantismo is proud to be the first dance company to introduce Belly Dancing to Bangalore. Tarantismo also is responsible for designing a unique dance-fitness program JUMP which combines trampoline techniques and freestyle movement.

Tarantismo provides… dance as a service in innumerable ways.
- Thought provoking, exciting and ent...ertaining productions
- Tailor made corporate performances
- Foundation movement courses for children
- Innovative dance classes for adults
- Conceptualization and choreography for events and weddings
- Specialized one on one training for all ages

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Mission Tarantismo believes… movement is the earliest and most natural form of communication. Dance is used by the Company as a medium to express ideas, raise questions, build confidence and spread joy!

Products Productions:
‘Seven’ 2004 Guru Nanak Bhavan
‘Traffic’ 2005 ADA Rangamandira & Opus
‘Bouncing to the Bells’ 2006 1912 & Athena
‘Take That’ 2006 KLTA
‘Senses’ 2007 Alliance Francaise de Bangalore
‘Geometry’ 2008 Alliance Francaise de Bangalore
‘Punctuate’ 2009 Kyra
‘UnBlocked – emotions in motion’ 2010 Chowdaiah Memorial Hall

As part of RangaAayama fest, Tarantismo is performing at K H KalaSoudha on Jan 29, 2012.

Click here to know more about the group.

Profile of Yamuna Bhagwat

Yamuna Bhagwat has been training in Bharatanatyam at Aradhana School of Dance founded by her Guru Vidwan Shri Nagabhushan for the last 10 years.  She started learning Bharatanatyam only at the age of 25, though she evinced a keen interest for this art form ever since her child hood.

 

Holding a Master’s degree in Bharatanatyam with first class, Yamuna has participated in a number of dance drama-s presented by her Dance School, Aradhana School of Dance, in different parts of the country besides presenting many solo dance performances on the various prestigious plat forms.

Yamuna has performed her Rangapravesha in Bharatanatyam in 2007 at Ravindra Kala Kshetra, Bengaluru and has also been selected for presenting a Solo Bharatanatyam performance at the Bengaluru Dooradarshana Kendra under the ‘B’ Grade Artist cadre.

List of various cultural events and competitions taken part:

·        Performed numerous times on the occasion of Dasara and Ugadi in Shri Kshetra Gayathri Temple, Yeshwanthpur,  Bengaluru.

·        Performed at the Ganesha temple in Pillaiyarpatti near Madurai on the occasion of Gowri-Ganesha festival, in Aug 2006, Sept 2007, Sept 2008 and August 2011.

·        Raichur Zilla Utsava organized by the Kannada culture Department, Raichur, Karnataka.

·        Kannada Sahitya Praishat Sammelana, Chamrajnagar, Mysore.

·        Agriculture, Industry, Tourism and Science Exhibition, Kolkata.  

·        Nrityotsava at Bellary, Karnataka.

·        Hampi Utsava organized by the Kannada culture Department, Hampi, Karnataka.

·        Kannada Rajyotsava organized by the Kannada culture Department, Goa.

·        Navarathri Celebrations at Sri Guruvayur Temple, Kerala.

List of Some Solo performances:

·        ‘Yuva Sourabha’ – Every Wednesday cultural programme organized by Kannada Culture Dept on 30^th May’07.

·        Keladi Utsava organized by the Kannada culture Department, Sagar, Karnataka on 5^th Jan’08.

·        Every Friday Cultural Programme organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Bengaluru on 28^th March’08.

As part of RanagaAayama festival Yamuna Bhagwat is performing at  K H KalaSoudha on Jan 29, 2012.

Profile of Roopashree Rohit

Dance has been a passion for Roopashree since childhood. She started learning Bharathanatyam under the tutelage of Guru Smt. Manjula Paramesh at the tender age of eight and gained immense knowledge from her. Roopashree says - "This art form helped me understand our Indian culture, our rich heritage and has helped me interpret our History. This has given me an deep insight into our Mythology which has helped me become a better dancer"

She has completed Vidwat grade examinations conducted by the Govt. of Karnataka, with Distinction. Has done “ARANGETRAM” in the year 2001 at “Ravindra Kalakshetra”  Bangalore.

Apart from this she is also a graded artiste of Doordarshan Kendra Bangalore.

She was awarded the Central Government scholarship for Dance by the Govt. of India in 2003.

She was an empanelled artiste of ICCR (Indian Council for Culture Relations) Ministry of Culture.

Apart from Classical dancing she has also performed numerous folk styles of dancing representing different states of our country

Ever since she started learning she has given a number of shows in India and abroad. Enlisting a few of her performances:

ANKURA FESTIVAL : 2002
HAMPI UTSAV: 2003, 2004
ANEGUNDI UTSAV:2005

CHALKYOTSAVA: 2000
MYSORE DASARA UTSAVA: 2005 AND 2006
KADAMOTSAVA: 2000
Performed in Mumbai on the occasion of  “Karnataka Tourism Cultural Festival” on 09/03/2002
Performed with “Srishti Centre for Performing arts in Kolkata for the Kannada Association on the occasion of Rajyotsava.

Performed in Tirupathi on the occasion of the “Brahmotsava” with Nupur Centre for Performing Arts.

Performed on the prestigious Navarasapura festival held in Bijapur in the year 2006.Performed on the occasion of the 100th year centenary celebration in hour of the Great poet “ Mahakavi Pampa” 

Performed in the recently held celebrations in remembrance of Sri Kanakadasa on the occasion of Kanaka Jayanthi sponsored by the Kannada and Culture Department.
Apart form this she has also performed in Singapore, Malaysia and Bangkok in the year 2006 which was sponsored by the ICCR.
Performed in Indonesia ( Bali) on the occasion of BALIYATRA a cultural festival which was again sponsored by the ICCR (Ministry of Tourism and Culture; Govt of India).

Other than this she is a Graduate in the field of Commerce form the Bangalore University and an MBA for the Alliance Business School.

As part of RangaAayama festival Roopashree is performing at K H KalaSoudha on Jan 29, 2012

Aa Dinagalu - Movie

Aa Dinagalu is a 2007 Indian Kannada film based on the book Daadaagiriya Dinagalu by Agni Shridhar. The film is about the rowdyism that prevailed in Bengaluru during 1986.

The plot:

Aa Dinagalu is a story about the underworld which was supposed to have existed in the city of Bengaluru in 1986. In the film Agni Shridhar narrates the preview as story of Kotwal Ramachandra era (1975) coincidentally with declaration of emergency by Indira Gandhi, which led to grooming of M.P.Jayaraj as the uncrowned don of Bengaluru mostly working with Knives, Sickles, Longs for terrorising people. Eventually he seems to have got jailed for contempt of court for 10 years. When he returns in 1985, after the death of Indira Gandhi he finds Kotwal Ramachandra to have taken his spot. In this backdrop how a love story ( for which Bengaluru was famous once- having a lot of suicide spots even now) finds its place has been screened.

The story although is based on backdrop of violence is screened with artistic and cinematic touch for which Kannada Industry was once famous for. There is no place for violence, fight scenes but still the film succeeds in bringing the atmosphere of 1986 Bengaluru in 2007 (release date). K.M. Chaitanya ( grandson of Rashtra Kavi G. S. Shivarudrappa[1]) has directed a gripping, realistic film which broke the boundaries between art and commercial cinema.

The screenplay was written by Girish Karnad and Agni Shridhar. While the story and dialogues were written by Agni Shridhar.The film was widely critically acclaimed and went on to be one of the biggest box office hits in Kannada. The Week magazine listed it among the Top 10 Indian films of 2007.

The Story is based upon book Dadagiriya Dinagalu (The days of DadaGiri or Rowdyism) by Agni Sridhar, who was once a criminal identified himself with Bangalore underworld in 1980s.

The crew has received excellent reviews

Sharath Lohitashwa - Ramachandra Kothwal - Super performance.
Ashish Vidhyarthi - Jayaraj
Atul Kulkarni - Agni Shridhar
Achyuthan - Oil Kumara
Girish Karnad and Vinaya Prasad as parents.
Chethan as Chethan.
Veda Sastry as Mallika.

As part of RangaAayama festival, "Aa Dinagalu" movie screening is happening at K H KalaSoudha on Jan 28th 2012 at 6PM.

SHOONYA, Music of the World

SHOONYA, Music of the World

The Sanskrit word Shoonya translates to “Nothingness” - the Indian concept of how everything comes into being from nothingness. This ancient Indian concept could not be truer for music. Shoonya the band takes inspiration from their “nothingness” to create some of the most eclectic and genre defying music.

Shoonya  is a platform for people from various artistic backgrounds to introduce their musical ideas into the mix, and have at some point worked with art forms ranging from theatre and dance to electronic music. Beyond  their genre defying experiments in contemporary music, Shoonya attempt to address a most basic and necessary function – conveying to the listener the pure joy of music.

Ashok Kumar:  Band leader

The time keeper of the band could not have a more interesting profile. Ashok began his musical journey with the tabla, before stumbling upon the West African drum, the djembe. He fell in love with the sounds and
the possibilities of the instrument and decided to bring it in as the backbone of the band. Ashok has married the djembe to a host of electronic instruments besides the regular wind and stringed instruments  ranging from the saxophone to the guitar. He regularly travels to various countries in his capacity as a specialist in using music for education and therapy.

Besides his musical interests, Ashok is also an accomplished theater actor and director. He uses his theatre and music experiences to address  a vast range of social concerns and has worked with everyone from theater actors to foreign students and street children.

Shoonya is performing at K H KalaSoudha on Jan 28, 2012 as part of RangaAayama festival

Click here for more details about the band.

Manjunath Hegde speaks on 13

೧೩, ಮಾರ್ಗೋಸ ಮಹಲ್ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಇಷ್ಟು ಹೇಳಿದ್ರು ಕಮ್ಮಿನೆ.. ರಂಗಭೂಮಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅರಿಯಲು ಬಂದವ ನಾನು.

ಮೊತ್ತ ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ, ಕಥೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಹಿಡಿಸಿತು.. ಅದನ್ನ ನಿರೂಪಣೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ರೀತಿನೂ ತುಂಬಾ ಇಷ್ಟ ಆಯ್ತು..

"ಚಂದನ್" ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಾ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ... ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಪಾತ್ರಗಳಿಗೂ ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಜೀವವನ್ನು ಕಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಿದ್ದಾರೆ... ಕಥೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಬಳಸುವಂತ ಆಯಾಮಗಳ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಒಂದೇ ಸಲ ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯ ಹಾಗೂ ರೋಮಾಂಚನ ಉಂಟು ಮಾಡಿತು..

ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಅಂದ್ರೆ, ಕಥೆಗೆ ೫ ಆಯಾಮಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡುವ ಯೋಚನೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಅದನ್ನ ಕಾರ್ಯರೂಪಗೊಳಿಸಿದ ರೀತಿ.. ಅದೇ ಒಂಥರಾ ರೋಮಾಂಚನವನ್ನ ಕೊಡ್ತು..

(ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊತ್ತ ಮೊದಲನೇ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಕಾರ್ಯರೂಪಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದ ಪ್ರಯೋಗ !!) ..

ಸತೀಶ್ ಚಂದ್ರ ಅವ್ರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಎಷ್ಟು ಹೇಳಿದ್ರು ಕಮ್ಮಿ.. ತುಂಬಾ ದೂರ ದರ್ಶಿತ್ವ ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡಿರೋ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ.. ಯಾವ ಯಾವ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳಿಗೆ ಯಾರ ಯಾರನ್ನ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಕೋ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ರು..

ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರ ಅವ್ರು ತಗೋತ ಇದ್ದ ಕಾಳಜಿನೂ ಅಷ್ಟೇ ಇಷ್ಟ ಆಯ್ತು.. ಅವರ 'ಹುಡುಗರಾ' ಅಂತೂ ಈಗ ಎಲ್ಲರ ಬಾಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿದಾಡ್ತಾ ಇದೆ.. !!

ನಾಟಕದ ಎಲ್ಲ 'ತಯಾರಿ ತರಗತಿಗಳು ' ತುಂಬಾ ಅನಂದಮಯವಾಗಿದ್ದವು....ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರುಗಳ ಭೇಟಿ ಆಯ್ತು..ತಂಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದಂತ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಒಂದೇ ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಜನರಂತೆ ಇದ್ವಿ....

ರಂಗಭೂಮಿಯೆಂಬ ವಿಶಾಲ ಸಾಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಈಜಲು ಹೊರಟವನಿಗೆ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಮೂಲಭೂತ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಅರಿವು ದೊರಕಿತು..

'ರಘು ದೀಕ್ಷಿತ್ ' ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದಾರೆ ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೆ ಅಂತ ಗೊತ್ತಾದ ತಕ್ಷಣನೇ ಏನೋ ಒಂಥರಾ ಪುಳಕಿತವಾದ ಭಾವ..

"ವಸಿಷ್ಠ" ನಟನೆ ಇಷ್ಟ ಆಯ್ತು...

'ಮೊನಿಶ್ ' ಸ್ವರ ತುಂಬಾನೇ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ.. ಅವ್ರ ನಟನೆಯೂ ಕೂಡ..

'ಚಂದನ್ ಮತ್ತೆ ನಿರಂಜನ್ ' ಮಾತುಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಹಾಸ್ಯ ಚಟಾಕಿಗಳು ತುಂಬಾನೇ ಖುಷಿಯಗ್ತಾ ಇತ್ತು..

"ಸಂತೋಷ್ ಬಿ ಎಸ್" ಅವ್ರ ನಾಟಕದ 'ಸಮರ್ಪಣ ಮನೋಭಾವ ' ತುಂಬಾನೇ ಪ್ರಶಂಸನೀಯ...

'ಪ್ರವೀಣ್ 'ರಥ ' ' ಅವ್ರ ದಷ್ಟ ಪುಷ್ಟ ಮೈಕಟ್ಟುಗಳಿಂದ ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮೆ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಹೋಗೋಕು ಭಯ ಆಗ್ತಾ ಇತ್ತು.. !!

'ಅಕ್ಷತಾ ಮತ್ತು ದಿವ್ಯ ' ಅವ್ರು ಪಾತ್ರಗಳಿಗೆ ಕೊಡ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದ ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯತೆ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಇತ್ತು..

'ಅನು' ರಂಗದ ಹಿಂದೆ ತೆಗದುಕೊಳ್ತಾ ಕಾಳಜಿ ಹಿಡಿಸಿತು.

'ಸ್ಮಿತಾ' ಅವ್ರು ''ಛಾಯಾ ಚಿತ್ರ ತೆಗೆಯುವ ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ' ಜೊತೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಸಮಯವನ್ನು ಕಳೆಯುತ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದಿದ್ದು , 'ಛಾಯಾ ಚಿತ್ರ' ತರಬೇತಿ ತಗೋಬೇಕು ಅನಿಸ್ತ ಇತ್ತು..

'ಗೋವಿಂದ್ ' ಮೌನ ತುಂಬಾ ಮೆಚ್ಚಿಗೆ ಆಯ್ತು..

'ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್ ಎಸ್ ' ಮನೆತನಕ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಬಿಡ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದಿದ್ದು ಮಜಾ ಕೊಡ್ತಾ ಇತ್ತು..

'ಸಂತೋಷ್ ಮತ್ತು ಕೃಷ್ಣ ' ಪ್ರತಿ ಸಲ ೫ ಆಯಾಮಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವರದಿ ಕೊಡ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದಾಗ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಖುಷಿಯಾಗುತಿತ್ತು...

'ರವಿಚಂದ್ರ' ಅವ್ರ ಮಾತುಗಳು ಹಿಡಿಸ್ತ ಇತ್ತು..

'ಅಶ್ವಿನ್ ' ಅವ್ರು ರಂಗದ ಹಿಂದೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲಸಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಮಾಹಿತಿಗಳು ತುಂಬಾನೇ ಸಹಾಯ ಆಯ್ತು ..

'ಪಾರ್ಥ' ಮಾತಾಡ್ಸ್ತ ರೀತಿ ಖುಷಿ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿತ್ತು...'

'ವಾಸು' ರಂಗದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಮಾಹಿತಿಗಳು ಆಸಕ್ತಿದಾಯಕವಾಗಿರುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು..

'ಜೀವನ್ ಮತ್ತು ಅಜಯ್ ' ಅವರನ್ನ ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ರೀತಿ ತುಂಬಾ ತಮಾಷೆ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿತ್ತು..

'ರೋಹಿತ್ ' ನಗು ಸಕತ್ ಇಷ್ಟ ಆಯ್ತು...

'ಹೇಮಂತ್ ' ಗೆ ರಂಗಭೂಮಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಇರೋ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ, ಮೆಚ್ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲೇ ಬೇಕು..

'ಪಲ್ಲವಿ ' ಸರಳತೆ ಇಷ್ಟ ಆಯ್ತು...

'ವಿನಯ್ ' ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಸಲ ಕೊಡ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದ ಸಲಹೆಗಳು ಇಷ್ಟ ಆಯ್ತು.. ಅವರಿಂದ ಬೆಳಕಿನ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳ್ಕೋಳೋ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಮೂಡಿದೆ..

'ಕುಲದೀಪ ' ಅಣುಕ ಇಷ್ಟ ಆಯ್ತು..

'ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಮತ್ತು ಚಂದ್ರು' ಅವರ ಜೊತೆ ಒಡನಾಟ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಇತ್ತು..

'ಜಗ್ಗ ಮತ್ತೆ ವಿಜಿ ' ಜೊತೆ ಮಾತು ಮಜಾ ಕೊಡ್ತಾ ಇತ್ತು..

'ಪದ್ಮ ಮತ್ತು ಅಶೋಕ್ ' ಅವ್ರ ಪ್ರಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಒಂದು ಸಲಾಂ.. !!

'ಹೆಚ್ ಡಿ ಕೆ ' ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಹೋಗಿದ್ದು ಮಾತ್ರ ಬೇಜಾರಾಯ್ತು.. !!

ಕೊನೆಯದಾಗಿ 'ನಾಟಕ ' ಸಾಧನೆಯ ಹಾದಿಯತ್ತ ಹೋಗ್ತಾ ಇದೆ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳೋಕೆ ತುಂಬಾನೇ ಖುಷಿ.. ಇನ್ನು ಅದನ್ನ ಉತ್ತುಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಇರಿಸಬೇಕು ಅನ್ನೋ ಆಸೆ ಇದೆ..

ಒಂದು ತಂಡವಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದ್ರೆ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಯಶಸ್ಸು ಖಂಡಿತ ಅನ್ನೋಕೆ ಇದೆ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ.... ಈ ಯಶಸ್ಸಿನ ಅಲೆಗಳು ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಹರಿತ ಇರಲಿ.. ಕನ್ನಡದ ರಂಗಭೂಮಿ ಆಕಾಶದೆತ್ತರಕ್ಕೆ ಬೆಳಯಲಿ..

ನನ್ ಹತ್ರ ಸದ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಶಬ್ದಗಳಿಲ್ಲ ಮತ್ತು ಹೇಳೋಕ್ಕೆ ..

'ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೇರೆಯಾಗೋದು ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯ .. ಆದರೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಸಿಗ್ತೀವಿ ಅನ್ನೋ ಆಶಾಭಾವ ಎಲ್ಲ ನೋವನ್ನ ಮರೆಯಿಸುತ್ತೆ.. '

ಮತ್ತೆ ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗೋಣ ..

Be Scared of 13

So who brought this theory of 13 being unlucky? Where did this fear or the feeling of having fear associate itself with No. 13?

· The ancient Hebrews thought 13 meant death as thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is the letter M, which is the first letter in the word "mavet," meaning death.
· One of the theories is associated with The last supper which had 13 people attending it. Soon after Jesus Christ was crucified which led to a belief that 13 people dining together leads to death.
· Another one has it that The god of evil Loki who raised havoc after he went in as an uninvited guest to the party to which only 12 gods were invited. He was the 13th god and guest.
· Another prevalent belief is if you have 13 letters in your name you have devils luck. So count the letters in your name right away
· The primitive man always used 10 fingers of the hand and 2 toes for counting and what was beyond it was a myth and we all know after 12 it is….

Who can deny the unlucky charm, 13 brings?
Ask those Prime ministers who have ruled our country for 13 months and even 13 exact days. If 13 gets you the fear of 13, then your phobia is called “TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA” (The fear of 13)

Below points can be printed on the feedback form or put up in the tea stall outside the audi after the show

Friday 13th in months of 2012
January, April, July and we will surely entertain you with 13 these days.

Did you realize that the play has 13 charecters in it? ( if we can somehow make it 13 characters)
All the numbers used in the play are 13. Rs 13 per bucket of water, Rs 130 per head for stay.

If you are not sure we welcome you the second time to #13 Margosa Mahal.

Legend has it:
· If 13 people sit down to dinner together, one will die within the year.
· The Turks so disliked the number 13 that it was practically expunged from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894). Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue.
· If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck

Possible reasons for associating 13 with unlucky or superstitions

Primitive man had only his 10 fingers and two feet to represent units, this explanation goes, so he could count no higher than 12. What lay beyond that — 13 — was an impenetrable mystery to our prehistoric forebears, hence an object of superstition

Twelve gods were invited to a banquet at Valhalla. Loki, the Evil One, god of mischief, had been left off the guest list but crashed the party, bringing the total number of attendees to 13. True to character, Loki raised hell by inciting Hod, the blind god of winter, to attack Balder the Good, who was a favorite of the gods. Hod took a spear of mistletoe offered by Loki and obediently hurled it at Balder, killing him instantly. All Valhalla grieved. And although one might take the moral of this story to be "Beware of uninvited guests bearing mistletoe," the Norse themselves apparently concluded that 13 people at a dinner party is just plain bad luck.
the Bible tells us there were exactly 13 present at the Last Supper. One of the dinner guests — er, disciples — betrayed Jesus Christ, setting the stage for the Crucifixion.

More Reading References

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number)
Sanderson M. Smith - http://www.herkimershideaway.org/writings/inlit.htm
Mystical Numbers - http://www.mysticalnumbers.com/Number_13.html

Maya Bazaar magic show by K S Ramesh

Magician K.S.RAMESH, is India's finest, with an amazing repertoire of mind-boggling Illusions, Cabaret style Magic, Close-up Magic, Conjuring acts, Mentalism and more all combined to produce the best Magical Entertainment in the country.
Magician K.S.RAMESH has been enthralling audiences across
the country and also in over twenty countries, for over three decades on Live stage, Television, Feature films, corporate events, Award nites, Cruise ships, Celebrity shows, Mega theatre.
Date : Oct 6th, 7th, 8th. 5PM and 7.30 PM

Nannavala Kagada - Kannada Play

Group : WeMove Theatre
Time : 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Date : Oct 2nd 2011
Under the Guidance of Abhishek Iyengar and Sriharsha Grama, Directed by hanuram  sanjeev and Presented by Rangaraj Bhatracharya, Music by Abhishek Narain

Cast:- Anup Shenoy, Divyashree, Keerthi, Ranjan Siddapa, SriHarsha Grama, Srikanth Bhatracharya and Radhika Narayan

After successfully staging plays like "T.P.K Marali baa" and "Malgudi Daze" and "NAMMA METRO" across Bangalore, Chennai, pune and receiving good critical and popular reviews from media houses and people, WeMove theatre now brings back on its old play called "Nannavala Kagada" written by S. Gundurao in a whole new flavor on stage.

Nannavala Kagada play can be coined as "Old wine in a new jar" a humorous play, WeMove theatre intends to spread the awareness of "Letter writing" among the younger generation through this play. The play is set to enthrall the audience with a new look designed to suit the present generation, it is long believed among the audience that theatre is just for intense and certain set of audience; WeMove's new Nannavala Kagada is believed to break this jinx and make theatre and plays approachable and attractive to a wider set of people.

Nannavala kagada is a humorous play; the main protagonist of the play is supposed to be a Kannada poet who is admired to write poetic verses for his house helper's upcoming Bayalu Nataka (Musical drama). On the other hand, the helper dreams of giving the best performance in the upcoming village fair with the help of his master's poetic talents; least he knows about his own ability to act. The play then takes a different route when the post man of the village encounters the helper when he is busy practicing for his musical drama. At the same time his wife, a typical middle class woman who is an illiterate condemns her husband's ability to be a poet. Upset by his wife's poor support, the hero of the play teases his wife as an illiterate. This is where the wife challenges her husband and pledges to read and write within a month?s time. What happens next in the letter is the core of the play. The play is integrated using 'patches' technique of theatre and is presented overall by a wonderful original theme music. The music is definitely set to surprise the audience of kannada theatre.

Nara-Simha Yuddham

 Date : Sep30, Oct 1st 2011
Kannada, duration 90 min
Dir - Sunil Raghavendra

  "Nara-Simha Yuddham - ondu premada kathe" is Mindry.in's second feature presentation. Although it is ostensibly a take on prevalent political scenarios, it also ensconces within itself a gentle love story. The lead character, the Prime Minister, is an unbelievably farcical character. Being a former dramatic actor he runs his cabinet much as a medieval monarch, with musicians and jesters in his office. The man who brought him to his seat of power from the stage is the Home Minister. A Machiavellian character who is, to his great alarm, slowly losing control over his own puppet, the Prime Minister.
The central event of the play occurs when the Prime Minister, in an emotional moment, proposes a vote of no-confidence against his own government. The man who faces the Prime Minister in the subsequent elections is ace former first class cricketer Simha. A man who believes everyone is trivial before God and decides to plunge into politics, unable to swallow the plight of the nation any more. In the midst of this pitched political battle, the Home Minister embarks on a love affair with media personality Megha. Does the Prime Minister survive the elections? Does Simha emerge triumphant instead? Does the Home Minister get the girl in the end? While answering these questions, the play also looks at political rallies, campaign speeches, generously made empty promises, the media, the manipulation of controversies by politicians to their benefit and other issues.

City Hostel - Kannada play

Janagan Group presents Kannada play City Hostel.
Director - Pavanprasad Sharma.
Date : Sep 27, 2011

Bandavalvilladha Badaayi

Group : Rangatantra
Duration : 90min
Dir : Mahadevprasad

Ranga Tantra, a group of professionals passionate about theater will organize their first Haasya Naatakotsava on Sep 24, and Sep 25, featuring two comedy plays. Bandvaal Villada Badayi depicts the story of a lawyer who is "Practice Challenged". His interaction with his clients and how he gets fooled finally because of his "badaayi" is very well depicted in the play which has the classical Kailasam humour in it. Lock out alla Knock Out: a modern day social play depicts the situation of a husband whose factory is locked out and how his father comes to the son's rescue. Narasimha Murthy's comedy makes the situation lighter and enjoyable.

Bandvaal villada badayi loosely translates to bluffing with no bounds. The central character of this play is Ahoblu Rao, a practicing lawyer who is practice challenged. While his limited courtroom success partly explains his living condition, his is a story sourced by a no-nonsense wife, getting nowhere son, assistants who expect to be paid for their services and clients who don't expect to pay. So don't be harsh on him if he occasionally engages in shameless self-promotion.

Lock Out Alla Knock Out

This play depicts the house hold scene where the husband's factory is locked out and how he is nagged by his wife. In an effort to come out of the problem he contacts his father for help, who plays a simple trick to put the house hold back on track. Humor comes out in every aspect of the play and is a complete entertainer. A popular comedy Kannada drama Lock Out Alla Knock Out will be staged along with a few dance forms. 

Date: Sat, September 24th

Group : Rangatatra
Duration : 90min
Dir : Mahadevprasad

ಪುಟ್ಟಕ್ಕನ ಹೈವೇ - (Putakkana Highway)

 

ಹೈವೇ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಡ ಜನರ ಭೂಮಿ ಲೂಟಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕಥಾ ಹಂದರವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ 'ಪುಟ್ಟಕ್ಕನ ಹೈವೇ'.
ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಚಿತ್ರ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ, ರಜತ ಕಮಲ ಮತ್ತು ಒಂದು ಲಕ್ಷ ನಗದನ್ನು ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿದೆ.
ಈ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಬಿ. ಸುರೇಶ್ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ರೈ ಮತ್ತು ಶೈಲಜಾ ನಾಗ್ ಚಿತ್ರದ ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕರು. 

ಶ್ರುತಿ, ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ರೈ , ಅಚ್ಚ್ಯುತ, ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಪ್ರಭು, ವೀಣಾ ಸುಂದರ್, ವಿಜಯ ಸಾರಥಿ, ಸಿಹಿಕಹಿ ಚಂದ್ರು, ತಾರಾ ಬಳಗ
ಈ ಚಿತ್ರ ಸತ್ಯ ಘಟನೆಯೊಂದನ್ನು ಆಧರಿಸಿ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಕಥೆ, ಚಿತ್ರಕಥೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗ ಕಮರ್ಶಿಯಲ್ ಮಯವಾಗಿರುವ ಈ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಬಿ. ಸುರೇಶ್ ಅವರಂತಹ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರು ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ಆಲೋಚನೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

10 ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ , ಶನಿವಾರ, ಸಂಜೆ 6ಕ್ಕೆ

ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ದರ : ರೂ 70

ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿ : 9880695659

Peace Elephant Train

Dear Madam//Sir,

Warm Greetings.

Bornfree Art School is a special school for working, street and bonded labour children. It aims to bring children of the streets back to the main stream of education and society through learning dance, music, theater, sculpting, painting, and film-making. The Bornfree is a social movement endeavoring to produce a culture of liberation for the217 million toiling children of the world half of them in India
Bornfree has been performing theatrical pieces about the issue of working children, peace, gender discrimination, environmental issues among others, through art and artistic expressions,
This year, we present Heiwa Zou Resha ~Peace Elephant Train; a puppet-dance- Circus theater production .
It is all about animal-man conflict, children in war and peace, the defense and the protection of our wild life and children’s rights. Zou Resha is especially dedicated to save our Tigers and our elephants.
based on the real story in which participated Pandit Jahawarlal Nehru, as he gifted the Baby Elephant Indira to Japan. The philosophical binding of India and Japan is through the value of non-violence practiced by Mahatma Gandhiji and the Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution which prohibits Japan from having an army.
 

Heiwa Zou Resha Story
Set in the beginning of the Second World War, it is about the plight of the zoo animals that have no way of protesting against an unnecessary war. When bombs are falling on Japan and there is no food for people. The Curator is pleading for food for the animals in Nagoya Zoo. Instead of getting supplies, he is asked to shoot down the animals. He is questioned ‘Who is more important, human beings or animals? Indeed this is such a diabolical question. The lion, bears and cheetah are shot dead, two elephants die of starvation; and the curator is struggling to save the last two elephants. In 1945, two atomic bombs were thrown on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan was completely destroyed. During the democratization process, thousands of children from Tokyo and all over Japan are asking for the elephants to be brought to their cities; which is impossible. The railway authorities respond by introducing a special train, from Tokyo to Nagoya called the Elephant train.
From India with love:Jawaharlal Nehru the then prime minister of India heard about this story and made a magnanimous gift to the children of Japan. He gave a baby Elephant, Indira as a present to the children of Japan Children of Asia will walk with India to Japan with the Heiwa Zou Resha………
Culture of Peace
Wars and Children; Children are the first victims of war followed by women. There are 134 million working children in India. Every tenth Indian is a working child. Everything we use in our daily lives are products of child labour The narrative follows a chronology of events before, during and after the war bringing it to the contemporary world of nuclear wars and offer the Kempo Kyujo as the solution. Kempo Kyujo is the Article 9 of the Japanese constitution which prohibits the country from forming an army, getting armed with nuclear weapons and joining wars. While there are 30 000 Nuclear war weapons in 10 countries of the world Twenty five countries like Costa Rica have banned their armies. They have almost 100% literacy rate instead. We wish to spread the idea of Kempo Kyujo as well.

Peace Museum
The urgent necessity of spreading the most profound idea of Kempo Kyujo to school children youth and to society has brought forward the Peace Museum. Peace Museum or the Museum against war also called the Shanthi Path will trace the history of war though the ages. In the last 5000 years of human history there have been only 147 years of Peace the rest have been spent on killing. History of man is the history of war. and show case images, information about the II world war, Atomic bombing of Hiroshima ~Nagasaki and its effects. The American war against Vietnam, Pol Pot in Cambodia, The Pak~ Bangladesh war, The Indo~ China war, The Indo Pak Wars and its running conflicts, Communal conflicts. The US armed forces presence in Okinava, The Palestine Israel conflict. Shanthi path will highlight the peace movements with song, music film, theater and dance presentation on Peace.
The peace Museum will also draw membership for the peace campaign and run the peace activities on a voluntary basis. In collaboration with the Peace study center Hiroshima it will register, students teachers to take up peace courses in the universities in Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a perspective of establishing peace study centers in Schools and colleges of Bangalore.

Opening on October 2nd 2011 Gandhi Jayanthi
The Peace Museum will be open on the 2nd October 2011 on Gandhi Jayanthi In its premises of KH Kalasoudha, Hanumanthnagar with a performance of Heiwa Zou Resha Dr Steve Leeper, Director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park will present the Peace study Program And draw interest to the peace study
This invitation is specially sent to heads of Education Institutions, teachers, Peace activists, Artists, Writers, Theater persons. Participation possible only by prior confirmation. Seats limited to 400.
Entry free, however voluntary contributions are expected. All funds accrued will go towards the education and liberation of toiling children and to support the production of Artistic expressions and to run the Peace Museum.

Thanking you. 

John Devaraj                                               Mioi Nakayama
Artistic Director                                           Co-Director 

9886306366 johndevaraj@gmail.com        9886011830 mioinakayama@bornfreeart.org

For more details www.bornfreeart.org /  http;//bornfreeart.blogspot.com
21 2nd cross GH Layout 3rd Block ( E} Jayanagar Bangalore 560011 India

Profile of John Devraj

J O H N D E V A R A J - Curator of Kala Soudha's Art Gallery Space

Born to Royan Anthony Devaraj and Jayamma Thomas
21 2nd cross GH layout , 3rd Block jayanagar,Bangalore 560011 India
Mo 0091~09886306366 johndevaraj@gmail.com www.bornfreeart.org

Formal Education in Civil Engineering
Practicing Sculptor, Painter, Architect, Cinema and stage Art Director, Musician, Film Maker, Photographer, play Wright, Actor, Puppeteer Facilitator and Consultant for culture, youth and children’s organization and events.
Sculptor, Painter
Created sculptures and art action, workshops in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Czech republic, Norway, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, France, USA, UK, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore,
Portugal,..Lectured and held art exhibitions extensively in the US, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary Including carving of a 25feet tall antifascist monument in Murzsteg, Austria. along with refugee children from Yugoslavia.
Created a mural with earth and water brought from 60 countries in the UN, New York in 1999 with child soldiers, Young voices in the UN, for the study and presentation of Garcia Machel
~ The Impact of Armed conflict on children.
Created 18 public monumental sculptures in the city of Bangalore, and Mumbai.
Held over a 1000 exhibitions all over the world many on the streets of south India, in an effort to take Art to the people.
Created public monumental sculptures with thousands of people especially children participating to create symbols of peace, friendship, freedom, education through collective actions..
Created the worlds largest painting 370 X 280 ft to the children of Pakistan , which read
Dear Children of Pakistan let us join hearts in friendship to create a new world, signed by one million children in India and Pakistan.
Son of Michelangelo Held Ceramic sculpture exhibition at Oloumuc Czech republic.

Architect
Endeavoring to build cost effective housing and develop Child Architecture. Specializing
In Mud and stone Architecture.
Designed and built the Born Free School in Bangalore rural along with over a thousand Children and youth from 25 schools and colleges and 15 countries. Researching and developing the idea of a Mudgloo house {a house of mud} Based on the traditional Indian akadas ~wrestling academy

Cinema and stage Art Director,
Created sets and stage for major theatrical performances, dance and music events
Art director for Malgudi Days popular Television Serial of RK Narayan for its 56 episodes, shot on 35mm film format,{ English and Hindi}
Art director for feature films all of which received National Awards, Kubbi matthu Iyala {Kannada}, Mane {Hindi}, Muthina hara{Kannada}, Harikeya kuri{Kanada},
Hagalu Vesha{Kannada}, Nakkala Rajakumari{Kannada, Children’s Movie}hagalu Vesha {kannada} iyerkai{ Tamil}
Made a 19 minute film on mime A day in a workers life 1992
Made Documentary film The Writing on the wall 57minutes received special mention in the International Documentary film festival in Trivandrum, in 1993
Made a six minute silent film Basha the lion heart for the Lahore International film festival in 2001.
Made a documentary film of the ballet Spartacus returns.
Made documentary History Expedition bicycling 4040kms in Karnataka, Goa and Tamil Nadu
Made Comedy film as Silent non violent communication film.three stories of Che ~ Che
1 Bonda Boy, 2 Mane Bootha 3 The Ragged dancer
Ananda ~an ode to Joy Created full length feature film
~ Ananda an ode to Joy~http://youtu.be/KEn4CyuJTCA
Show red Card to Child Labor, Just a minute film on child labor

Under construction cinema
Prophets of Peace, on the potential III world war
Hells Angels~ on the politics of exclusion and Dalit untouchability.
The Twins on the Secret of Child Labour
The Rainbow~ Full length feature film on the children of the mines.

Musician
Lyricist, composed played and made Eight music albums
1~Anthem of the ants, 2~Born in Gondwanaland 3~Spartacus returns. 4~Many hearts one soul, 5~Yelli Yedelli{ translations of world classics.,} 6~Songs of freedom, 7~Dance for Liberation.8 Heiwa Zou resha

Photographer,
Created over 25 000 pictures and held exhibitions in Austria, Hungary, Germany, USA, UK, Yugoslavia and India.
Conceptualized the OLAL ~Of Legacies and Legends a photographic project to create
Child Historians and to record dreams and aspirations of Working and street children.
Through 100 workshops in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Lokomanya Tilak Express 2004 August, a photographic exhibition of children on the train from Bangalore to Mumbai.
I’m Homeless~ photographic Images of Homeless people around the world
God is great, Trees are greater Photographic images of trees of the Angkor wat temple

Playwright, Actor, Puppeteer
With a motive of Education through Entertainment and entertainment through education,
Created fantasy puppet dance dramas,
Gondwana Gondwana involving gigantic moving dinosaurs stilt walkers,40 minutes
Children of Gondwanaland on the issue of Working and street children and Literacy.45 minutes
Krishnappa lives again on the acceptance of AIDS afflicted people in society.25 minutes
The Crucifixion of the Mahathma, a short play on the killing of Graham Staines
Lion and the Hunter pantomime on the history of people 7 minutes.
Dharma Pantomime dance using Kalari folk form on religious wars and what is Peace. 12 minutes.
Take my wings and Fly on hunger and freedom 5 minutes
The kite a mime dance on Freedom 12 minutes
The Star on the issue of Materialism and Humanism mime 10 minutes.
The Peasant mime on the question of Suicides Farmers in India 10 minutes.
Black and white dance on the issue of peace and violence two faces of the same coin
Spartacus returns a grand musical spectacle on the issue of the liberation of the Modern Slavery
~ the working and street children.120 minutes involving `140 actors.
Shiroi Hana~an twentysix minute powered packed ballet on the Nuclear Holocaust of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Heiwa Zou Resha ~ 90 minutes spectacle. A circus Dance Theater Musical on Environment ~children, war and Peace.
Performed 30 shows across Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Ground Zero, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Tokyo

Facilitator and consultant for culture, youth and children’s organization and events
Founder and Artistic Director of Janothsava a peoples cultural organization from 1983
Made up of professionals, Students, Youth and children, with a special composition of street and working children. Performed hundreds of shows to more than a million people face to face,
The Aesthetic philosophy of the Theater of the Ragi ball eaters{ a millet from south India} is to create not white not black but the beautiful brown color of all the people of the world to create a humane egalitarian society free of hunger and strife. To take up the cause of education and literacy through Art.
Organized the Oceans of Joy a festival of peace, which takes place every year in December.
The stage is made available to all those who would like to make an artistic statement on peace.
Led a 50 member performing group to create Gondwanaland and staged 30 shows across Austria, Hungary and Germany. Head Organizer of the United Games of Nations In India whose theme is
“If man can Create conditions for war he is also capable of creating conditions for peace” It is an annual children’s and youth exchange to build bridges of trust and friendship through non competitive games and dialogue.
Conducted workshops in Bangalore for Korean, Italian,Japanese. Singaporean, Youth delegations.
Artistic Facilitator for the first Millennium congress of Youth in Hawaii wherein 1000 youth from 250 countries met in 1999.
Facilitator with a performance at the first Global Congress of Child Laborers held at Florence from
the 10th to 13th May 2004 in which 1500 children from 55 countries participated.
Founder Director of Artists United, a professional Art action collective.
Founder, Artistic Director of Bornfree Art School International, Bangalore, teaching sculptures, drawing, painting, theater, music, dance, photography and videography. August 2005~
Peaceboat, a cruising peace mission. Conducted Art workshops, on the 56th and 59th voyage for a 1000 passengers and lectured in the Global university on board. Ref www.peaceboat.org.
Peacebycycle : Led a team of 30 children cyclists from Bangalore to Lahore on the theme From Bangalore to Lahore one ore one heart for Peace and friendship with the people of Pakistan covering a distance of 2800kms.

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John Devaraj, or John Devraj
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Peacbycycle~http://youtu.be/gXg8CHDQClc
Ananda an ode to Joy~http://youtu.be/KEn4CyuJTCA
Worlds Largest love letter/
History Expedition
Peacebycycle. India
Ananda an ode to joy~on Youtube
Show red card to Child labour ~on Youtube.