Date: 05/02/2016 - 07/02/2016
Time: 9:00 पूर्वाह्न - 8:00 अपराह्न
Venue: IGNCA, Amphitheatre, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi
IGNCA is hosting a storytelling festival, Kathakar: International storytellers Festival at the Amphitheatre, C. V. Mess Janpath, in collaboration with Nivesh, an NGO. This is the third year of the festival at IGNCA.
Like in the previous years, this year also, we would be presenting storytellers from India and abroad. Both contemporary stories and tales from legend, history and oral traditions will be presented by professional and passionate storytellers. We get students from government schools to attend the sessions in the morning. This year, we are hosting a session for children with special needs.
Participating story tellers will be:
National – Puran Bhat (Rajasthan), Gangacharn Singh, Kalicharan and group (Swang, Meerut), Usha Venkataramen (Mumbai)
International – Emily Hennessey (U.K.), Giles Abbott (U.K.), Tim Ralphs (U.K.)
Venue: IGNCA, Amphitheatre, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi-110001
Time: 9.00 am to 11.45 am (for school children) and 4.30 pm to 8.00 pm (for open audience)
Due to unavoidable circumstances, the afternoon session planned for children with different abilities (7 February 2016 , 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm) stands cancelled.
Press Updates:
- http://hangouts.co.in/3238-kathakar-international-storytellers-festival-in-delhi.html
- http://www.deccanherald.com/content/526775/into-world-storytelling.html
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/reviving-the-art-of-storytelling/article8200730.ece
- http://www.asianage.com/arts/art-s-telling-675
- http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/3258-tale-storytellers
- http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/voices-of-the-people/article8224015.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RS
- https://maverickfeet.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/storytelling-exhibition-by-day-revelries-nostalgia-by-night/
- http://news-express.in/entertainment/voices-of-the-people-18975/
- Invitation
- Flyer
- Concept
- Schedule
- 05.02.2016 – Photographs
- 06.02.2016 – Photographs
- 07.02.2016 – Photographs
- 05.02.2016 Video Clips
- 06.02.2016 Video Clips
- 07.02.2016 Video Clips