SAREE KA GUNIJAN KHANA
Multi-disciplinary events celebrating the Saree
Thurs 6 – Fri 7 October 2016
The Folly @ Amethyst
Next to Corporation Bank, Whites Road
Royapettah, Chennai
Tel: 044-45991630/31
Saree ka Gunijan-khana supported by Amethyst
PROGRAMME
Thurs 6 Oct 2016
7 – 8.30 pm
Love Saree: A panel discussion celebrating the moods of the Saree and Chennai
Let’s get talking about our first love, The Saree. Chennai’s leading saree wearers sing the glory of the Saree. The discussion aims to unravel how these diverse practitioners create or use the wondrous drape in their own special way, bringing in stories of tradition, continuity, change, revival, experimentation, and an intimacy with the Saree.
Open to all.
Fri 7 Oct 2016
11 am – 2 pm
Saree Styling Workshop
The Saree styling workshop aims to incite participants to ceaselessly experiment with draping styles, and Saree styling. From traditional Pan-Indian styles to more contemporary Saree accesorisation, discover so much more you can do with the Saree, to make it fun, sexy, and YOU!
The workshop centres around three main aspects of Saree styling: Draping, Blouse Styling and Accessorisation.
Led by Himanshu Verma (curator, Saree Festival)
A vegetarian lunch will be served at the end of the workshop.
Workshop Fee: INR 2000 per person
By prior registration: himanshu@redearthindia.com
Fri 7 Oct 2016
7 – 8.30 pm
Lady Anandi: A performance by Anuja Ghosalkar
Buy the Saree Festival Poster (INR 500) and get a free invite!
By prior registration: himanshu@redearthindia.com
F, an actor-writer is haunted by the ghost of her maternal great grandfather— a female impersonator in regional Indian Theatre in the late 1800s. When she finally encounters him, he is dressed as a woman, in a blood red, silk saree, essaying the role of Lady Anandi. A documentary theatre piece.
Anuja Ghosalkar is a theatre actor, writer and director based in Bangalore. Drama Queen, her theatre company, is evolving a unique form of documentary theatre in India.