The Tagore Centre UK Scottish Branch presents the 150th Birth Anniversary Celebration of Rabindranath Tagore
14 May @ Mitchell Theatre 6 Granville Street, Charing Cross, Glasgow G3 7DR Adults - £10 Children under 12 - Free In collaboration with Bengali Performing Arts (Glasgow), Bangiya Sanskritik Parishad (Glasgow), and the Bengali Cultural Association (Edinburgh) The performances bring alive the eternal lyrics through talks, songs and dance. 2 - 4.30pm workshop by Amita Dutt and a presentation by Uma Dasgupta. Evening performances will be between 7 - 9pm · 7pm Welcome speech · 7.15pm Songs by local artists · 7.45pm Rabindrasangeet and classical bandish composition by Sonali Ray · 8.15pm Dance recital by Amita Dutt and her troupe · 9.15pm Vote of thanks Contact: Mina Ray 01505703252, Sathi Majumdar 01475727138 for details Uma Dasgupta Historian and Tagore biographer (Rabindranath Tagore: My Life in My Words from Penguin Books, India) Uma Das Gupta did her M.A. in History from Presidency College, Calcutta. She accomplished D.Phil. from the University of Oxford and retired as Professor, Social Sciences Division, Indian Statistical Institute in 2004. She held Visiting Fellowships at the University of Oxford and at Columbia University in the City of New York. Sonallii Ray Sonali had training in Hindustani classical (vocal) and semi-classical music for many years. She had the opportunity to learn from eminent Hindusthani classical vocalists namely late Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri, and Srimati Dalia Rahut. Sonali sings classical, semi classical and different genres of Bengali songs with equal proficiency and has performed widely. Academically Sonali obtained her Masters degrees in Economics, Management and Mathematics from UK and US. Currently, she teaches Mathematics at a reputed college in Toronto, Canada. Amiita Dutt Scholar, choreographer and danseuse Amita Dutt, Uday Shankar Professor at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, has been serving the world of Kathak for more than two decades. Groomed in the strictest classical traditions under Pdt.Birju Maharaj and other leading maestros of the premier Kathak gharanas, Amita has performed far and wide across three continents, notably the Khajuraho Dance Festival, the Konark Festival, Utsav Mahakaleshwar, Rajgir Mahotsav, the Biswa Banga Millennium Festival, the First South Asian Festival of SAARC Countries, the India Festival in USSR, the American Dance Festival and the Uday Shankar Festival. Amita is also a brilliant student of English Literature and a Gold Medallist of the Calcutta University. Her publications include Bhakti in Indian Classical Dances (Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad), Desh Binodon 1987 (Special Issue on Dance), The Statesman Festival Number 1990, Special Independence Golden Jubilee Issue of Desh and Dance Specials of Nandan. THE TAGORE CENTRE UK SCOTTISH BRANCH The Mitchell Library North Street Glasgow G3 7DN |
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2010 - Our 25th anniversary - SCOOP party! 2009 - Soumitra Chatterjee performing in London 2008 – An evening of many Rabindranaths 2006 – Sacrifice by the Tagore Centre Youth Forum and working with the British Museum 2005 - Our 20th anniversary – Tanusree Shankar Dance Company, UK tour 2004 - Chetana, Contemporary Theatre Company from Kolkata 2003 – Camellia by the Tagore Centre Youth Forum and working with Royal Commonwealth Society 2002 – Tagore Festival of Peace 2001 – our branch in Glasgow 2000 - Rabindranath Tagore: A Creative Unity, October 1999 - Tagore Night, part of the 1999 Arts Worldwide Bangladesh Festival |
