RASA : THE MARGAZHI EDIT 2024 AT KINGSLEY
In the spirit of Margazhi - the season of performing arts in Chennai - Kanakavalli brings you 'Rasa : The Margazhi Edit', a performance series curated by Aalaap at Kingsley. We invite you to join us every Friday through the month of December to experience dance and music performances, ranging from Bharatanatyam to Kathak, from Ghazals and Bhajans to regional lullabies, and more.
View the lineup here...
6th Dec | 6:30 PM | Entheos : Nilava Sen |
6th Dec | 7:30 PM | When Walls Dance : Prachi Saathi |
13th Dec | 6:30 PM | Putanaa : Eesha Pinglay & Swarada Bhave |
13th Dec | 7:15 PM | Kaal-Taal : Mahima Gulechha |
20th Dec | 6:30 PM | The Madras Mehfil : Vandana Srinivasan |
20th Dec | 8:00 PM | Sing a Lullaby : Gurupriya Atreya & Vedanth Bharadwaj |
27th Dec | 6:30 PM | Varnamala - curated by Mavin Khoo |
Venue: Kingsley, Chennai
All are welcome! To register your attendance please fill in the form linked here
For any other information and queries please email ops.aalaap@gmail.com
More on the performances below...
The series kicks off on the 6th of December, with a double-billing that includes two dance performances - 'Entheos' by Nilava Sen and 'When Walls Dance' by Prachi Saathi.
6:30 PM - ENTHEOS BY NILAVA SEN
Nilava Sen is an accomplished dancer, practitioner and educator in the fields of the Uday Shankar Technique of Dance and Bharatanatyam, who is committed to preserving the timeless art forms while innovating within them. His contemporary dance performance 'Entheos' draws on the mystic philosophies of Baul minstrels and Sufism, following a protagonist and his search for god within himself.7:30 PM - WHEN WALLS DANCE BY PRACHI SAATHI
Prachi Saathi is an award-winning Bharatanatyam dancer who conceptualises multi-style group productions as well as solo dance performances. Her performance at Kingsley weaves together Bharatanatyam, spoken word and music against the background of animation and Warli tribal art, exploring the theme of our relationship to nature.
Friday, the 13th, Kanakavalli presents two dance performances as part of 'Rasa' curated by Aalaap at Kingsley - 'Putanaa' by Eesha Pinglay and Swarada Bhave and 'Kaal:Taal' by Mahima Gulechha.
6:30 PM - PUTANAA BY EESHA PINGLAY AND SWARADA BHAVE
7:15 PM - KAAL-TAAL BY MAHIMA GULECHHA
6:30 PM - THE MADRAS MEHFIL BY VANDANA SRINIVASAN
8:00 PM - SING A LULLABY BY GURUPRIYA ATREYA AND VEDANTH
Gurupriya Atreya is a singer and arts curator trained in Indian classic music. Vedanth Bharadwaj is a multi-faceted musician and sound designer who dabbles in several genres. Together, they conducted a year-long series of workshops during the pandemic, resulting in 'Sing a Lullaby,' an immersive experience that brings together lullabies in various languages, from around India and the world.
The final evening of 'Rasa' at Kingsley on December 27th, 6:30 PM onwards, showcasing 'Varnamala,' is curated by Mavin Khoo. He presents a triptych: three Varnams, three dancers, three paths of artistic discovery. All the compositions will be from the musical trove of the inimitable Tanjavur Quartet.
CURATOR’S NOTE
For more than three decades, Dance has been the focal point for Mavin’s energies. The universe of Dance has nourished, enriched, tormented and elevated him, and he now seeks to give back to the world of Dance. Mavin seeks to offer not only his physical and emotional investment, but wants to create - with his experience and his monetary input - a performance opportunity for dancers he is working with or has followed and sees promise in. This year, Mavin is honoured to be joined in this venture by Kanakavalli and Alaap who have supported his creative vision with a shared ethos of fidelity to the arts.
Mavin's Varnamala picks are -
With guidance and direction from Sri A. Lakshmanaswamy, Pallavi showcases the beauty of a structured exposition defined by clarity of intention and meaningful artistic deliberation.
Divya and Mavin have a shared love for the coming together of Music and Dance and Mavin’s wish is to celebrate Divya’s rare dual skill in both art forms.
An immersion into Shringara is what Mavin has asked Pritam to present through his Varnam this evening.
All are welcome! To register your attendance please fill in the form linked here
For any other information and queries please email ops.aalaap@gmail.com