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Hemantika Festival 2023: Performances
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Performance Day 1: Friday 3rd November
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Hemantika 2023 will start with celebration of dance featuring Gaudia Nritya, by Rachel Priyanka Perris, performances by SBDC academy and also other UK-based groups.
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Gaudia Nritya performance by Rachel Priyanka
Gaudiya Nritya is, the classical dance style of Bengal. This unique dance form is totally reconstructed by Mahua Mukherjee, a dance exponent and educator from Rabindra Bharti University.
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​Bharatnatyam performance by Sanskriti Dance
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Sujata Banerjee Dance Company
SBDC dancers will perform Devi Aradhana
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Bengali Folk & Kirtan by Gouri Choudhury accompanied by Sandyman & Amit Dey
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Date: Friday, 3rd November
Time: 7 pm
Venue: The Broadway Theatre, Barking IG11 7LS, United Kingdom
Price: £15
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Performance Day 2: Saturday 12 November
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We continue our festival on Performance Day 2, presenting distinguished UK and international artists from the Gaudiya Nritya, Kathak and Bharatnatyam dance forms with live music accompaniment.
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Kathak performance by Anuradha Chaturvedi
Anuradha presents two interlinked works - Anulaya, a lively exploration of rhythmic nuances of the form through a series of intricate compositions set to Teentaal and Dhammar.
Ardra, a lyrical and nuanced interpretation of 16th century mystic, poet and composer Surdas's exquisite devotional Pad
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Bharatnatyam performance by Divya Ravi
Divya Ravi will be performing on a commissioned piece especially created for Hemantika, on the theme of No '8'.
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Gaudiya Nritya performance by Rachel Priyanka
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Sujata Banerjee Dance Company
SBDC dancers will perform Devi Aradhana
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Date: Sunday 19 November
Time: 6pm
Venue: The Bhavan, 4A Castletown Rd, London W14 9HE 4TN
Price: £20 (Ground Floor Front)
£15 (Ground Floor Rear)
£10 (Balcony)
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Performance Day 3: Sunday 25th November
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The festival will conclude with celebration of dance featuring over 200 dancers from SBDC academy and also other UK-based groups.
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SBDC Student showcase
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Guest Artists
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Date: Sunday 25th November
Time: 4pm & 7pm
Venue: Artsdepot, 5 Nether Street, NorthFinchley London N12 0GA
Tickets: £17
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SBDC cannot guarantee the appearance of any particular artist at any performance due to illness, holiday or events beyond the SBDC’s control. No refunds or exchanges will be offered as a result of any artist’s unavailability to perform at any performance.
