Theatre actors and circus artists come together to make this brilliant production under the directorial gaze of Abhilash Pillai. Twenty-six students from the National School of Drama, combine with nineteen artistes from Grand Circus along with an elephant and a horse appear on stage, the circus ring, for the maiden show of ‘Clowns and Clouds’, based on tales from the Panchatantra, from Kalidas’ Meghadoot, and a Chinese fable Shwa-Shwa. Joker acts in between are supported by innovative masks, costumes, specially created music and dance. For the actor/student it was a challenge to perform in front of an audience of three thousand odd people circled from all sides. For the circus performer the challenge was to stick to a story. For the rest of us, the audience, a visual never seen before. IGNCA in collaboration with National School of Drama had hosted three days of Circus at IGNCA in 2013. The entire performance was documented by NSD. A film based on this documentation has now been made by well known film maker Shri Sanjay Mahirshi.
Shri Mahirshi will be available for Q & A session.

Begum Akhtar Centenary Commemoration Festival 1st – 15th October 2015: Exhibition – Begum Akhtar: Life, Works and Legacy, Inauguration at 5:00PM by Shri Amrit Abhijat, Secretary, Department of Tourism, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
3rd October 3015: 11:00 Launch of Web Portal on Begum Akhtar by Shri Pankaj Rag, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India,11:30AM Symposium, 07:00PM Performances
4th October 2015: 11:00AM Poetry Reading, 12:30PM Sozkhwani, 07:00PM Performances
15th October 2015: Performances, Exhibition, Launch of Web Portal & Symposium

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24th September 2015: Inauguration of Exhibition: Bimb-Pratibimb Ramnagar-Ramlila, Varanasi by Shri Narendra Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. Guest of Honour: Maharaja Dr. Anant Narayan Singh

Exhibition will remain open for two months.

Venue: Media Centre, 3, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi – 110 001
Time: 3:30PM followed by screening of Documenting Ramnagar Ramlila, Varanasi
27th September to 27 October 2015 DOCUMENTING RAMNAGAR RAMLILA. Ramlila of Ramnagar is the most famous among all the Ramlilas, its scale is unmatched in Lila performances and UNESCO has declared it as an intangible cultural heritage of India. IGNCA has documented the complete Lila of 31 days. The documentary highlights the significance and uniqueness of the living heritage.
The regular daily screening for 31days between 6:00 to 6:30PM
Venue: IGNCA Auditorium, Media Centre, 3 Dr. R. P. Road, N. Delhi
Time: 6:00 to 6:30PM

STUDENTS VISITED IGNCA from

Amity School, PushpVihar (05.10.2015)
Amity International school, Seket (06.10.2015)
NGO Sakshi Jasola (07.10.2015)
NGO Sakshi Jasola (08.10.2015)
Ramnagar Ramleela Schools for Screening (Video 1)
Ramnagar Ramleela Schools for Screening (Video 2)
TELECAST at DD BHARTI
26th September 2015:
The Telecast on DD Bharti will start with a curtain raiser of 55 mins. at 8.00 pm
27th September to 27 October 2015
Telecast of 31 episodes of 30 mins each at 8.30 pm daily on DD Bharti

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• Inauguration of Exhibition(Video)

Exhibition 24th September to 27th November 2015

31days Screening at IGNCA (27th Sep – 27th Oct. 2015)

• A stage like no other
• Schedule (1st Oct. – 27th October 2015
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• Bimb – Pratibimb – Exhibition and Screening Ramnagar Ramlila, Varanasi (Video)

31days Telecast at DD Bharti (27th Sep – 27th Oct. 2015)

IGNCA Book Circle @ Reference Library. This month, Prabhu Ghate will read from his book By Thumb, Hoof and Wheel :Travels in the Global South. Prabhu Ghate is an independent researcher and journalist interested in issues of rural development and microfinance.

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This is a multilingual (English/Urdu/Hindi) reading of personal letters written to/from Lucknow that provides glimpses of the living experience of the city since the `ghadar’ of 1857 to present times. The major themes in the reading include the national movement, inter-community marriage, partition, progressive writers, social change and aspirational Lucknow of recent times. Text selection, script and reading by :
Saman Habib and Sanjay Muttoo Music by : Amit Misra. Duration : 1 hour, 15 min

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हिन्‍दी पखवाड़ा – भारत सरकार के संस्कृति मंत्रालय द्वारा 14 सितम्बर को हिन्दी दिवस घोषित किया जाता गया है। प्रतिवर्ष इसी उपलक्ष्य में देश भर में हिंदी दिवस, सप्ताह, पक्ष, मास इत्यादि मनाए जाते हैं । हमारे केन्द्र में भी इसे प्रतिवर्ष अत्यन्त उल्लास एवं उत्साह के साथ मनाया जाता रहा है । संघ की राजभाषा नीति के अनुसरण में राजभाषा विभाग, गृह मंत्रालय तथा संस्‍कृति मंत्रालय द्वारा समय-समय पर जारी दिशा-निर्देशों के अनुसार सरकारी कामकाज में हिन्‍दी के प्रयोग के प्रति अधिकारियों/ कर्मचारियों में जागरूकता उत्‍पन्‍न करने और इसके उत्‍तरोत्‍तर प्रयोग में तेजी लाने के उद्देश्‍य से पिछले वर्ष की तरह इस वर्ष भी इ.गा.रा.क.केन्‍द्र में सितम्‍बर माह में हिन्‍दी पखवाड़ा मनाए जाने का प्रस्‍ताव किया जाता है। हिन्‍दी पखवाड़े के दौरान आयोजित की जाने वाली हिन्‍दी प्रतियोगिताओं में (हिन्‍दी श्रुत लेखन प्रतियोगिता को छोड़कर) केन्‍द्र के सभी अधिकारी/कर्मचारी भाग ले सकते हैं । हिन्‍दी श्रुतलेखन प्रतियोगिता केवल एमटीएस कर्मचारियों के लिए होगी । जिन अधिकारियों/कर्मचारियों की मातृभाषा तमिल, तेलगु, मलयालम, कन्‍नड, असमिया, उडिया, मणिपुरी, कोंकणी है उन्‍हें प्रत्‍येक प्रतियोगिता में 20% अतिरिक्‍त अंक का लाभ दिया जाएगा।
Contact No. 23388166

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The film is a visually rich and detailed observation of the education, religious art, rituals, ceremonies and festivals at Sikkim’s most revered Buddhist monastery, home to the Niyangampa order.

(Union Internationale de la Marionette), Janapada Sampada Conference Hall, IGNCA, 11 Mansingh Road (For UNIMA EC Members only).
13-14 September 2015: Puppet Presentations on World of Puppets: Legends, Ballads, Traditions and Contemporary Practices (Open to public), Lecture Hall, IGNCA, 11 Mansingh Road.

10-30 September 2015: World of Puppets: Exhibition of IGNCA Collection of Puppets (Open to public). Exhibition Hall, 11, Mansingh Road, IGNCA, New Delhi from 10.30am to 5.30pm (Mondays closed)

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Contact no. – 23388016/23388056

Director : R.Sarath
Duration : 58 minutes

Sound emitted by temple musical instruments for various ritualistic and ceremonial purposes is explored in this film. It touches upon the lesser known temple instruments of Kerala like Maddalam, Tayambaka Kompu, Kuzhal and Panca Vadyam like Sudha Maddalam, Edakka, Kompu, Elathalam. It traces the Guruvayur tradition and examines the Travancore School in which traditional instruments are played and taught. The sound bytes explore the age-old tradition of playing these instruments.

IGNCA Book Circle @ Reference Library. This month, Nitoo Das will read from her book titled Boki (Virtual Artists Collective, Chicago, 2008). Nitoo Das is a birder, caricaturist and poet. Her first collection of poetry, Boki, was published in 2008. Das’s PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University dealt with constructions of the Assamese Identity under the British. Das teaches literature at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi.

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Picturing a Century: On the occasion of World Photography Day, IGNCA is presenting an exhibition on rare and historic photographs from the archives of Mahatta & Co
Exhibition will be inaugurated on 19th August, 2015 at 5.00pm by Dr. Karan Singh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

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Open to Public (20 August to 8 September, 2015)
Visiting Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m.

Speaker:

Prof. Viswanath Prasad Tiwari, renowned scholar of Hindi literature and President , Sahitya Akademi.

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Contact No. 23388333

Contact No. : 9711055441

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Curated by: Virendra Bangroo

Lecture: Ajanta-a narrative art
Speaker: Virendra Bangroo
Date: 19th August,2015
Time: 11.00 A.M.

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