January 21st - February 15, 2004 SALAAM Theatre
A celebratory fair highlighting South Asian performing arts in our Western culture: film, theatre, dance, music and leading South Asian stand-up comedians. MELA, meaning "fair" in Hindi, will showcase performing and visual arts that include new works and classics. VENUE: Baruch
Performing Arts Center
Tickets
available beginning January 2, 2004, through http://www.smarttix.com
or at the BPAC Box Office. Service charges may apply.
KALIGHAT : A Play
by Paul Knox
NAYIKAS : Odissi
Dance Theatre
CLASSICAL INDIAN MUSIC, a medley of vibrant and rich classical melodies from India. The program features ragas (classical Indian verse), bhajans (devotional song) and ghazals (poetic song) by celebrated North Indian classical singer Marina Alam, a disciple of Pandit Jasraj, accompanied by Tapan Modak and Madhu Vora. This musical night will take place on Jan 26th 2004 from 8-10pm at Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall. Tickets are $10/$5 with Baruch College Student ID. Student/Senior tix $8. INDIAN FUSION & JAZZ, features talented musicians who come together to reflect the South Asian Diaspora, combining Indian classical, folk, jazz and other modern musical forms. Isheeta Ganguly, Athul Prashar, Neil Dave & Ravi Sukhandan draw on the best of both worlds, blending the melodic and rhythmic richness of Western and Indian musical traditions. POSTCARD: INDIAN FUSION & JAZZ, features talented musicians blending Indian classical, folk structure, jazz and other modern music forms with the richness of Western & Indian music. This musical night will take place on Feb 2nd 2004 from 8-10pm at Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall. Tickets are $10/$5 with Baruch College Student ID. Student/Senior tix $8. Laff-O-Rama is a night of stand-up comedy that showcases some of the top South Asian comics in the United States and England today. In a post-911 world, Laff-O-Rama's comics explore the painfully funny experiences of life during wartime, growing up gay in India, an immigrant upbringing in white suburbia and the hassles of being mistaken for a terrorist. Laff-O-Rama is produced by Sholay Productions as part of MELA and will be held on Thursday, February 5th 8:30pm at Baruch Performing Arts Center, Mason Hall, 17 Lexington Avenue at 23rd Street in NYC. Tickets are $10/ $5 with Baruch College student ID. Tickets available at the box office or online at www.smarttix.com THE FILMS OF SATYAJIT RAY - commemorating the renowned Indian film director and Academy Award winner (Lifetime Achievement) Satyajit Ray, known for his humanistic approach to cinema. The film series will debut newly restored films for Mr. Ray, which have been generously restored at the the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Archives (AMPASA) in Beverly Hills, CA initiated through the efforts of the Satyajit Ray Film and Study Collection at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The film series will feature a lecture/presentation by noted Ray scholar and authority, Professor Dilip K. Basu. MELA: A SOUTH ASIAN FESTIVAL, presented by Baruch Performing Arts Center and the Indo American Arts Council with student sponsorship from Club India. Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC) is a new state-of-the art performance center at Baruch College. Baruch, known for its emphasis on Business, opened a performing arts center in October 2002, with its goal to infuse art into the curriculum, college life and the community, emphasizing creative and critical problem solving, a key tool in business as well as personal life situations. Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC) supports all the artistic disciplines in classical, fusion, folk and innovative forms influenced by the arts of India. IACC works cooperatively with colleagues around the United States to broaden our collective audiences and to create a network for shared information, resources and funding. The focus is to help artists and art organizations in North America as well as to facilitate artists from India to exhibit, perform and produce their work here. -----------------------------------------
Geeta Citygirl, Artistic Director
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