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Workshops at Jaipur Festival

Jaipur Heritage Workshops – 16 –20 January 2006

As part of the unique annual January festival of creative arts and crafts, Jaipur Virasat Foundation is offering six exceptional Jaipur Heritage Workshops – Miniature Painting Techniques,Mud Resist Prints on Cloth, Kitsch Krafts, Stitches of the Desert, Fabulous Fashion and Narrative Scroll Painting; each based on traditional craft techniques of this magical city. Designed to inspire your creativity you will also discover some of the fascinating secrets of the region’s multi-faceted artistic heritage.

Workshops will be led by local experts collaborating with wellknown British designers at locations selected for the subject such as private havelis, palaces, specialist museums & craft studios. Held over five mornings, from 10am to 1pm, you will be free to enjoy the festival activities for the rest of the day.

On Day Six after the workshops have ended, you can attend the Grand Gala Evening, with artists and international guests from the festival. For each of the five days and day six, there will be afternoon options for which you can sign up. They include:

Escorted visits to: specialist museums a local painting workshop textile workshops of repute craft based design workshops of repute textile workshops in the bazaars and local decorative workshops, producing for the export trade

Private viewings of: traditional wardrobe in the home of a member of the aristocracy. a private home of distinct decorative style private collections in the owners’ home

Festival Gala Evening – 21 January 2006, Afternoon excursions available on request

Cost -£180 per participant, 15 places only per workshop, (Additional fees for afternoon trips and Gala Evening)

Miniature Painting Techniques at Jaipur Festival

With partner Thakor Dushyant Singh of Naila Bagh, Olivia Dalrymple, & expert miniature painter, Ajay Sharma

Day One: An expedition for sketching and photography with Olivia and Thakor Dushyant Singh in the city bazaars while you learn about the various local papers used for miniature painting, and an opportunity to buy your own paper, pigments and materials to take home with you, from the specialist sources.

Days Two, Three, Four & Five: In a studio space in the atmospheric gardens of Naila Bagh, one of the least changed aristocratic homes of historic Jaipur, and under the guiding eye of Olivia and Thakor Dushyant Singh, learn from expert miniature artist Ajay Sharma.

During the next four days you will be guided in the centuries old methods of preparing both your paper and pigments, the brush techniques, and how to use metal foil in order to produce an exquisite individual work of art.

There will be an opportunity to study some superb examples from the Jaipur Royal Collection in the City Palace Art gallery.

Mud Resist Prints and Indigi Days at Jaipur Festival

With partner Anokhi Museum of Hand Prints, Natalie Gibson print artist & Vikram Joshi

Day One: Field Research with Natalie for sketches and photos of inspirational subjects in Jaipur bazaars & City Palace complex.

Day Two: In one of the studios at Anokhi Farm, Jagatpura, under the guiding eye of Natalie and Vikram, plan your personal design and its end use – a garment shawl, a bag, hat, throw, accessory, a kite or wall hanging. Select your materials, then customise and create the stencil or select the wood stamps to apply the resist.

Days Three & Four: At Jahota, a traditional village centre of block prints and indigo work some 30 kilometres from Jaipur, complete the stencils, apply, handpaint or stamp your base cloth with mud resist paste, dry, dip dye in indigo vat. Experience rural Rajasthan and how this technique has been practised for centuries.

Day Five: Back at the Anokhi Studios, complete your personalised item with the help of a small team of tailors, hand workers, embroiderers and the Resource Pool selection of finishing and embellishing options such as borders, sequins, sparkles.

Kitsch Krafts at Jaipur Festival

With partner IICD, Andrew Logan sculptor & Bulbul Sharma

Day One: Field Research with Andrew and Bulbul for references & photos of inspirational decorative treatments in Jaipur bazaars & City Palace complex

Day Two: In a private palace, under the guiding eye of Andrew and Bulbul, select and plan your choice item from the Workshop Pool of Resources, a selection of base objects and materials enabling you to personalize a picture frame, box, or a piece of outrageous “jewellery”.

Day Three: Shopping in the heart of the fascinating old city markets to buy a range of mirror pieces, semi precious stones, coloured threads, sequins, glass beads, glitter & bright pigments and such like, of your choice, to use in decorating your selected objects*.

Day Four & Five: Back at Naila Bagh, get your hands into the work as you execute, decorate, paint or varnish your personalised item with the help of a small team of craftspeople.

* Shopping in the bazaars is not included in the workshops costs and is additional to the fee.

Stitches of The Desert at Jaipur Festival

With partner Anokhi Museum of Hand Prints, Lucy Goffin textile artist & Vartika

Day One: Field Research at Anokhi workshop and studios where you can delve into the rich textile archive and other references in the company library

Day Two: Visit City Palace textile rooms with Lucy and Vartika who will explain the traditional fabric & embroidery techniques on show and on to a well-known textile emporium for a viewing of the fine antique embroidered pieces

Day Three, Four & Five: In the Anokhi Museum of Handprinting situated in historic Amber, select your own materials from the Workshop Pool of Resources, and start your three-day learning experience.

Under the guiding eye of Lucy and Vartika, you will have a unique opportunity to learn a range of differing stitches, using a variety of threads and materials – cotton and silk, mirrors, sequins and metallic ribbons – to produce your own samplers. You will gain hands-on experience of the extensive range of decorative stitchery typical of the region with the help of local embroidery ladies demonstrating their skills.

Fabulous Fashion at Jaipur Festival

With partner NIFD Jaipur, David Kappo fashion designer & Bina Ramani Find inspiration from Jaipur’s living culture to create an extravagant and unique outfit of your own design!

Day One: Observation and Field Research with David and Bina for ideas, sketches & photos in the streets, museums and palaces of the city to absorb colours, textures, shapes and styles of local fashion

Day Two: Visit local suppliers of traditional clothing, fabrics and accessories – sari merchants, glitter & wedding specialists, embroidery & tie dye shops, jewellery & bangle markets to select your fabrics and embellishments*

Day Three & Four & Five: In a secluded space in a private palace, under the inspirational guidance of David and Bina, plan, design and draw up your own fantasy costume with the gorgeous fabrics, decorations and accessories you have chosen. Learn about tying turbans and draping saris. Make up your outfit with the help of your own personal tailor, using, if you want, the patterns, shapes, embellishments, trims and finishings from the Workshops Resource Pool.

Cost of shopping is extra and not included in the workshop fee.

Crafts Design And Shopping at Jaipur Festival

National Crafts Bazaar at Jaipur Festival
Jan14 to 28, 11 to 21.00hrs , Jaipur Udyog Maidan Statue Circle

Recognizing that the makers of handicrafts and village micro industries in India generate livelihood opportunities second only to agriculture, the Development Commissioner Handicrafts encourages crafts bazaars across the country to create marketing opportunities for craftspeople. The Jaipur National Craft Bazaar, brought to the city annually to coincide with the international January festival, is one of three only in India on this scale. It brings to the city a range of handicrafts and assorted items from all over the country, offers a place to experience the diversity of India, to uncover unusual treasures you may never have seen before, shop for bargains for friends and family, and to experience the great range of India’s crafts.
Organised by RUDA, Brought to Jaipur by JVF partner the Development Commissioner Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.

Rang Gulabi - An Exhibition of Excellence at Jaipur Festival
Sat 21 & Sun 22, 10.00 to 20.00 hrs, Hotel Clark’s Amer

A unique two-day shopping opportunity! Organised by Shubham Seva Akshar in Jaipur, Akshay Pratishthan Rehabilitation Centre in Delhi to raise funds for the disabled. Part of the proceeds of this sale will go to Disha & Shubham Seva Akshar in Jaipur, Akshay Pratishthan Rehabilitation Centre in Delhi. The sale offers a wide range of crafted items and some of the best brands in the field in the ambience of a buzzing market place. Jewellery, clothes, textiles, household goods and traditional foods will all be on offer, along with fun activities like turban-tying competitions, mehendi (henna) painting on hands and feet, rangoli painting and such like.
Supported by Akshay Pratishthan (Delhi) and Shubham (Jaipur)

Design & Craft at Jaipur Festival
Daily throughout the festival, 11.00 to 18.00hrs, AKFD Shop

A collection of cutting-edge design artifacts, furniture and lifestyle products. Made with unusual yet traditional materials and processes, the designer’s work appeals to discerning, quality conscious, contemporary sensibilities. Ayush Kasliwal, creative director of AKFD and graduate of NID, has worked with leading designers across the globe, giving them access to the rich world of Rajasthani crafts. Today he supplies many of the world’s leading retailers.
Supported by AKFD Shop

Textiles and Antiques at Jaipur Festival
My Daughter’s Dowry – an exhibition
Throughout the festival, 11.00 to 17.00hrs, Gallery Barsana & Museum of Embroideries
Ajrakh, Kantha and Dhabla Shawls – an exhibition plus sale

Gallery Barsana will have its first exhibition from January 15 to 25th, 2006 by national award winning craftspersons. There will be Ajrakh by the family of late Khatri Mohamad bhai of Damadka in Kutch, Kantha by Smt. Takdira Begum of Bengal and Dhoblas by Vankar Valji Visram of Bijoda, a village in Kutch. Also on display will be My Daughter’s Dowry, an exhibition of items that a daughter carries with her at the time of her marriage in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Supported by Gallery Barsana

Workshop at Jaipur Festival
Design and Craft – A Workshop of arts, crafts, design & learning

To bring cutting edge design and marketing inputs to the world of crafts, and to train future designers for the realities of present day global markets, Tom Dixon, a leading contemporary designer of UK, collaborates with Jaipur designers to guide students from the Royal College London and the Indian Institute of Craft and Design to work with local craftspeople in metal and stone.
Supported by the British Council, Anokhi Museum & Good Earth

Visual Arts at Jaipur Festival

Ceramic installations by Tarshito (Italy) at Jaipur Festival
The Vase and the Fish
Throughout the festival, 11.00 to 18.00hrs, Dwarka Dheesh Temple

Italian artist Tarshito is working with Jaipur’s famous blue pottery artisans to create installations of ceramic art, in one of the Walled City’s historic temples. Architect, designer and artist Tarshito is a native of Southern Italy, He has spent large amounts of time in India where he first came in 1979 in search of inspiration. He has exhibited at the Delhi Crafts Museum and has worked extensively with Indian craftsmen to produce handicrafts, furniture, jewellery and exhibition pieces for Italian and Indian markets.
Supported by Nature Morte

Paintings, sculpture and photographs (Italy) at Jaipur Festival
An Italian Season
Throughout the festival, 11.00 to 18.00hrs, Chaturdic Gallery, JKK

Using a range of materials, contemporary artists from various regions of Italy have made paintings, sculpture and photographs… There will be a special focus on painting. Participating artists include Maria Elisabetta Catamo, Gianna Scoino, Alberto Ghinzani, Lino Mannocci, Elisabetta di Pisa, Barbara Pietrasanta, and Tarshito. Supported by Istituto Italiano di Cultura and Nature Morte

Paintings by Bajrang Lal Suthar at Jaipur Festival
Bajrang - Life through Paint and Poetry
Throughout the festival, 11.00 to 18.00hrs, Diggi Palace

Bajrang Lal Suthar was permanently disabled in an accident ten years ago. Here he tells the story of his struggle to overcome his difficulties. Bajrang has found an outlet for his emotions through writing poetry, and translating them onto canvas. This is his debut exhibition, featuring work from a span of about seven years. With no other source of income, this former carpenter from the small village of Momasar in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, is now being encouraged by the Jaipur Virasat Foundation to look at art as a means of livelihood.

Paintings by various Jaipur Artists at Jaipur Festival
Jaipur Revisited
Throughout the festival, 11.00 to 18.00hrs, JKK Parijat 1 and 2

Specially curated for the Festival by National art critic and published scholar Dr Alka Pande, this exhibition looks at the emerging visual language of contemporary visual artists of Jaipur. It is a celebration of today’s Jaipur, a thriving ‘creative bowl’, set against the backdrop of the city’s past - the home of tradition and feudal kingship.

Paintings by Surendra Pal Joshi at Jaipur Festival
Resonance on Art
Throughout the festival, 18.00 to 20.00hrs, ta Blu, Hotel Clark’s Amer

A series of paintings that create the effect of textiles with the use of acrylic colours. Surendra Pal Joshi’s works exemplify figurative and non-figurative facets of life, and uses textures of fabrics and shades of colour. The focal emotion in the paintings is the satisfaction of being close to one’s roots. Joshi has done 20 solo and 80 group exhibitions, and is chiefly known for his “time textile” series.
Supported by ta Blu

Paintings by various National Artists at Jaipur Festival
The Juneja Collection
Throughout the festival, 10.00 to 20.00hrs, Juneja Art Gallery

An exhibition of works by artists from across India - Jatin Das, Surjit Akre and Prof. Niren Sen Gupta from Delhi, Manoj Mitra, Ashoke Mullick and Subrata Gangopadhyay from Kolkata, Anand Panchal from Mumbai, and Deepika Hazra, Sangeeta Juneja and Kiran Murdia from Rajasthan. There will also be a daily art demonstration.
Supported by the Juneja Gallery

Paintings and Sculpture by various National Artists at Jaipur Festival
The Samanvai Collection
Throughout the Festival, 10.00 to 20.00hrs, Samanvai Art Gallery

Paintings and sculptures by Nikhil Biswas, K.H. Ara, Rabin Mondal, Ganesh Haroi, Paritosh Sen, Shyamal Dutta Ray, Sanat Kar, Prokash Karmokar, Jogen Choudhary, Ramanand Bandhopadhyaya, Bijon Choudhary, Pradeep Mitra, Laxman Goud and other internationally acclaimed contemporary Indian artists.
Supported by the Samanvai Gallery

Photographs by Elizabeth Simpson (UK) at Jaipur Festival
Hands, Mind and Eye
Throughout the festival, 11.00 to 18.00hrs, Hotel Rajputana Sheraton

The exhibition explores the relationship between people, their culture and their environment through the eyes of Elizabeth Simpson, who toured Jaipur, Kota, Kishangarh, Jodhpur and Kumbalgarh in 2004 and 2005. The families of the people photographed have lived for many years in the same area, and practise the same work as their forbearers. The land, the material, the skills are imbibed in their bodies and many of the prints are collages: two shots superimposed on one another, showing these inherent relationships.

Video Art curated by Pooja Sood at Jaipur Festival
Fri 20, Sat 21 and Sun 22

Apeejay Media Gallery, a premier forum for new media art in India, presents a selection of video art works on three evenings 20th - 22nd January 2006

The Gallery provides a forum for an exciting dialogue between film making, video, performance, installation art, digitally manipulated photography, virtual reality, acoustics, choreography and dance amongst the many other possibilities that the confluence of art and technology provide.
Supported by Apeejay Media Gallery

Workshop at Jaipur Festival
Comics as a contemporary graphic narrative form - Workshop by Etienne Schreder from Belgium
Mon 16 to Fri 20, Rajasthan School of Art

A five-day workshop conducted by respected Belgian comic strip artist Etienne Schreder, covering the global history of comic strips from the beginnings to present day techniques. The workshop offers a unique opportunity for artists to learn about the philosophies and techniques of comic strip art so they can develop their own creations. Participants will be encouraged to create their own works by the final day. Etienne Schreder is a respected Belgian comic strip artist and workshop trainer. He began his full time career in comics with the well-known publishers Casterman. Since 2003, he has been with the largest French comic strip publisher, Glénat. He has produced several albums, specially commissioned work and collaborated with other artists in the course of his career.
Supported by India’s Heritage, The Viveka Foundation and Rajasthan School of Art

Public Art Installation at Jaipur Festival
Universal Being - In the Path of the Sun and the Moon
Sat 21, 14.45 hrs, Central Park

This work represents an international collaboration of many partners. Installed at two sites, in the north of Jaipur on the island facing the Jal Mahal and towards the south in the Central Park, the public work of art is the masterpiece of the French artist Christian Lapie working with Tab India, the crafts people of Rajasthan and Jaipur designer Samiir Wheaton, in Bijolia, Bheslana and Karoli stone. The locations establish the work in harmony with its historical context and reflect Jaipur’s north-south axis. The sculptures are monumental figures without arms or faces. As universal human beings they question us and watch over us as though they were our guardians, placid and immutable. They include us in the landscape, its memory and its history. As the heavenly constellations inform all elements of Indian culture, so the fifteen pieces of which this two-site installation is made are inspired by the heavens. At Jal Mahal the sun and moon look together in the same direction representing day and night. The group of thirteen in the Central Park represent the Constellation of Capricorn and the winter solstice. The sculptures invite us to reflect upon the passage of time. The project will be inaugurated on January 21 and promotes Jaipur globally as an international centre of contemporary artistry and craft.
Principal Sponsor TabIndia

Jaipur Heritage International Festival, a project of Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF), is an effort to revitalize dying arts & crafts, create employment opportunities, conserve, restore & find new uses for historic sites promote sustainability, diversity & celebration.

Performing Arts at Jaipur Festival

Dance at Jaipur Festival
Sufi Kathak by Manjari Chaturvedi with Qawaals and Langa Manganiyars
Sat 14, 18.30 hrs . Ganeshpole, Amber Fort

The performance draws inspiration from the poetry of the great Sufi saints of the subcontinent. Dancer Manjari Chaturvedi explores the nuances of Sufi devotion expressed through qawaals and devotional music of Rajasthan’s western desert, using the language and power of dance to engage the audience in the intensity of Sufi experience. A dancer representing the Lucknow gharana of Kathak, Manjari has performed in more than two hundred concerts and is an empanelled artiste with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. She introduced the mystique of Sufism to the classical dance form of Kathak in 1994, and has since evolved her own unique style of dance that cuts across conventional boundaries linking classical with folk, Hinduism with Islam.
Supported by the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan

Music at Jaipur Festival
Opening night festival party
Sat 14, 22.00hrs onwards . The Factory Mann Industries
Midival Punditz, the first Indian electronica band to sign to an international label recreate the sound of Asian ambience and trance in a melting of Indian classical and contemporary club music. The musical partnership of Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj dates back to a childhood friendship which helps explain the ease with which their talents gel. Veterans of the New Delhi club scene, the Punditz set up their own studio in 1997.Their music creates equal space for past and present, East and West, but it’s the Punditz first love for Indian classical music which creates its depth and beauty.
Brought to you by Event Crafter

Music at Jaipur Festival
Afternoon Recital of Classical Vocals by Vijayendra Gautam
Sun 15, 15.00 to 16.30 hrs . Dwarka Dheesh Temple

The afternoon recitals of the Jaipur Festival provide a platform for young talent in the field of classical music. Vijayendra Gautam has trained under Dhrupad maestro Pt. Lakshman Bhatt Tailang and is an All India Radio recognized bhajan singer. He has won a number of awards, honours and fellowships and performed extensively in Rajasthan and Gujarat. He has also composed works for a TV serial, and contributed to two albums of Rajasthani songs.
In association with Golcha Associated

Performance, Ambiance & Food at Jaipur Festival
The Village Square - Chaupal 2006
Sun 15 to Sun 22 . every day from 17.00 to 20.00hrs . JKK Shilpgram

Essential to community life in the villages of Rajasthan is the public space for community activities known as Chaupal. For Festival 2006 we create a sense of what this might be by providing a glimpse of village activities that are still practiced such as rope making, pottery, leather work, needlework, the making of simple musical instruments, and floor rugs woven from camel and goat hair. A range of typical Rajasthani foods and snacks will also be available. Every night at the Chaupal there will be performances of dance and rituals forms typical only to Rajasthan’s rural communities and rarely seen in the cities. Performances will be held between 18.30 and 20.00hrs.

Dance at Jaipur Festival
A Garland of Dance
Sun 15, 18.30 to 20.00hrs, JKK Madhyavarti

Like flowers threaded together into a necklace, the programme brings together a diverse and colourful mix of traditional and lesser known dances of Rajasthan for a unique evening’s entertainment. Some vigorous, some devotional, some graceful, the dances mark celebrations of the different communities of traditional Rajasthan, providing a glimpse into their values and lifestyle. This year’s performing artists come to Festival 2006 as a result of the JVF year round initiative to revitalize disappearing performance arts.

Music at Jaipur Festival
ta Blu
Sun 15, 22.00hrs onwards Hotel Clark’s Amer

A place for artists and audience, locals and tourists to meet at the end of the day and enjoy some of India’s most vibrant and exciting bands and DJs!
Brought to you by ta Blu, with Jaipur Pride

Theatre (Italy) at Jaipur Festival
The Harmonic Puppet String by Teatro Tages
Mon 16, 11.00 to 12.00hrs, JKK Rangayan

An anthology, a pot-pourri composed of the moments of the puppeteer’s life, interlaced with that of his character in stories of emotions and passions. There are no words, only music. The string puppets dance, suffer, hope and laugh as human beings. Are we humans too like puppets, the performance asks, simply pulled by the strings of our destiny?
In collaboration with Teamworks, Delhi

Dance at Jaipur Festival
A Garland of Dance
Mon 16, 18.30 to 20.00hrs, Ramganj Chaupar

Dance (Chennai) at Jaipur Festival
3 Solos by Padmini Chettur
Mon 16, 19.30 to 21.00 hrs, Ravindra Manch

A contemporary interpretation of traditional Bharatnatyam, paying homage to three different aspects of the human form. Padmini Chettur began her training in Bharatnatyam as a child. In 1991, she joined the legendary Chennai based dancer- choreographer Chandralekha where Padmini developed her own identity as a soloist and choreographer as well as choreographing pieces for larger groups. Padmini Chettur’s dance and choreographic works have been shown in numerous forums in India and abroad. The Indian government and UNESCO have both honoured her with grants.

Theatre (Sweden) at Jaipur Festival
The Red Thread by Pygmeteatern
Tue 17, 11.00hrs, JKK Rangayan

A puppet show which tells a touching tale about a young girl who has been separated from her grandfather. It tells the story of an old man who lives a simple and empty life, until one day, an angel appears and sets him off on a journey of fantasy with a replica of himself in the form of a puppet. A moving story involving puppets, shadow play, masks and actors and with a strong accent on visual storytelling, The Red Thread has had great success at a variety of international festivals.
In collaboration with Teamworks, Delhi

Music at Jaipur Festival
Afternoon Recital of Vocals by Meeta Pandit
Tue 17, 15.00 to 16.30hrs, Brij Bihari Temple

Sixth in the legendary lineage of musicians from the Pandit family of the Gwalior gharana, Meeta Pandit has been acknowledged as the “Face of the Millenium in Music” by India Today She has an extensive repertoire ranging from the traditional tappa, tarana, and ashtapadi to khayal and bhajans, and has appeared on Doordarshan, All India Radio and other radio and TV channels.

Dance at Jaipur Festival
A Garland of Dance
Tue 17, 18.30 to 20.00hrs, Sanganer

Music (Germany & India) at Jaipur Festival
Matthias Muller and Salil Bhatt of Jaipur – a Musical Journey
Tue 17, 19.30 to 21hrs Ravindra Manch

Salil Bhatt playing satvik veena and Matthias Muller playing guitar collaborate for a musical journey that explores the interpretations of string instruments from diverse cultures. Son of India’s Grammy-award winner Padmashree Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Salil has performed throughout the country as well as abroad. He is a regular performer for All India Radio and has made numerous appearances on television. Composer, arranger and guitarist Matthias Muller has studied music in Germany, the US and India. He has performed with Dr. L.Subramaniam in concert in India.

Music (France) at Jaipur Festival
Duo Bertrand
Wed 18, 18.30hrs JKK Madhyavarti

A popular folk music group from Breton in France, Duo Bertrand was created in 1991 by Thierry and Sebastien Bertrand. The duet was started to draw attention to the Vendean Breton, the Marais region repertory, cradle of the dances maraichines. Duo Bertrand in Company is today a total of 6 musicians. They celebrate the great wealth of music that has its roots in long established folk traditions.
Supported by the Embassy of France in India and the Alliance Francaise

Theatre at Jaipur Festival
Nine Hills, One Valley by The Chorus Repertory Theatre
Wed 18, 19.30 to 21.00hrs Ravindra Manch

Ratan Thiyam, former director of the National School of Drama, established his own theatre group in Manipur in 1976. Globally recognised for his dramatic genius, Thiyam’s multi-talented troupe has travelled the world and performed at the city festivals of Edinburgh (Fringe First Award 1987), Glasgow, Dublin, Avignon, Perth, Adelaide and Rome. They have toured and won acclaim in Greece, the former USSR, England, France, Holland, Cuba, South America, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Thailand and the US. Thiyam draws from Manipuri classical and folk traditions, martial arts and contemporary technique to project his political and social statements in visually and aesthetically spectacular form. Nine Hills, One Valley is Thiyam’s new masterpiece, reflecting, as he says “my own expressions, and my opinion on development that happens at the expense of spiritual depth, in this restless world.”

Music at Jaipur Festival
ta Blu
Wed 18, 22.00hrs onwards Hotel Clark’s Amer

A place for artists and audience, locals and tourists to meet at the end of the day and enjoy some of India’s most vibrant and exciting bands and DJs!
Brought to you by ta Blu, with Jaipur Pride

Music at Jaipur Festival
Afternoon Recital by Prateek Chaudhuri on sitar
Thu 19, 15.00 to 16.30hrs, Ramchanderji Temple

Prateek Chaudhuri is the son of Padma Bhushan awardee Debu Chaudhuri. He has appeared at the prestigious Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Centre, in USA, performed a live concert for BBC 3 radio, and played for the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, during his visit to India. He has conducted workshops around the world and received scholarships from Delhi State and the Government of India.

Theatre at Jaipur Festival
Uttar-Priyadarshi
Thu 19, 19.30 to 21.00hrs, Ravindra Manch

For the first time, Jaipur audience’s have the opportunity to see Ratan Thiyam’s classic war play with its message of non-violence and peace, created during a significant experimental period when the director was searching for a new language of theatrical expression.

Dance at Jaipur Festival
Bharatnatyam by Malavika Sarrukai and Ensemble
Fri 20, 18.30 to 20.00hrs Ramchanderji Temple

Padma Shree award winner Malavika Sarrukai is acclaimed nationally and internationally for her contemporary Bharatanatyam dance style with its vibrant and innovative, but still traditional, choreography. Since her first performance in Mumbai at the age of twelve, she has been dancing for more than three decades to audiences in cities and towns all over India and the world. Her performances have been acclaimed by critics of leading newspapers in India and abroad and a film “Samarpanam’, specially commissioned by the Government of India, has been made on her life and work.
In association with Wires & Fabriks

Music at Jaipur Festival
ta Blu
Fri 20, Sun 22, 22.00hrs onwards Hotel Clark’s Amer

A place for artists and audience, locals and tourists to meet at the end of the day and enjoy some of India’s most vibrant and exciting bands and DJs!
Brought to you by ta Blu, with Jaipur Pride

Music at Jaipur Festival
Music in the Park
Sat 21, 15.00hrs Central Park

Celebrating Jaipur’s own talent, Suman Yadav vocalist , who is a leading teacher of classical music in Rajasthan University and Harihar Sharan Bhatt on the sitar who is a teacher at the Jaipur Kathak Kendra. They perform in an open air afternoon recital in Central Park at the site of the new international public art installation.
Supported by the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan

Music at Jaipur Festival
New Harmonies
Sat 21, 18.00 to 20.00hrs, JKK Madhyavarti

An important concert to enhance awareness of Rajasthan’s diverse musical traditions, the evening has been orchestrated by the eclectic and internationally known Jaipur maestro of classical sitar, Krishna Mohan Bhatt. Krishna is known across the world for his work with Rajasthan’s folk musicians and his collaborations with international artists of many genres. He has worked with the JVF performing arts initiative since its beginnings. In his words, “at a time of utter confusion about musical traditions, it is a challenge to introduce new concepts in music that are still done with dedication, sincerity and purity”. This concert, in his words, offers “a magical journey that ranges across the quasi classical traditions of the music of exotic Langas and Manganiyars, hypnotic terataali dancers, the rare mashak players, and the ballads of the incredible bhopas and bhopis with their highly romantic Maand songs. The outcome of several JVF workshops, it reaches across the boundaries of tradition with a notion to unite people through music for peace and harmony in the world.”
Brought to you by Mehrangarh Museum Trust

Music at Jaipur Festival
Badmarsh at the Gala Festival Party
Sat 21, 22.00hrs onwards Nahargarh Fort

The hugely popular annual JHIF party will be DJ-ed this year by Yemen-born, London-based DJ Badmarsh who will produce a night of cross-cultural sounds drawing from reggae, latin, hip-hop, jazz and Indian classical music. DJ Badmarsh’s music - dark breakbeats laced with sitars, tablas and experimental ambient beats - is an authentic reflection of both his backgrounds: that of an Asian kid growing up in the rougher streets of London, and as a house DJ at Labyrinth in East London. He has followed dance music’s progression from “rave to house, hard-core to breakbeat, happy hard-core to jungle”, polishing his DJing skills on the way. Badmarsh has produced eclectic records that breakaway from the Asian Underground and create cutting-edge contemporary music.

Kindly note that the road to the fort is narrow and winding. The climb is aprox ten kms. Visitors may exercise caution when driving and arrange their transport accordingly.
Supported by Event Crafter

Music (UK & India) at Jaipur Festival
The Jaipur Festival Concert with Shri Band – Live Project and Rajasthan Roots
Sun 22, 16.00 to 18.00hrs JKK Madhyavarti

Born in Mumbai, now living in London, Shri has been at the front of the UK Asian Music Scene since its inception. He has worked with Nitin Sawhney and Talvin Singh as base player and accompanist and released his first solo album, ‘Drum the Base’ in 1996 produced by Nitin Sawhney. With DJ Badmarsh he created two ground breaking albums ‘Dancing Drums’ 1998 & ‘Signs’ 2001. Released to international critical acclaim more recently he has formed the Shri Live Band working with musicians from across the globe to create a stunning new live sound and act. Shri’s unique sound has inspired projects and collaborations with dance, theatre, radio and TV. This world premier concert will be be the culmination of an intensive interactive workshop between the Shri Live Band and selected Rajasthani musicians. It will link traditional Rajasthan with contemporary world music, drawing on the diverse and rich experience of all the participating musicians.
Brought to the festival through the Prince of Wales’ India Initiative & the Mehrangarh Museum Trust

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ta Blu
Sun 22, 22.00hrs onwards Hotel Clark’s Amer

A place for artists and audience, locals and tourists to meet at the end of the day and enjoy some of India’s most vibrant and exciting bands and DJs!
Brought to you by ta Blu, with Jaipur Pride

Music at Jaipur Festival
Closing Concert Grand Finale
Mon 23, 18.30 hrs onwards, Vidhan Sabha

Supported by the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan

Jaipur Heritage International Festival, a project of Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF), is an effort to revitalize dying arts & crafts, create employment opportunities, conserve, restore & find new uses for historic sites promote sustainability, diversity & celebration.

The Jaipur Heritage International Festival is a community initiative, supported by the Governments of India and Rajasthan, motivated individuals and corporate companies and organised by a group of committed citizens and professionals. It is designed and programmed to Create a single, inclusive, platform; Renew & reinvent local culture every year; Generate employment; Stimulate arts and crafts based industries & commerce; Support a sustainable economy rooted in local living heritage; Provide a motivation to conserve; Attract visitors to the region; Increase local spend; Link local with global to stimulate new partnerships; Brand JAIPUR, and promote it across the world!

Special Events at Jaipur Festival

Kite Festival at Jaipur Festival
Sat 14, 15.00hrs, Chougan Stadium

On the auspicious occasion of Makkar Sankrant all of Jaipur celebrates the day by flying kites and the skyline is a dotted with kites of myriad hues, shapes and sizes.
Supported by the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan

The JHIF Culture Space at Jaipur Festival
Sat 14 to Mon 23, 10.00 to 23.00hrs, Diggi Palace

The Festival Culture Space, on the lawns of heritage hotel Diggi Palace, offers the festival visitor several amenities. Throughout the festival, the hotel restaurant will serve as the Festival Café and offer typical regional food along with its regular menu. Local Rajasthan musicians will play unplugged during every lunch hour, with a focus on differing instruments each day. The hotel will host an art exhibition. Solo international and local musicians (unplugged) will play between 21.30 and 23.00hrs at the Late Night Stage . A Festival Hospitality & Information Desk is there to provide information on events, workshops, seminars, talks etc, to assist people with queries, transportation needs, tickets for the festival party etc.
Supported by Diggi Palace

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The Late Night Stage: World Musicians Unplugged
Sun 15 to Sun 22, 21.30 to 10.30hrs Diggi Palace

A platform for musicians who have come to the city for the festival to jam together, experiment or simply play! Informal, unplugged, low key, the Late Night Stage offers a relaxed and intimate post performance ambiance where one can meet friends, and enjoy interesting, and unusual sounds. Live acts will include fire dancer Bethany Maples from Australia & dancer Colleena (USA), contemporary tabla player Suphala from New York, internationally known tabla player Talvin Singh, folk singer and activist Susmit Bose, blues & jazz musicians Alan Ward & Etienne Schreder from Belgium, Adi Baba & the Chors, and more.
Supported by Diggi Palace

Chowkri Modikhana Exhibition at Jaipur Festival
Throughout the festival, 12.30 to 14.30hrs, Chowkri Modikhana – Sankri Gali, Sanghi ji Ka Rasta

For conservationists and anyone interested in the future of the walled city, the Sankri Gali Revitalisation Project offers a pilot project worth visiting. A project-in process, it seeks to renovate the facades and squares of a small street in the walled city to demonstrate what the city could become, and to resolve on a small scale some of the problems encountered in a public project of this nature. With the confidence and cooperation of local residents, JVF has committed to restore the overall streetscape of the Sankri Gali using an appropriate mix of traditional and modern technologies. The emphasis is on community participation promoting sensitivity to heritage issues. Conservationists working on the project will be available at the street office between 12.00 and 14.00 hrs each day to explain and interpret the project. Bhajans will be sung in the local temple between 12.00 and 13.00 hrs daily. more

The JVF Education Project at Jaipur Festival

The Virasat school project focuses on generating awareness about the twin issues of heritage and conservation among the children of the city. During the Festival, there will be an exhibition of the work done by students of various schools, nature walks, and the launch of a teachers’ manual Discovering Jaipur by noted educationalist Feisal Alkazi.
The JVF Education Project is run in association the Butler Education Fund

Launch of “Mewar Ree Mira” - By Invitation Only at Jaipur Festival
Sat 21, 20.30hrs, Taj Rambagh Palace

The launch of a CD of devotional songs of Mira by Sony / Navras. ‘Mewar Ree Mira’ features rare Rajasthani compositions by artists from all over Rajasthan. These rare - so far unpublished compositions were compiled by Thakur Jawant Singhji over his lifetime in 3 volumes “Rajasthan ke Rajwadi Geet.”
Special thanks to Vandana Nadgar.

The historic city of Jaipur or “The City of Vicotory” was founded in 1727 A.D. by the great Kachhawah ruler Sawai Jai Singh II (1700 - 1747 A.D.), and named after him. The monarch was not only a great builder, but also a poet and an astronomer. Under his aegis, the city was designed by his talented architect Vidyadhar, who gave shape to the creative aspirations of Sawai Jai Singh in the form of the dream city of Jaipur.

The city is rectangular in shape and divided into nine blocks on the basis of principles laid down inthe”Shilpa Shastra”, the ancient Indian treatise on architecture. Built on the pattern of a grid, the city has wide straight avenues, roads, streets and lanes and uniform rows of shops on either side at the main bazar, all arranged in nine rectangular city sectors (Chokris). The principal monuments of Jaipur are concentrated in the centrally situated Palace area (Chokri Sarhad ) in and around the city Palace. In course of time, the sunset-pink tinge of its walls, buildings and temples gave it the name Pinck City.