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Art Vision
performed in "I have a dream"
(March 14 - 18, 2008 Palermo,
Italy) on 14th to the 18th of March at Teatro Massimo in
Palermo, Sicily, Italy, there was six representations of 'I have a
dream' - a mega production under the direction of Beppe Menegatti. The
ballet was dedicated to the memory of those people in the history of human
mankind who have dedicated their lives to the uplift and betterment of
social injustices, such as Martin Luther King, Don Lortenzo, Ernesto Che
Guevara, Mother Theresa, Aung San Sui Kyi, the mothers of Plaza de Mayo and
Jan Palach.
It was an ode to universal peace which sees the participation
of an international cast of dancers from different part of the world. A
group of Odissi dancers from Art Vision, Bhubaneswar, under the direction
and choreography of Dr. Ileana Citaristi, had taken part in the segment
dedicated to Mother Theresa of Kolkata which has as main protagonist Carla
Fracci, the legendary Italian prima ballerina now in her sixties. The music
for this segment was by Pandit Ravi Shankar.
| Director |
Beppe Menegatti
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| Choreographer |
Luciano Cannito |
| Conductor |
Marzio Conti
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| Set Designs |
Italo Grassi
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| Costume Designs |
Elena Mannini
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| Lighting |
Bruno Ciulli
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| Schedule
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| Friday 14 March 2008 |
Turno Prime |
8.30 pm |
| Saturday 15 March 2008 |
Turn B |
4.00 pm |
| Saturday 15 March 2008 |
Turn F |
9.30 pm |
| Sunday 16 March 2008 |
Turn D |
5.30 pm |
| Tuesday 18 March 2008 |
Turn S2 |
4.00 pm |
| Tuesday 18 March 2008
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Turn C |
9.30 pm |
Art Vision, in
collaboration with Tourism Dept. and Nalco, had organized the 6th kalinga
mahotsav, a festival of Martial dances, at Dheuli stupa, Bhubaneswar, on the
23rd and 24th of Feb. 2008. The program of the festival was as
follows:......
23rd February
1.
Martial dance based choreography by South Korea troupe. 'Rodugak' (The
delivered) was a performance about human life cycle structured in 6 brief
scenes, each dealing roughly with confusion, birth, passion, ordeal,
Nirvana, and so forth. A variety of martial arts such as Taeguk, Sunmudo,
acrobatics, Bongsul (Chinese stick techniques), sword dance &
technique, etc. was extensively used in this piece.
2. Tatteta gullu, acrobatic and drum dance from Srikakulam, Andhra
Pradesh by Sri Rama Tatteta Gullu group directed by P. Adinarayanan.
3. Lok Kala Alha (Heroic ballads) from Uttar Pradesh by Fouzdar Singh
Alhasamrat and party –'Bunderkhan raja'
24th February
1. Topa Todhung, Tibetan martial dance by Tibetan Indian Foundation,
NewDelhi.
2. Paik dance by Bira Surendra Martial Art Troupe, Talcher Group
leader: Gandharva Devata.
3. Lok Kala Alha (Heroic ballads) from Uttar Pradesh by Fouzdar Singh
Alhasamrat and party –'Marwar ki lorhei'
Exploration Dance Festival
Art Vision, directed by Padmashree Dr. Ileana Citaristi, presented Exploration…in Odissi style. It
was a 2 days festival of Odissi choreographies at
Triveni Auditorium, New Delhi on 24th and 25th of January at 7 P.M.
 
 7th of April
On the
7th of April 2008 Art Vision has organised Remembering Guruji, an
evening of Odissi dance in memory of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra who passed away on this day 4 years ago. Senior students of Guruji
participated by performing some of his most popular compositions. The
dancers who partecipated are: Mukti Lata Pal, Nandini Gosal, Itisrhri
Dwibedi, Pranati Mohanty, Mira Das and Ileana Citaristi
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