ALL-FESTIVAL PASS for $260, includes entry to all events, available until APRIL 4, 2008. Reservations can be made by calling (917) 582-4730 or by clicking here.
FRIDAY, APRIL 18thLINGA SARITA ~ RIVERS OF GENDER
Exploring gender constructions, identities & transgressions through Neo/Classical Performances featuring: Rudrakshya, Aparna Sindoor, Sudarshan Belsare, Dakshina, Nayikas, Parul Shah and Co, and Astad Deboo
Keynote Plenary featuring: Mallika Sarabhai, Taslima Nasrin, Shohini Ghosh, Bharati Mukherjee, Urvashi Vaid, Reema Kagti, Alka Pande, and Zila Khan
Pardah Art Exhibition and Opening Night Reception
6-7 pm Tickets: $75, $125 for preferred seating, $60 students (limited) Performances, followed by Plenary Discussion
7-9:30 pm Opening Night ticket includes Reception, Performances, and Plenary Discussion
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Venue: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Atrium & Allen Room
SATURDAY, APRIL 19th DAHLEEZ ~ BEYOND THE THRESHOLD
Films Screenings: Documenting Sex Workers' Lives
Mira Nair's India Cabaret
Shohini Ghosh's Tales of the Night Fairy
Q & A with Shohini Ghosh
11-3 pm
Tickets: $30, $25 students
Venue: Bruno Walter Auditorium
UNVEILING THE PARDAH
Androgyny & Gender Dialectics with Dr. Alka Pande and Dr. Uttara Asha Coorlawala
Visual artists & Inter-disciplinary Improv Showcase
A Work in Progress Performance of Sauli Mitra's Draupadi with Tillotama Shome
Linear Talk with Dr. Alka Pande and Dr. Uttara Asha Coorlawala
Interactive Improv Performances
Non-Linear Conversations with Artists
3:30-5:30 pmTickets: $30, $25 students
Venue: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Irene Diamond Education Center
DARMIYAAN ~ BETWEEN THE LINES
Exploring roles, reversals, contradictions & stereotypes; and the final issue of choice. Performances by Mallika Sarabhai, Rajika Puri, Sudarshan Belsare, Sarah Hussain, Aparna Sindhoor, Dakshina, & Nayikas (feat. Prachi Dalal, Sharmili Khan, & Tillotama Shome)
Post performance Q&A
Performances
Q & A with Artists
7-9 pm Tickets: $30, $25 students
Venue: Bruno Walter Auditorium
SUNDAY, APRIL 20th PEHCHAAN ~ I AM NOT MEFilm Screenings exploring ‘Queerness" and 'Otherness’
Reema Kagti's Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Priya Sen's About Elsewhere
Harjant Gill's Milind Soman Made Me Gay
Q & A with Reema Kagti and Harjant Gill
1-4:30 pmTickets: $30, $25/students
Venue: Bruno Walter Auditorium
VIVAAD ~ PHRASING DIFFERENCES
Women speak on geopolitics, identity, desire & power. Bharati Mukherjee, Taslima Nasrin, Mallika Sarabhai, Gayatri Gopinath & Shamita Dasgupta
Conversation ft. Bharati Mukherjee and Mallika Sarabhai
5-6 pm
Tickets: $35, $30/students
Venue: Bruno Walter Auditorium
VISAAL ~ COMING TOGETHER
Celebrating freedom, choice & faith through Sufi traditions featuring Zila Khan, Aditi Mangaldas, Fareed Ayaz Qawwal Ensemble
Music and Dance in Sufi tradition ft. Zila Khan, Farid Ayaz Qawwal Ensemble, and Aditi Mangaldas
6:30-8:30 pm
Tickets: $100, $85/students (limited)
Venue: Bruno Walter Auditorium