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Hemantika Festival 2024: Performances
Pls note - Due to high demand, we recommend booking your tickets online at the earliest.
Event Day 1: Tuesday, 22nd October
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Storytelling thorough kathak
We have a longstanding relation with St Cuthbert's Church and since 2023, we have reached to their Memory Café project which is with the Dementia group. An afternoon of workshops and performances
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Date: Tuesday, 22nd October
Time: 12 -2 pm
Venue: St Cuthbert Church Hall,HA0 3QY
(Event open to St Cuthbert's Church memory cafe members only)​
Event Day 2: Sunday 27th October
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We continue our festival on event Day 2, presenting free performance and workshop along with intermediate level masterclass and abhinaya workshop with Sujata Banerjee, MBE.
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Date: Sunday 27th October
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Fun Family Workshop
Time: 2-3 pm
Price: £5
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Performance by SBDC Students
Time: 3 - 3.30 pm
Price: Free
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Intermediate level Kathak Masterclass by Sujata Banerjee
Time: 4 - 5.30 pm
Price: £15
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Advance level Abhinaya Masterclass by Sujata Banerjee
Time: 5.30 - 7pm
Price: £15
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Venue: Brent Community Centre, 6 Hillside, London NW10 8BN​​
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Event Day 3: Sunday 10th November
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The festival will continue with celebration of dance featuring Aakash Odedra, Shambhavi Dandekar, ClimArts and over 150 dancers from SBDC academy . Also presenting a ground-braking extract of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, through the lens of Kathak, accompanied by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Date: Sunday 10th November
Time: 2pm & 6pm
Venue: Artsdepot, 5 Nether Street, NorthFinchley London N12 0GA
Tickets: £20 / £25
Concessions (children under 10):£12
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Event Day 4: Sunday 17th November
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The Journey of Kathak - An immersive experience
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This unique event is curated with considerable research, love and respect for the extraordinary artform - Kathak.
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The audience will be on a journey, from one floor to the others of Shishukunj, discovering the history and the evolution of the form through multi-sensory and truly immersive experience.
We will have two shows; 3pm and 5pm. Each show will last for approximately 80 minutes. Audience, for each show, will enter in smaller groups for the specific booked time.
Please note the stairs are also part of our journey and story, chairs may be available but watching performances will mainly be standing. The lift will only be available for elderly and wheelchair users.
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Date: Sunday, 17th November
Time: 3 pm and 5 pm
Venue: Shishukunj Bhavan, Edgware, HA8 7EE
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Please note: car parking will not be available at the venue. Off street parking should be free on Sundays,
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Event Day 5 : Saturday, 30th November
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An Evening of Kathak
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An evening program of guest artists and and SBDC group performances accompanied by live music.
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Date: Saturday, 30th November
Time: 6pm
Venue: The Drive, Milford IG1 3PW
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SBDC cannot guarantee the appearance of any particular artist at any performance due to illness, holiday or events beyond the SBDC’s control. No refunds or exchanges will be offered as a result of any artist’s unavailability to perform at any performance.