Art Series
The Center for India Studies has enriched the cultural scene on Long Island and in the New York metropolitan area by bringing a cornucopia of Indian performance arts performed by the greatest living artists in India and in the U.S. These range from Classical Indian music and dance performances to operas and harikatha and many others in between. The Center is proud of having organized not one but two programs in Carnegie Hall by one of India's top artists, Ustad Amjad AH Khan and his sons.
Previous Events:
- Sarod maestro Padma Vibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, with Aman Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan at Carnegie Hall, October 2006
- Sarod maestro Padma Vibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, with Aman Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan at Carnegie Hall, May 23, 2000
- Clem Alford, September 25, 2005
- Anoushka Shankar, Staller Center for Performing Arts (cosponsored with Staller Center) October 23, 2006
- Classical South Indian Carnatic Music, Priya Sisters, Shanmukha Priya and Hari Priya (Cosponsored with India Society at Stony Brook and Graduate Student Organization, Stony Brook University), November 17, 2000
- Daisy Paradis, Staller Center, April 26, 1997
- Baithak (informal recital) of Classical Hindustani vocal by Dr Aruna Sharma (vocal) and Robert Thomas (guitar), Classical dance (Bharatanatyam) by Malini Srinivasan, Kannada folk poetry reading by Dr. S.N Sridhar, and storytelling by Dr. Sunita Mukhi (cosponsored with Music for Peace]
- Hindustani Vocal, Sangeeta Siromani Dr Aruna Sharma, May 28, 2002
Previous Events:
- Bharatanatyam Performance
Padmashri Chandrashekhar and Padmashri Adyar
Lakshman, 2006 - Bharatanatyam
Preeti Ramanath Dewan, October 24, 2004 - Purusha: Expressions of Man (all male Indian Classical dance presentation by Padmashri Professor Chandrashekhar and group from Kalakshetra, Chennai.)
- Dramatic Scenes from the Mahabharata in
Bharatanatyam style
Shridhar & Anuradha Shridhar, artistic Directors,
Khechara School of Dance, Bangalore, November,
2002 - Bharatanatyam Recital
Bharatanjali Ensamble, Bangalore, 2001
Bharatanjali TN - Bharatanatyam Recital
Pallavi Moorthy, December 2001 - Katha Kali Dance Drama
Crossing Boundaries: Kathakali for the Global Village — A postmodern interpretation Arjun Raina, November 11, 2000 - Nrityagram Dance Troupe, Bangalore, performance featuring dances in different Indian classical dance traditions Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kuchipudi, and Mohiniattam, 1998
- Jhankar A Festival of Indian Student Arts, 1998
- Kathak Solo Recital
Trupti Sevak, New York, 1997 - Bharatanatyam Dance Drama
Sri Krishnamasraye: A Bharatanatyam (Classical
Indian Dance) dance drama, depicting episodes from
the life Krishna - Bharatanatyam maestro Padma Bhushan Kamala
Narayanan and students from Bharata Kamalalaya
school
Previous Events:
- Makers of Modern Kannada Literature: Manuscript, Photograph, and Book Exhibit
Dr. Ramakant Joshi, Publisher, Manohara Grantha
Mala, Dharwad, Karnataka.
September 29, 2002 - Faces and Places of Rural and Tribal India
An Exhibit of the Photographs of Dr Sam Krassner
November 11, 2000 to January 31, 2001 - India on the Threshold of Freedom
Poetry Readings
Meena Alexander, Distinguished Professor of English, Hunter College, New York, and author of Fault Lines, The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial experience, and Nampatty Road Poetry Reading - Pramila Venkateswaran, Professor of English, Nassau County Community College, from
her book, Tirtha, November 2005.
Salim Peradina, Professor - International Drumming Workshop: Indian Tabla Adwait Shah and Khemraj Singh, 1998
- Glimpses of Indian Classical Music
Flute Concert by Shashank (cosponsored with
India Focus Group) - Fusion Music Concert: Jazz and South India Classical Instrumental
Larry Coryall and Prasanna (Cosponsored with Graduate Student Organization), February 2002 - Indian Dance Traditions: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, and Manipuri by Ila Abraham, Pallavi Moorthy, Damini, and others, March 12,2000 (cosponsored with Club India)
- Harikatha. India's Unique Performance Art Form
of Religious Discourse comprising music, drama
and narrative
Dr M. Radha, Chair, Department of Music, Madras
University - Thief of Love - an opera by Professor Sheila Silver cosponsored with the Staller Center for Performing Arts (subsequently made into a film)