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Hemantika Festival 2024: Performances
Pls note - Due to high demand, we recommend booking your tickets online at the earliest.
Event Day 1: Tuesday, 22nd October
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Storytelling thorough kathak
We have a longstanding relation with St Cuthbert's Church and since 2023, we have reached to their Memory Café project which is with the Dementia group. An afternoon of workshops and performances
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Date: Tuesday, 22nd October
Time: 12 -2 pm
Venue: St Cuthbert Church Hall,HA0 3QY
(Event open to St Cuthbert's Church memory cafe members only)​
Event Day 2: Sunday 27th October
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We continue our festival on event Day 2, presenting free performance and workshop along with intermediate level masterclass and abhinaya workshop with Sujata Banerjee, MBE.
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Date: Sunday 27th October
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Fun Family Workshop
Time: 2-3 pm
Price: £5
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Performance by SBDC Students
Time: 3 - 3.30 pm
Price: Free
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Intermediate level Kathak Masterclass by Sujata Banerjee
Time: 4 - 5.30 pm
Price: £15
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Advance level Abhinaya Masterclass by Sujata Banerjee
Time: 5.30 - 7pm
Price: £15
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Venue: Brent Community Centre, 6 Hillside, London NW10 8BN​​
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Event Day 3: Sunday 10th November
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The festival will continue with celebration of dance featuring Aakash Odedra, Shambhavi Dandekar, ClimArts (Neelambaree Prasad & Kripa Iyer) and over 150 dancers from SBDC academy . Also presenting a ground-braking extract of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, through the lens of Kathak, accompanied by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Date: Sunday 10th November
Time: 2 pm & 6.30 pm
Venue: Artsdepot, 5 Nether Street, NorthFinchley London N12 0GA
Tickets: £20 / £25
Concessions (children under 10):£12
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Event Day 4: Sunday 17th November
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The Journey of Kathak - An immersive experience
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This unique event is curated with considerable research, love and respect for the extraordinary artform - Kathak.
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The audience will be on a journey, from one floor to the others of Shishukunj, discovering the history and the evolution of the form through multi-sensory and truly immersive experience.
We will have one show; 3pm. This show will last for approximately 80 minutes. Audience, for each show, will enter in smaller groups for the specific booked time.
Please note the stairs are also part of our journey and story, chairs may be available but watching performances will mainly be standing. The lift will only be available for elderly and wheelchair users.
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Date: Sunday, 17th November
Time: 3 pm, 3.30 pm
Venue: Shishukunj Bhavan, Edgware, HA8 7EE
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Please note: Car parking will not be available at the venue. Off street parking should be free on Sundays,
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SBDC recognises the importance of upholding the integrity of classical styles, whilst exploring innovative ways to engage new and existing audiences. In Shishukunj (Edgware), audience groups, lead by dancers, storytellers and musicians, will be taken on a journey through the space, to experience the history and development of Kathak, from a storytelling temple art form to the grand royal era and on to the modern-day concert halls. Special thematic backdrop will be created by India-based guest artist Anup Giri, who will also run workshops for our volunteers. Sustainable materials will be used, and the backdrops designed to be easily dismantled and re-used.
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Show Time: 3pm and 3.30pm (the same show is repeated)
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Back drop design and creation: Anup Giri (Kolkata)
Assistant: Sailesh Modasia
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Artists:
Temple musicians:
Abhishek Pandya (vocal)
Aniruddha Mukherjee: Percussion
Aaditya Shivakumar: Manjira
Dancers: Jaina, Showmi, Reena, Taanya, Sharmistha, Sriparna, Deepsikha, Saanya, Diksha, Isha, Mala and Anvi
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Court Musicians:
Chandrachur Bhattacharjee: Sitar
Anuj Thakore: Tabla
Debipriya Sircar: Vocal
Dancers: Shafa, Tulani, Bhavisha, Meena and Tejal
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Modern time:
Music: prerecorded
Pieces:
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Yogi: Music by Ravi Chary, Choreographed by Sujata Banerjee, Dancers: Noyonika Kochar and Avni Rao,
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The Herd (short extract): Music by Bernhard Schimpelsberger, Choreographed by Jose Agudo. Dancers: Aishani Chatterjee and Riya Doshi
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Family Portrait (short extract): Music by Shammi Pithia, Choreographed by Gary Clarke. Dancers: Mithun Gill and Saloni Saraf
Conceptualised and directed: Sujata Banerjee,MBE
Event Day 5 : Saturday, 30th November
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An Evening of Kathak
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An evening program of guest artists and and SBDC group performances accompanied by live music.
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Date: Saturday, 30th November
Time: 6pm
Venue: The Drive, Milford IG1 3PW
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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.