[IMC Bombay] International Womens Day
Tejal Shah
ts at vsnl.net
Sat, 1 Mar 2003 13:29:14 +0530
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Press release
8th March Saturday
International Womens Day.=20
Nehru Centre Worli. 6:30 pm
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Narmada "the story of a river"
An oddissi dance ballet.
Conceived and choreographed by Jhelum Paranjape.
Featuring: The Smitalay Dance School
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Smitalay, so named by Jhelum Paranjape in memory of her dear friend and =
critically acclaimed actress Smita Patel, is the dance wing of the Sane =
Guruji Arogya Mandir, a registered cultural & educational charitable =
trust. =20
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Activities at Smitalay include imparting rigorous and complete training =
in the Odissi dance form and constantly producing innovative original =
dance ballets.=20
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For the past decade, Smitalay has been annually celebrating =
international women's day by presenting a performance exclusively =
choreographed with "woman' as the central theme.=20
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This year the ballet is called NARMADA
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Narmada is a story of the river; about its beautiful and bountiful =
nature and life giving force. It is the story about life on the banks, =
and the adivasis who pray to her and call her mother.
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Narmada is also about a fiery woman who single handedly took on the =
world to fight for a peoples sustenance - the woman the adivasis of the =
valley regard as an 'avataar' of the mighty river itself.=20
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Narmada also depicts the river as a woman-a woman with many moods, =
sometimes vivacious, sometimes joyful and sometimes full of anguish. A =
woman faced with choices, confrontations and constrictions. A woman who =
combines strength and continuity, conflict and resolution.=20
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Narmada is indeed about the very essence of a woman.
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Narmada makes neither a political nor ecological statement. It merely =
tells us what the river embodies, thinks and feels. =20
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For more information: please contact Jhelum Paranjape: 98202 16315.=20
Tickets available at Sane Guruji High School, Santacruz(W) and Nehru =
Centre, Worli.=20
Rs 200, Rs 100, Rs 30
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<P align=3Dleft class=3DMsoTitle style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>8<SUP>th</SUP> March =
Saturday</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">International =
Womens Day.=20
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></I></B></P>
<H1>Nehru Centre Worli. 6:30 pm</H1>
<P class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P align=3Dcenter class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></I></B></P>
<P align=3Dcenter class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">Narmada</SPAN></U></I></B><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN></I></B><I =
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">“the story =
of a=20
river”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P align=3Dcenter class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">An=20
oddissi dance ballet</SPAN></B>.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Conceived and =
choreographed=20
by Jhelum Paranjape.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<H2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal">Featuring:</SPAN> <U>The <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Smitalay</B> Dance =
School</U></H2>
<P class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">Smitalay,</SPAN></I></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> so named by <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Jhelum Paranjape</B> in memory of =
her dear=20
friend and critically acclaimed actress <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Smita Patel</B>, is the da<I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">nce wing </I>of the <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Sane Guruji Arogya Mandir</B>, a =
registered=20
cultural & educational charitable trust.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Activities at <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Smitalay</I></B> include imparting =
rigorous=20
and complete training in the <B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U>Odissi </U></I></B>dance form =
and=20
constantly producing innovative original dance ballets. =
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">For=20
the past decade, Smitalay has been annually celebrating <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">international women’s =
day</I></B> by=20
presenting a performance exclusively choreographed with</SPAN><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">=20
“woman’</SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> as=20
the central theme. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">This year the =
ballet is=20
called <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal"><U>NARMADA</U></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">Narmada</SPAN></I></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> is a story of the =
river;=20
about its beautiful and bountiful nature and life giving force. It is =
the story=20
about life on the banks, and the <B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">adivasis</I></B> who pray to her =
and call=20
her <B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: =
normal">mother.<o:p></o:p></I></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">Narmada</SPAN></I></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> is also about a =
fiery woman=20
who single handedly took on the world to fight for a peoples sustenance =
– the=20
woman the <B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">adivasis</I></B> of the valley =
regard as an=20
<I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">‘avataar’</I> of =
the mighty river itself.=20
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Narmada =
</SPAN></I></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">also depicts the =
river as a=20
woman-a woman with many moods, sometimes vivacious, sometimes joyful and =
sometimes full of anguish. A woman faced with choices, confrontations =
and=20
constrictions. A woman who combines strength and continuity, conflict =
and=20
resolution. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">Narmada</SPAN></I></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> is indeed about =
the very=20
essence of a woman.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">Narmada</SPAN></I></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> makes neither a =
political=20
nor ecological statement. It merely tells us what the river embodies, =
thinks and=20
feels.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">For=20
more information: please contact <B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal">Jhelum=20
Paranjape: 98202 16315.</B> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Tickets available =
at Sane=20
Guruji High School, Santacruz(W) and Nehru Centre, Worli.=20
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; =
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mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; =
mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Rs=20
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