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