(English) XLVI International Cervantino Festival 2018-India's Programme

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CERVANTINO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

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GUANAJUATO, MÉXICO OCTOBER 10 - 28, 2018

Index

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䙍䙍 Message of Ambassador of India in México..................................................................

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䙍䙍 Dance.........................................................................................................................................................................

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The Danceworx| Navdhara .......................................................................................................................

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Malavika Sarukkai........................................................................................................................................

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Manipuri Jagoi Marup..................................................................................................................................

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䙍䙍 Music..........................................................................................................................................................................

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Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan.........................................................................................................................

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Ozone Raaga.................................................................................................................................................

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Rashmi Agarwal............................................................................................................................................

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Samandar Khan Manganiar.......................................................................................................................

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Dhol Drummers of Rajasthan....................................................................................................................

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䙍䙍 Theatre....................................................................................................................................................................

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The Adishakti.................................................................................................................................................

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Meher The Troupe........................................................................................................................................

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The Quixote in Kathakali............................................................................................................................

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䙍䙍 Visual Arts...........................................................................................................................................................

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䙍䙍 Cycle of Cinema.............................................................................................................................................

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䙍䙍 Académic Activities....................................................................................................................................

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䙍䙍 Casa de la India...............................................................................................................................................

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䙍䙍 Indian Food Festival....................................................................................................................................

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䙍䙍 Museo Casa del Conde Rul...........................................................................................................

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䙍䙍 Publicity Partners........................................................................................................................................

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䙍䙍 About Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre..........................................................

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Message It is a matter of great happiness and pride that India has been invited as the Guest of Honour Country at the 46th edition of the Cervantino International Festival to be held in Guanajuato in October 2018. It is indeed a recognition of India’s rich cultural legacy and its contributions to the world, throughout its long history.

I would like to convey my deep appreciation to the Ministry of Culture, the Government of the State of Guanajuato and Director General of Cervantino International Festival from whom we have received invaluable support during the past months in preparing India’s special participation. From Indian side, the participation is being executed by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the cultural arm of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India.

Both India and Mexico are millennium civilisations. The Cervantino International Festival offers a unique opportunity for a dialogue between two ancient cultures and their value systems.

Our endeavour has been to showcase India’s diverse, rich and colourful cultural panorama through its dances, music, theatre, puppetry, Yoga, cuisine and Bollywood. With a dozen and a half performing groups and exhibitions participating and touring 30 cities, with approximately 100 events, we hope to present a Festival of India spread over three weeks. This will be a Festival of India, a country which is not only a millennium civilisation but also the largest democracy of the world and the fastest growing emerging economy. This will be a Festival of India, which throughout its history, has promoted the notion of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (the world is one family). At the Cervantino International Festival, we will be celebrating unity in diversity and how it should shape ‘The Future is Today’ - the theme of the Festival this year.

Over the last 45 years, the Cervantino International Festival has emerged as a forum to connect; to build relations across cultures; and heal the ruptures created by tumultuous world politics. I hope that India’s participation as a Guest of Honour Country will make relations between our two countries stronger and friendship between our peoples closer.

Muktesh K. Pardeshi Ambassador of India in México

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Ashley Lobo direction and choreography

Aaron Fernandes management

Swasti Kapur actor

Yuko Harada technical direction

Arjun Menon actor

Urvil Shah actor

Gyandev Singh lighting

Chetan Solanki actor

Radhika Mayadev actor

The Danceworx |Â Navdhara

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A passage to Bollywood

The Danceworx’s Navdhara, India Dance Theatre, is inspired by Bollywood stories and choreographed by Ashley Lobo, one of the most famous contemporary choreographers from India.

Ashley Lobo introduced Western techniques to India, developing his own method called Prana Paint and using a unique awareness approach that explores movements through breathing, Yoga and physical contact.

He is the founder of The Danceworx, through which he promotes, since its creation in 1998, the dance in India, through scholarships, workshops, exchanges and presentations.

Ashley Lobo has managed to position himself as an international artiste. He participated in the production, The Ballet Chemnitz in Germany, in November of 2017. He received recognition for his contribution to the art of dancing at the 2016 Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and he has highlighted his work in choreographies of more than 30 films.

His international tours have included countries such as Taiwan, Canada, South Africa, Germany, Turkey, the United States of America, Bahrain and Israel.

DANCE

DANCE

Performances ❋❋ INAUGURATION OF FESTIVAL Guanajuato: Alhondiga de Granaditas WED OCT 10, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Leon Guanajuato: Manuel Doblado THU OCT 11, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ San Luis Potosi: Fundadores FRI OCT 12, 2018 20:00 hrs

Teatro

Plaza

❋❋ Celaya, Guanajuato: Auditorio Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras SUN OCT 14, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Morelia, Michoacan: Teatro Morelos MON OCT 15, 2018 20:00 hrs

❋❋ Metepec, Estado de Mexico: Plaza Juárez TUE OCT 16, 2018 19:00 hrs ❋❋ Mazatlan: Teatro Peralta THU OCT 18, 2018 18:00 hrs

Angela

❋❋ Mexico City: Teatro de la ciudad SUN OCT 21, 2018 19:00 hrs ❋❋ Culiacan Sinaloa: Parque de las Riberas TUE OCT 23, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Los Mochis, Sinaloa WED OCT 24, 2018 * ❋❋ Aguascalientes: Isla San Marcos FRI OCT 26, 2018 20:30 hrs ❋❋ Torreon, Coahuila SUN OCT 28, 2018 *

*Please confirm the time and venue of the event at the Festival

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Malavika Sarukkai, Sumantra Ghosal creative collaboration and poems Sai Shravanam musical composition Aditya Prakash warp and weft

CV Chandrasekhar Sari Sai Shravanam music production and sound Malavika Sarukkai musical concept Gyandev Singh lighting

Niranjan Gokhale technical director and lighting engineer Malavika Sarukkai, Aruna B, Aditya PV, Preethi Bharadwaj, Nidhaga Karunad BM, Shreema Upadhyaya dancers

Malavika Sarukkai

Building metaphor of the fabric from the dance Thari-the Loom is the choreographic concept of dance created by the artiste Malavika Sarukkai, inspired by the loom, the design and the play of the thread. The work of the dancer explores the interaction of the constant and the variable; the eternal and the changing; the warp and the plot.

The staging of Sarukkai explores the artistic relationship between the dancer and the weaver, giving rise to a dynamic web in which both elements come together in a harmonic sense.

Malavika Sarukkai has received several awards including the Padma Shri from the President of India in 2003 and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2002.

The National Center for the Performing Arts celebrated the composition of the choreographer for ten days in the city of Mumbai.

DANCE

DANCE

Performances

❋❋ Guanajuato: Teatro Juarez FRI OCT 12, 2018 21:00 hrs ❋❋ San Luis Potosi: Teatro Polivalente SUN OCT 14, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Mexico City: Workshop Salon de Danza TUE OCT 16, 2018 12:00 hrs ❋❋ Mexco City: Miguel Covarrubias UNAM WED OCT 17, 2018 20:00 hrs

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Ningombam Rina Dev direction Ningombam Rina Devi, Rajkumari Sanahanbi Devi, Pukhrambam Ongbi Suchitra Devi, Potsangbam Memicha Devi, Hidangmayum Ganga Devi, Moirangthem Roshini Devi, Yumnam Gitarani Devi, Thingbaijam Chourjeet Singh, Ningombam Joy Singh, Thokchom Tomchou Singh, Asem Binoy Singh, Leishangthem Ratankumar Singh, Tonambam Sandip, Chongtham Sanajaoba Singh and Akoijam Ratan Singh members of the company

Manipuri Jagoi Marup

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Rendition of classical dance, Manipuri

Manipuri Jagoi Marup is the leading company for development of Manipuri, an Indian classical dance. It was founded in 1963 by Guru Padmashree Amubi Singh. The company - made up of artistes with extensive experience in stages around the world - has gained great international recognition for its representations of classical, ethnic and traditional dance of Manipur, a northeastern state of India.

Manipuri Jagoi Marup, directed by Ningombam Rina Devi, promotes the Manipuri dance, which, together with the Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi and Odissi, make up the six classical dances of the country. For the past 35 years, Ningombam Rina Devi has been working as a senior artiste of Manipuri Jagoi Marup and has participated in various programs both within India and abroad.

Manipuri Dance, related to rituals and popular traditions, is a representation of the ethnic culture of Manipur. Its main themes are linked to the life of Krishna, a Hindu mythological God revered throughout India.

DANCE

DANCE

Performances

❋❋ Guanajuato: Alhondiga de Granaditas MON OCT 15, 2018 20:00 hrs

❋❋ Merida: Teatro Armando Manzanero SUN OCT. 21, 2018 21:00 hrs

❋❋ La Piedad Michoacan: Plaza Principal TUE OCT 16, 2018 20:00 hrs

❋❋ Campeche: Centro de Convenciones y Exposiciones Campeche Siglo XXI MON OCT 22, 2018 20:00 hrs

❋❋ Celaya: Auditorio Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras WED OCT 17, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Irapuato: Plaza Miguel Hidalgo THU OCT 18, 2018 19:30 hrs ❋❋ Atizapan: State of MexicoTeatro Zaragoza FRI OCT 19, 2018 19:00 hrs

❋❋ Orizaba: Teatro Ignacio de la Llave WED OCT 24, 2018 19:00 hrs ❋❋ Coatzacoalcos: Teatro de la ciudad THU OCT 25, 2018 20:00 hrs

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Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan sitar

Hindole Majumdar tabla

Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan

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Indian music personified

Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan is one of the most brilliant promoters of the Etawah Gharana, a musical lineage from the eastern part of India which has been preserved for seven generations. Originally from Bombay, he learned vocal music and played tabla before formally studying the sitar. He is, in the words of the Indian media, “Indian music personified.”

He has had an outstanding international career and received prestigious awards such as the Padma Shri of the Government of India and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. He has performed at major festivals in India, the United States, Europe, Russia, Canada, the Middle East, Africa and Australia, and taught at workshops in Mumbai and Calcutta, India; New York, United States, and Toronto, Canada.

Of Ustad Shahid Parvez, the critic Juan Arturo Brennan warns: “It is said that he is the most resplendent jewel of the Etawah Gharana music school”.

One of the special characteristics of his art is that he is one of the few artistes to dominate vocal music and the Tantrakari Baaj school, a style of playing the sitar in which the percussion elements acquire a singular importance.

MUSIC

MUSIC

Performances

❋❋ Guanajuato: Teatro Juarez THU OCT 18, 2018 21:00 hrs

❋❋ Guadalajara: Sala Placido Domingo cjto. de las Artes Escenicas FRI OCT 19, 2018 * ❋❋ Merida: Centro Cultural Olimpo SAT OCT. 20, 2018 21:00 hrs

❋❋ Orizaba: Teatro Ignacio de la Llave MON OCT 22, 2018 19:00 hrs *Please confirm the time and venue of the event at the Festival

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Hafeez Ahmed Alvi direction and tabla

Ali Mohan voice

Mehtab Ali Khan electric sitar

Azeem Ahmed Alvi sitar

Sameer Ahmed Alvi sarangi

Shreya Sharma sitar

Danish Ali Khan violin

Junaid Ali bass

Glen Fernandes keyboards

Shrehans Khurrana drums

Ozone Raaga Ozone Raaga is a band that fuses Indian classical music with the European sound tradition. Since 2006, when it was founded on the initiative of Azeem and Hafeez Ahmed Alvi, the group has become one of the most respected in India and has gained a huge experience in forums and festivals in India and abroad.

A range of musical styles, harmonic variations and rhythmic textures taken from different cultural regions of India constitute the sound of the band. Ozone Raaga , inspired by Shakti, the popular fusion band that combined elements of the Indian song with jazz and became a pioneer of world music , explains one of the objectives in the musical field: “In our own way, we try to dissolve in the world we perceive and discover the music that resonates around us. Many great musicians talk about the search for that incredible moment during the performance when one becomes music and forgets its own identity”.

Hafeez Ahmed Alvi, director of the group, is one of the leading sitarists in the world and a prominent figure in the field of contemporary jazz, with influences from performers such as the famous Shahid Parvez Khan and Ustad Sayyed Ahmed Alvi. In 2012, he created the Raag Mantra Music Foundation, and recently finished his fifteenth European tour with Harry Stojka, with whom he performed at the Vienna Jazz Festival.

MUSIC

MUSIC

Performances ❋❋ Guanajuato: El Trasnoche THU OCT 11, 2018 23:30 hrs ❋❋ Irapuato: Plaza Miguel Hidalgo FRI OCT 12, 2018 19:30 hrs ❋❋ Leon: Teatro Maria Grever SAT OCT 13, 2018 19:00 hrs ❋❋ Mexico City: Auditorio de Ciencias Politicas UNAM MON OCT 15, 2018 18:00 hrs ❋❋ Celaya: Auditorio Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras TUE OCT 16, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Aguscalientes: Teatro de la Ciudad WED OCT 17, 2018 20:30 hrs ❋❋ Tacambaro: Explanada Nicolas de Regules FRI OCT 19, 2018 19:00 hrs ❋❋ Metepec, Estado de Mexico SAT OCT 20, 2018 * ❋❋ Merida: Gran Museo del Mundo Maya. Sala Mayamax MON OCT 22, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Coatzacoalcos: Teatro de la ciudad WED OCT 24, 2018 20:00 hrs *Please confirm the time and venue of the event at the Festival

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Rashmi Agarwal

Celebration of Sufi and contemporary mystic poetry 14

Rashmi Agarwal is a renowned singer and songwriter based in New Delhi, who has devoted herself to interpreting traditional Sufi poetry, ghazal and bhakti. Her art combines a very smooth and meaningful interaction between her lucid voice of crystalline spring and the deep spiritual emotion from which the music emerges to accompany the songs of faith and devotion.

She is a member of the Council of Cultural Relations of India. She has structured and conceptualized a variety of thematics. One of her major projects is Indian Music Concepts in Contemporary Synthesis Production, in which she collaborated with Kai Turnbull, professor at the Berklee College of Music in the United States.

The Indian singer has received several awards such as the Grand-Prix at the IX Sharq Taronalari International Music Festival, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and the Smabhavna Sammaan, in New Delhi, for her contribution to music. She has had several collaborations in television and radio channels in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

MUSIC

MUSIC

Performances ❋❋ Metepec: Plaza Juarez WED OCT 17, 2018 17:00 hrs

❋❋ Atlacomulco: Catedral THU OCT 18, 2018 18:00 hrs ❋❋ Merida: Centro Cultural Olimpo FRI OCT 19, 2018 20:00 hrs

❋❋ Guanajuato: Templo de la Valenciana SAT OCT 20, 2018 12:00 hrs

❋❋ Guanajuato: Templo de la Valenciana SUN OCT 21, 2018 12:00 hrs ❋❋ Celaya: Auditorio Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras MON OCT 22, 2018 20:00 hrs

❋❋ Coatzacoalcos: Teatro de la ciudad WED OCT 24, 2018 20:00 hrs

❋❋ Orizaba: Teatro Ignacio de la Llave THU OCT 25, 2018 19:00 hrs

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Samandar Khan Manganiar artistic director, music and voice

Mishri Khan kamaayacha

Anurag Verma, Dimple Athwal dancers

Sakar Khan kartaal

Sikandar Khan sarangi

Sawroop Khan, Sahil Jeenawat, Bangal Khan voice

Aladin Khan veena

Nihal Khan, Hanif Khan, Raish Khan dholak, dhol & dhap

Latib Khan harmonium and voice

Manjoor Khan morchang

Samandar Khan Manganiar

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Lok Rang, traditional songs that talk about life One of the representatives of the cultural richness in classical and traditional art of Rajasthan, India, is Samandar Khan, popular and versatile interpreter of the Sufi, a spiritual and mystical musical rendition popular not only in India but across South Asia and other parts of the world.

Samandar Khan belongs to the Manganiar community, the musical collective of Rajasthan, who are poetic people and are considered exceptional performers who have their tradition linked to classical folk music.

Khan’s repertoire has contributed greatly to the music of the desert in melody, rhythm, highly evolved poetic content and quality of the compositions, as their themes are chosen from everyday situations in which they celebrate life.

He has mastered an extensive repertoire of traditional rhythms that he interprets with great vigor and sensitivity. He has performed alongside two popular vocalists of the subcontinent, Abida Parveen, of Pakistan, and Shubha Mudgal, of India. He has worked with flamenco dancers led by Ms. Zacky from Spain; the jazz group led by Mr. Hanks of the Netherlands and Tanttz of Berlin, Germany.

MUSIC

MUSIC

Performances

❋❋ Ensenada, Baja California TUE OCT 16, 2018 * ❋❋ Mexicali: Teatro de Estado WED OCT 17, 2018 19:00 hrs ❋❋ Tijuana: Sala de Espectaculos de Centro Cultural Tijuana THU OCT 18, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Puerto Peñasco, Sonora FRI OCT 19, 2018 * ❋❋ Patzcuaro: Plaza CREFAL SUN OCT 21, 2018 18:00 hrs ❋❋ Irapuato: Plaza Miguel Hidalgo MON OCT 22, 2018 19:30 hrs

❋❋ Salamanca: Plaza Civica Miguel Hidalgo TUE OCT 23, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Guanajuato: Los Pastitos WED OCT 24, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Guadalajara: Club Atlas Colomos THU OCT 25, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Merida: Teatro Peón Contreras FRI OCT 26, 2018 21:00 hrs ❋❋ Campeche: Teatro de la ciudad Francisco de Paula Toro SAT OCT 27, 2018 20:00 hrs

*Please confirm the time and venue of the event at the Festival

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Dhol Drummers of Rajasthan Dessert Pulse

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The Dhol Drummers of Rajasthan is a group of popular and internationally known percussionists from the Manganiars, an artistic tribe from the Western state of Rajasthan in India.

Dhol Drummers is a collective of master percussionists who specialize in the dhol or large double-sided drum, usually performed by two people. The group combines the sound of multiple dhols with the sounds of other traditional percussion instruments such as dholak, khartal, bhapang and morchang (also known as the biter or harp of the Jews) to create a vibrant and exuberant repertoire, full of traditional and contemporary compositions.

The group, led by Chanan and Swaroop Khan, was conceived by Divya Bhatia, director of the Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF).

The Dhol Drummers of Rajasthan has played several times at the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa, at Celtic Connections in Scotland and at Festival Interceltique in Lorient, France.

It has the unique distinction of being invited to perform at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014, in Scotland, United Kingdom, as well as at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia this year.

MUSIC

MUSIC

Performances

❋❋ Guanajuato: Alhondiga de Granaditas SAT OCT 27, 2018 20:00 hrs ❋❋ Merida: Teatro Armando Manzanero SUN OCT 28, 2018 21:00 hrs ❋❋ Mexico City: UNAM TUE OCT 30, 2018 16:00 hrs

❋❋ Mazatlan: Plazuela Machado WED OCT 31, 2018 20:00 hrs

❋❋ Juchitan: Oaxaca Parque Municipal FRI NOV 2, 2018 20:00 hrs

❋❋ Oaxaca: Plaza de la Danza SAT NOV 3, 2018 20:00 hrs

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Veenapani Chawla direction, dialogues, choreography

concept,

musical

arrangement

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Vinay Kumar, Ashiqa Salvan lighting Vinay Kumar, Arvind Rane, Suresh Kaliyath, Kirtana Krishna, Nimmy Raphel and Rijul Ray actors

The Adishakti

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A Laboratory for Theatre Research The company, Adishakti was founded by choreographer Veenapani Chawla in 1981 in Mumbai, and has since become an internationally recognized institution for integrating traditional and contemporary Indian culture, where artistes and experts from different specialities participate in programs, workshops and theatrical presentations.

Chawla has directed most of the productions of this group, showing a commitment to continuous creativity and establishing a performance methodology based on the old knowledge, related to the ability to express themselves through the body, voice and psychology of the actor.

Composed of seven episodes, Adishakti, whose verbal expression is supported by gestures, Koodiyattam music and popular rhythms from different regions of South Asia, exposes the cycle of creation, celebration, destruction and return.

THEATRE

THEATRE

Performances ❋❋ Guanajuato: Teatro Cervantes FRI OCT 12, 2018 18:00 hrs

❋❋ Guanajuato: Teatro Cervantes SAT OCT 13, 2018 18:00 hrs

❋❋ Irapuato: Teatro de la Ciudad SUN OCT 14, 2018 19:30 hrs

❋❋ Queretaro: Foro del Museo de la ciudad TUE OCT 16 , 2018 20:00 hrs

❋❋ Metepec, Estado de Mexico THU OCT 18, 2018 *

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*Please confirm the time and venue of the event at the Festival

Mansinh Zala script and direction Pratibhaben Athavle, Jayant Athavle, Uday Mawani, Satish Pendse, Vipul Trivedi music

Amruta Zala, Kokila Solanki, Chandni Zala, Hiral Zala, Shyam Nair, Himmatsinh Zala, Mansinh Zala puppeteers

Anil Dave, Chintan Purohit, Dhaval Vartak, Hemant Agarkar, Jayant Athavle, Mansinh Zala, Nikunj Pandya, Pratibhaben Athavle, Priyanka Athavle, Suhas Ambekar, Yagnesh Shah voices

Amruta Zala, Chandni Zala, Chetan Jani, Dipali Solanki, Kokila Solanki, Ranna Pandya puppeteers

Meher The Troupe Life as long as a dream

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Meher The Troupe is made up of a diverse group of performers, bound by a deep love for puppets. It engages in theatrical performance with puppets of various types (shadow theatre, hand puppets, twoleg puppets and three dimensional puppets etc.). The company is directed by Mansinh Zala, and was integrated as a way to pay tribute to the memory of Meher Contractor (1918-1992): artiste, puppeteer, director and Indian teacher and an essential figure in the art of the puppetry in India, known both for his work of creation and for his contribution to the puppet’s development in education. It is due to him that the art attained international acclaim.

The director, Mansinh Zala placed India on the international platform as an exponent of this art that involves dolls. The members of Meher The Troupe, focus on promoting social welfare, education, development and communication. The group has gone on to say that they enjoy working with creative minds from different fields and beliefs, because they feel “that is the only way in which a puppeteer can reach his greatest potential”.

They have performed at festivals such as Putul Yatra, India; World Performing Arts, United States; in Lahore, Pakistan and in National Book Fair, United States.

Meher The Troupe transmits the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, thinker, mystic and religious leader of India, with the play Life as long as a dream, whose main characters are dolls.

THEATRE

THEATRE

Performances ❋❋ Guanajuato: Auditorio de Minas TUE OCT 16, 2018 17:00 hrs

❋❋ Irapuato: Teatro de la Ciudad WED OCT 17, 2018 19:30 hrs

❋❋ Celaya: Auditorio de la Preparatoria Official THU OCT 18, 2018 19:00 hrs

❋❋ Atlacomulco: Teatro del Pueblo FRI OCT 19, 2018 15:00 hrs

❋❋ Metepec, Estado de Mexico SAT OCT 20, 2018 *

❋❋ Orizaba: Teatro Ignacio de la Llave SUN OCT 21, 2018 19:00 hrs ❋❋ Merida: Teatro Daniel Ayala TUE OCT 23, 2018 11:00 hrs

❋❋ Culiacan, Sinaloa THU OCT 25, 2018 *

❋❋ Guasave, Sinaloa FRI OCT 26, 2018 *

❋❋ Los Mochis, Sinaloa SAT OCT 27, 2018 *

❋❋ Guamuchil, Sinaloa SUN OCT 28, 2018 * *Please confirm the time and venue of the event at the Festival

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Casa de la India and Margi Kathakali Co. of Trivandrumproduction

P. Venugopalan, Mónica de La Fuente choreography

International Festival of Classical Thater of Almagro, Municipal Foundation of Culture of Valladolid and Ministry of Culture of India co production

Juanjo Llorens design and lighting

Ignacio García direction and dramaturgy

lgnacio García, Margi Co. musical composition

P. Venugopalan Attakatha (libretto in traditional Kathakali)

Amparo Pascual assistant director

Mónica de La Fuente associate director

Juan Carlos Quindós de La Fuente video arts

José Sacristán voice Juan lgnacio Arteagabeítia (Atila) technical direction

Jesús Zurutuza associate technical director Juan Ignacio Arteagabeitia (Atila) sound technician Jesús Zurutuza lighting technicaian S. Sasikumiar translator P. Venugopalan, Guillermo Rodríguez Martín consultants Guillermo Rodríguez Martín, David Rodríguez Gómez production coordinators

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The Quixote in Kathakali A fusion of Indian and Spanish cultures

Margi is one of the most important institutions of performing arts in India. It was established in 1969 as a school of Kathakali and Kutiyattam, a Sanskrit drama, and as a professional company of both the styles. It has toured in Sweden, Japan, Germany, France, Sri Lanka and Spain.

In 2002, it was selected by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to carry out the most extensive Kathakali tour that has ever been done throughout Europe. It is also a research center in which actors, famous writers, literary critics and erudite professors from different areas collaborate.

Cervantes’ novel is represented by the dance, Kathakali, considered one of the richest and most mysterious classical dramaturgical traditions in the world.

As Don Quixote fights windmills that he imagines are giants in his imaginary battles, Kathakali dancers twirl on stage in their traditional costumes to give the quixotic Spanish character the extra colourful edge.

THEATRE

THEATRE

Performances

❋❋ Guanajuato: Teatro Cervantes FRI OCT 26, 2018 18:00 hrs

❋❋ Guanajuato: Teatro Cervantes SAT OCT 27, 2018 18:00 hrs

❋❋ Mexico City: UNAM Auditorio Ricardo Flores Magon MON OCT 29, 2018 18:00 hrs

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VISUAL ARTS

VisualArts Norma Patiño

The Home and the World: Photographs of India India is an enigmatic world that is exposed and hidden at the same time. The invitation to capture images of the various aspects of Indian life is compelling with its awe-inspiring strangeness and power, making visual work fascinating. Here is a collage of the mesmerizing images of an engaging Indian life. ❋❋ Universidad de Guanajuato WEDNESDAY OCT 10, 2018 Duration: From Oct 10 to Oct 28, 2018 In the Galería el Atrio

Weaving the Memory Textiles of India

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Textiles triggered the Industrial Revolution in Europe two centuries ago. It set the tone for the transformation of the world and consequently,Indian textiles came to be recognized the world over. Indian Textiles have since then influenced immensely, the way the world clothes. Presented at the Cervantino International Festival, is an exhibition of this rich and diverse cultural heritage of India. ❋❋ Universidad de Guanajuato WEDNESDAY OCT 10, 2018 Duration: From Oct 10 to Oct 28, 2018 Sala de Hermenegildo Bustos

The spell of India It is a series of photos which is a product of two trips made by Yolanda Andrade to India in 2006 and 2010. It comprises a small sample of images of the cultural cities of India like New Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Khajuraho and Kolkata, among others. ❋❋ Museo Regional Alhondiga de Granaditas WEDNESDAY OCT 10, 2018 Duration: From Oct 10, 2018 to Jan 15, 2019

VISUAL ARTS

CICLO DE CINE

Cycle of Cinema Oct 14-22, Guanajuato

Indian Cinema is known for its diversity and portrayal of thematics that are rich and colourful. The Indian film industry is the largest producer of films in the world. Many films engage the viewer with universal themes, entertaining songs, and fun dance numbers. 䙍䙍 Auditorio Euquerio Guerrero SUN OCT 14,17:00 hrs

Kal Ho Naa Ho

䙍䙍 Escalinatas de la UG WED OCT 17, 20:30 hrs

The Namesake

Dir. Nikhil Advani (2003)

䙍䙍 Auditorio Euquerio Guerrero MON OCT 15, 17:00 hrs

Dir. Mira Nair (2006)

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Escalinatas de la UG THU OCT 18, 20:30 hrs

Lagaan

Ta Ra Rum Pum

Dir. Ashutosh Gowariker (2001)

Dir. Siddharth Anand (2007)

䙍䙍 Auditorio Euquerio Guerrero TUE OCT 16, 17:00 hrs

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Fanaa

Guru

Dir. Mani Ratnam (2007)

䙍䙍 Auditorio Euquerio Guerrero THU OCT 18, 17:00 hrs

Mohabbatein

Dir. Aditya Chopra (2000)

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Escalinatas de la UG FRI OCT 19, 20:30 hrs

Pakeezah

Dir. Kunal Kohli (2006)

䙍䙍 Auditorio Euquerio Guerrero WED OCT 17, 17:00 hrs

Dir. Kamal Amrohi (1972)

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Escalinatas de la UG SUN OCT 21, 20:30 hrs

Black

Dir. Sanjay L. Bhansali (2005)

䙍䙍 Escalinatas de la UG MON OCT 22, 20:30 hrs

Neal ‘N’ Nikki

Dir. Arjun Sablok (2005)

䙍䙍 Auditorio Euquerio Guerrero FRI OCT 19, 17:00 hrs

Veer-Zaara

Dir. Yash Chopra (2004)

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Academic Activities The Avatars of Yoga Participant: Adrián Muñoz*

❋❋ Auditorio de la Facultad de Arquitectura (Universidad de Guanajuato) TUE OCT 16, 2018 12:00 hrs

* Indologist and Religion Historian, Dr Adrian Munoz, holds a PhD in South Asian Studies from the Centre for

Asian and African Studies, El Colegio de México, where he is full-time researcher and lecturer of South Asian religions and literature. His main lines of research focus on Yoga literature and hagiography, religious studies, and comparative literature.

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The Classical Art of India Participant: Wendy Phillips*

❋❋ Auditorio de la Facultad de Arquitectura (Universidad de Guanajuato) TUE OCT 15, 2018 12:00 hrs * Wendy J. Phillips-Rodriguez holds a BA Hons in Hispanic Literature from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, an MLitt on Sanskrit Studies from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Sanskrit from the University of Cambridge. She was granted the D. K. Award to the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation on Sanskrit 2009-2012 by the International Association of Sanskrit Studies (IASS). Currently, she is a full time researcher at the Institute of Philological Research of UNAM and a lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature. In 2014 she received the National University Award for Young Scholars (RDUNJA) on account of her efforts to bring Indian culture closer to Mexican students. One of her main research interests is the migration of fables from India to other cultures, particularly to the Spanish-speaking world.

The Great Teachings of the Culture of India Participant: Benjamín Preciado*

❋❋ Auditorio de la Facultad de Arquitectura (Universidad de Guanajuato) MON OCT 15, 2018 13:00 hrs *Benjamin Preciado Solis is Master in Philosophy from the University of Guadalajara (M.Phil, 1973). In 1971

he entered the Master’s Degree in Oriental Studies at El Colegio de México and obtained his degree (MA 1975). In 1975 he traveled to India to pursue PhD studies at the Hindu University of Benares and in 1976 he earned the Doctorate at the National University of Australia (Ph.D. 1980). In 1980 he joined the Center for Asian and African Studies (CEAA) at El Colegio de México as Professor-Researcher. In the CEAA, he teaches courses in and conducts seminars on History, Culture, Literature, Religions and Mythology of India.

A Workshop on Yoga Imparted by: Diti Kirit Vora* ❋❋ Los Pastitos, Guanajuato SAT OCT 20, 2018 08:30 hrs ❋❋ Los Pastitos, Guanajuato SUN OCT 21, 2018 08:30 hrs

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❋❋ Leon: Universidad La Salle Bajío SAT OCT 27, 2018 10:00 hrs y 12:00 hrs

* Diti Kirit Vora grew up in Mumbai and pursued Commerce for her graduation. She had her first encounter with Yoga a decade ago. She has been practicing Yoga regularly since 2010 and became a professional Yoga Trainer in 2015. Since then, she has trained corporates, students and kids. Diti is a Yoga Trainer at Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre, Mexico City. She specializes in pre natal and post natal Yoga. Diti has been invited by many reputed organizations in India to demonstrate and teach the practice of Yoga. She was selected in 2017 to represent India in Sri Lanka for the Third World Yoga Day in 2017.

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ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Glimpses

A DIalogue between India and Mexico Indian and Mexican civilizations show similarities as well as large differences with each other and this intriguing comparison of the two civilizations, reflected in the scenic proposal inspired by Glimpses of India by Mexican writer Octavio Paz, is part of the XLVI Edition of the Cervantino International Festival.

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Created by José Luis Cruz, it is a fusion of dance, music and painting, laying down dialogues between Mexico and India tempered with the prose of the 1990 Nobel Prize winner for literature and described in the sacred books of the Popol Vuh and the Mahabharata .

Actors, poets, dancers, musicians and visual artistes evoke these colloquia formed with the support of elements of sound, movement, colour and volume, in a space that occupies the four elements: water, fire, earth and air.

José Luis Cruz has origins in Tapachula, Chiapas and he studied at the National School of theatre of the INBA and the UNAM. As a dramatist, he wrote and directed his own texts. His plays are adapted from the Accidental Death of an Anarchist, by the 1997 Nobel Prize winner for literature, Dario Fo and the Baal, by Bertold Brecht.

In 2004, the International Institute of UNESCO and the Mexican Center of Theatre (ITI) gave him My Life in theatre Medal, in recognition of his illustrious career. He founded and directed seven editions of the International Jazz Festival-Ollin.

Programme

❋❋ Jardin del Cantador, Guanajuato FRIDAY OCT 12, 2018 12:00 hrs

Theatrical Technique of Kathakali Participants: Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri Kalamandalam Pradeep Margi Vijaya Kumar Mónica de la Fuente

As part of the programme, India will present the stage performance Kijote Kathakali , honoring one of the prominent figures of universal literature, the ingenious hidalgo, Don Quixote de la Mancha, personifying the union of two cultures: the Spanish and the Indian.

Half an hour before the event, the critic Fernando de Ita will offer an introductory talk in the lobby of the venue. 1

Makeup demonstration of Kathakali Introduction by Sasi Kumar, Margi Raveendran Nair and Margi Sreekumar (makeup artistes), Mónica de la Fuente and actors of the Margi company 2

Programme 1

Programme 2

❋❋ Edificio de las artes, sede marfil, Campus Guanajuato SAT OCT 27, 2018 12:00 hrs

❋❋ Teatro Cervantes SAT OCT 27, 2018 14:00 hrs

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CASA DE LA INDIA

October 1-30, 2018 Casa de la India is a celebration of India and its myriad cultural dimensions like the cuisines with indigenous spices, art and crafts. So come and enjoy the taste, fabric and images of India.

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Delhi Darbar Food

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Comfort Trading Art and crafts

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Durga

Handicrafts Venue: Plazuela del Baratillo No. 16, Guanajuato

Indian Food Festival

Hotel Presidente Intercontinental, Mexico City.

4th to 21st October, 2018.

CASA DE LA INDIA

Museo Casa del Conde Rul

Exhibition

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Sacred India and Archival by Amit Pasricha

Exhibition

Traditional Dolls of India from Shankar’s International Dolls Museum, New Delhi

Av. Benito Juárez, Zona Centro, 36000 Guanajuato, Gto.

MUSEO CASA DEL CONDE RUL

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GURUDEV TAGORE INDIAN CULTURAL CENTRE

Mr. M.R. Qureshi Director

Indian Culture generates tremendous curiosity and interest in Mexico and so does the history of the ancient Mayan and Aztec civilizations of Mexico among Indians.

The diversity of Indian culture is a matter of great interest for not only scholars and academicians but also the general Mexicans who want to know the rich traditions of Indian cultural heritage. There is mutual appreciation and admiration in India and Mexico for cuisines, festivals, arts and the diversity associated with each of them. It is the environment of freedom of outlook and perspectives and an independent cultural space that the two civilizations have historically had that has facilitated them to prosper culturally in their respective geographies.

In order to institutionalize the strong mutual curiosity and to have frequent cultural exchanges, the idea of having a dedicated cultural center under the aegis of Embassy of India was conceptualized. Consequently, Indian Cultural Centre dedicated to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, who is considered one of the greatest ambassadors of Indian culture was established. It was rechristened as Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre (GTICC). It has become the institutional pillar for disseminating knowledge about Indian culture not only in Mexico City but in many parts of this region including Central and Latin America.

Training and classes on various aspects of Indian culture namely, Classical Dance – Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Mohiniyattam, Odissi, Music – Sitar, a renowned stringed instrument Tabla, a popular percussion instrument are organized in the premises of this institution. Yoga is gaining popularity with every passing day. There is a dedicated programme for training in the practice of Yoga. Hindi Film, popularly called Bollywood, has a huge following in Mexico and the Cultural Center has dedicated training classes on Bollywood Dance. Quite remarkably, the Mexicans have shown interest in participating in the activities of the Cultural Centre and have inducted themselves in various programmes run by the Centre. Linguistics also forms an important part of the training courses here. Hindi and Sanskrit classes are also conducted in the Centre with an objective to satiate curiosity of those who want to become conversant with these languages as well as to those who want to take a dip into this huge ocean of linguistic heritage of India.

The Cultural Centre comprises of a library and a reading room for those who want to browse literary works or fulfill their literary aspirations. The library has over 5000 volumes in various languages, including, English and Hindi.

The Cultural Centre provides a platform to nationals of both Mexico and India who want to showcase their talent in Indian Arts and Performances by giving them opportunity to participate in shows and programmes organized by the Centre as well as in those organized in collaboration with other institutions.

The GTICC has become an icon of India-Mexico Cultural relations and a leader in facilitating cultural exchanges between the two countries. It is located at Anatole France 319, Colonia Polanco, Mexico City which just a stone’s throw from the Embassy of India, Mexico City.

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Embassy of India: info.mexico@mea.gov.in Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre: gticc.mexico@mea.gov.in Embassy of India: 55 31 10 50 & 55 31 10 02 Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre: 52 03 11 17 & 52 03 06 19 @IndiaInMexico @GTICCMexico @IndEmbMexico @GTICCMEXICO Embassy of India: Musset 325, Col. Polanco, 11550, CDMX Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre: Anatole France 319, Col. Polanco, 11550, CDMX