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The team
for Abhivyakti festival series 2019-20
Festival Content writing and compère
Ms. VijayaLakshmi
Certified HR analytics professional from IIM Rohtak with 15 years of work experience, multilingual and passionate towards culture and arts.
Festival creative manager and outreach officer
Ms. Samhita K
Academic faculty at an International school, Performing artist of Odissi and Bharatanatyam, Classical vocalist, Wildlife rescuer, Freelance creative photographer.
Festival P.R. and projects officer
Ms. Sonia K
Faculty at an international school, Performing artist of Odissi and Bharatanatyam, Choreographer, Analyst
Festival Management head
Ms. Adithi Padaki
Bharatanatyam artist, Engineering Student
Festival publicity and outreach officer
Mr. Sudhanva A.K
Instrumentalist, Freelance theatre artist.
Advisory Board
Dr Guru Sharad Pandya, Founder-Director "Purva" and Festival Director "Purva International classical dance festivals"
Dr Guru B.K ShyamPrakash, Founder Principal Keshava College of Music and Dance, Retd. Scientist ISRO
Vidushi Smt. Geetha Rao, Veena exponent, Retd artist, AIR
Dr Smt. Uma Rele, Principal Nalanda Nrityakala Mahavidhyalaya, Mentor
Smt. Niru Pandya, Purva School of Bharatanatyam, Baroda
Dr C.N.N. Raju - President U.R.I
Festival 2019-20:
Association with Alliance Francaise de Bangalore
Dr Philippe Libersa
The Director, Alliance Francaise De Bangalore
Festival Technical advises and support/ coordination
Ms. Florance Lesage - Alliance Francaise de Bangalore
Ms. Anjana Ramesh - Alliance Francaise de Bangalore
Mr. Joseph - Auditorium and infrastructure- Alliance francaise de Bangalore
Friends of the Festival:
Smt. Sharvani Kumar
Smt Anuradha Dharini
Smt Ambika Rajeev
Smt Bharathi
Shri Arun
Ms. Meghana S. Belavadi
Mr. Gopinath S. Aklappa
Mr. Akhil
Volunteers
Ms. Amitha
Ms. Poorna
Ms. Prema
And members of Abhivyakti cultural trust, Bangalore
Ms. Vijaya Lakshmi - Compere 26th August 2019, Inaugural of Series.
Ms. Rosalynd Mathews (All India Radio) - Compere- 27th September 2019 National Festival edition 2nd
Dr Prabha Swamy (Scholar, Sanskrit) - Compere - October 31st 2019, Abhivyakti Lok-kala Festival
Judges of the first event Nirmiti Competitions
Krithika Manohar Sadarangani
Has completed her BVA ( Bachelors of Visual Arts) at Chitrkala Parishath specialized in Painting. been doing painting professionally for 7 yrs and have been teaching arts for 5 years.
She, Just like any other have always been fascinated by all things beautiful; art has from the very beginning played a very important role in her life. It has made her explore and view things from a different perspective. A perspective she would like to share with the world; through paintings.
Painting is the key to her secret garden, her way to jump down the rabbit hole. As an artist, she works to develop paintings that speak not only to her, but also to others, helping them come to terms with their demons, rather than shutting them out; being more open minded about the world as it is, rather than condemning others for being different; making a stand for what they believe in, rather than being swayed by traditions that have been constant for over 2000 years.
Her main goal is to make art accessible, not only to art lovers or to people who buy art just because it looks good, but to those that appreciate the beauty and heart that goes behind each painting. Art has no boundaries you can experiment with the different mediums and surfaces, techniques and styles.
Sanyukta Sohoney
M.A. Music(vocal) from S.N.D.T. Women’s University Mumbai
Performer of high caliber, sings for music concerts, classical dance concerts and conducts intensive master classes of classical music. She has students from all over India and abroad.
She has given her voice for major dance ballets as well and Jugalbandhi concerts.
Guru Dr. Malini Ravishankar
Kalayogi Dr. Malini Ravishankar, Founder-Director of “ Lasyavardhana performing arts” is well known and popular name in the field of classical dance. Apart from being a marvelous dancer of international repute, she is known for bringing meticulousness and grace to the classical form of Bharatanatya. She is a brilliant dance choreographer and an amazing teacher to her disciples. Along with a gold medal in BA (Bharatanatya), distinction in vidhwat grade exam, Dr. Malini is a highly accredited artist with Dooradarshan.
Dr. Malini started her Bharatanatya training under the strict guidance of Guru Vidhwan D.S. Kamath and continued her training under Guru Smt. Vasantha Lakshmi. In the academic field Dr. Malini Ravishankar has received a Ph.D in Kannada Literature for her research project “HARIDAASA SAAHITHYADA KAVYA SWAROOPA” from Bangalore University. She was also awarded the Junior Fellowship for her work in the field of Dance and Literature by the Ministry of H.R.D, Government of India (1992-2001). Apart from this she has also compered various shows for Dooradarshan as well as for many stage shows.
As a Choreographer and performer, she has received international recognition for her creative presentations. She has participated as an Indian representative artist under the auspice of Indo-China Friendship association and internationally renowned AKKA Festival held in the United States of America. Under her guidance and training, her troop has performed in various dance-dramas and novels entitled in Kannada across the nation.
Notable among these are: Kannada thayige nritya namana, Dasa Rasamruta, Ramakrishna Bhajane, Sharana Jeevana Vachana Hurana, Sankhya Samagama, Bhuvana jeeva vilasa, Kanaka vaibhava, Dashavatara , Andal charite, Awards and titles won, Kempegowda Award by BBMP, Samaja seva ratna, Hamsa Jyothi Award, Kannada seva Ratna from Kannada Sahithya Parishat Bangalore, Natya Visharada from chitradurga dance organization
Fellowship from human resource department, New Delhi. She along with the support of her husband Mr. Ravishankar started Keshava kalpa, an organization which is great platform for young and budding talents. Keshava Kalpa equally encourages dance, music and theatre, and also organises various programmes and festivals. With a view to create a platform for talented artists, Keshava Kalpa organizes Kalavatarana monthly cultural concerts.
Shri Vinay Raaj Maanya
Will be updated shortly
Smt. Padma Hemanth
will be updated shortly
Dr Malini Ravishankar
Shri Vinay Maanya
Smt Sanyukta Sohoney
krithika manohar sadarangani
Following are the Artists who have accepted our invitation to showcase their art in our festival
Sanjay Joshi
Born on Dec 7, 1960, I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (B.Com.) and a
Master in Social Work (M.S.W). Have been working in the development sector
since 1984. Work with rural women specifically on issues around water,
sanitation, health, nutrition, and HIV. Specifically focused on developing locale
specific participatory trainings, educational material and documentation.
Currently work as the CEO of Shanti Life India Foundation – focus microfinance
for sanitation and expansion of livelihood options. (www.shantilife.org)
Have widely trained and harnessed Puppetry to raise questions about small but
specific issues that concern poor rural women. Have been awarded three
scholarships to participate and contribute to the National Puppetry Conferences
held at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Centre, Waterford, CT, USA. These
scholarships were provided so that I could participate and learn new techniques
such as tabletops, mechanics and shadow puppets along with movements.
I train rural animators in using puppetry for their awareness or questioning
through their interventions in the field areas. These focus on glove puppets,
which are easy to make and animate.
For Abhivyakti Nirmiti to be held on 26th August 2019
Vikram Sridhar
Sitting behind temple elephants , nursing wounded puppies , working with various theatre groups , Vikram today combines his various interests and work over years in his Storytelling journey . Through folktales he is trying to discover our rich heritage of an Oral literature and tradition which is slowly being lost and just sitting in books . He believes in storytelling as a strong medium of conservation from nature to human relationships . And strongly believes A STORY A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY .... NOT AN APPLE
A TEDx speaker , Vikram has spoken and performed in multiple prestigious conferences and workshops on the power of Stories in our lives . Like in the movie TAMASHA he slowly moved away from his corporate career to being a full time artist in pursuit of reviving an art that is slowing fading away . An engineer and management graduate by degree from institutes like the IIT, Vikram has worked in in the consulting and marketing domain with global giants like IBM and SAP.
Ms Lubaina Kapasi
Details will be uploaded soon
Name: Ramesh .T.
Profile:
* Managing trustee, “Foundation for Ecology and Education Development” (FEED),
Bangalore.
* Managing committee member, “Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue center” (WRRC),
Bangalore.
* Honorary Animal Welfare Officer (HAWO) under Animal Welfare Board of India
(AWBI), (Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India)
* AWBI representative for District level captive elephant welfare committee.
* Author/Researcher/Nature Photographer
* Publications/operations.
1. "Captive Elephants in Bandipur National Park", Population status, welfare and
management. Bandipur National Park, Chamarajanagar. KFD/ANCF/FEED
Publication.
2. "Born in Bandipur", Bandipur National Park, Chamarajanagar
KFD/ANCF/FEED Publication.
3. Photo guide-Butterflies, FEED publication.
4. Sahyadri, “A poets view”- FEED Publication.
5. “Welfare status of temple elephant Mariyappan” Samayapuram maariyamman
temple Thiruchirapalli Tamilnadu,
6. “Welfare status of temple elephant prakruthi” Tirunallar temple Pondichery,
7. “Welfare status of temple elephant satyageetha” Puttaparthy Sai Baba Ashram
Andra Pradesh,
8. “Welfare status of temple elephant Yashaswi” Kukke subhramanya temple
Karnataka under CUPA/ANCF publications.
* Field investigator for night traffic and animal movement monitoring in
Bandipur national park, collecting supportive data for night taffic ban in
NH67 and NH212 under Wildlife conservation Foundation Mysore.
* Field Investigator for elephant barrier survey and village survey for mitigation
status and methods in Bannerghatta national park conducted by Arocha India.
* Field Investigator for Elephant barrier analysis and Human elephant conflict
mitigation in Coorg circle
* Environment educationist under various organizations.
* Technical editor for Captive elephants of Asia publication, in Asian nature
conservation foundation, Indian Institute of science bangalore.
* Earlier, worked In Electronic industry that manufactured missile control
systems of Indian army, Navy and Air force.
* Taught in an Engineering college for Department of electronics and
communication.
Associations:
* Asian Nature Conservation Foundation (ANCF), IISc Bangalore.
* Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue Center (WRRC), Bangalore.
* Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA), Bangalore.
* AROCHA India.
* Friends of Elephant (An informal group of NGOs)
* Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), Noida.
Vision/Thought:
Education and qualification are like sea and sky they look same from a distance
but are wide apart and different. Education teaches us how to live and qualification is
achieved to make a living. Education is a natural process and cannot be achieved by any
course or institution. I believe that, if conservation should happen then everyone should
be educated about it. Creating awareness and motivating people is the only way to
conserve what we have in our hands today.
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