Musticism – a session to celebrating Fête de la Musique, 2026

"The soul does not search, analyse, experiment—it seeks, feels, experiences" - Shri Aurobindo Ghosh "As soon as we go out of the encasings in which radical mechanism and radical finalism confine our thought, reality appears as a ceaseless upspringing of something new"― Henri Bergson Alliance Française du Bengale, iLOGY praxis & friends celebrate Fête de la … Continue reading Musticism – a session to celebrating Fête de la Musique, 2026

Sudipto’s journal: on mystical story performance practice

"An artist does not create the way he lives, he lives the way he creates." - JeanLescure The following is my reflection on ākāśa storyperformance practice which we have tried develop over the past decade through research, multiple workshops attended by people from many disciplines from around the world and performances. The header photo is … Continue reading Sudipto’s journal: on mystical story performance practice

Theatre Adda presents “The Theatre of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh”

Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata, Alliance française du Bengale & Culture Monks present Theatre Adda August 2025 session titled "The Theatre of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh". We commemorate the birthday of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh through lectures and a series of short performances. The keynote speech will be delivered by Prof. Gautam Ghosal, Ph.D, D.Litt whose area of … Continue reading Theatre Adda presents “The Theatre of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh”

Theatre Adda May 2025 session

We are very glad to invite you to the May 2025 session of Theatre Adda. Theatre Adda are monthly sessions of experiments in performance and theatre which has been jointly organized by Alliance Française du Bengale & Culture Monks for the past 8 years or so. In this session we pay our tribute to the … Continue reading Theatre Adda May 2025 session

Story of Sound in Ancient India by Sudipta Dawn

Hello! Here i'm sharing from my readings of historical texts of ancient India from the perspective of 'sound", tracing the presence of sound in Hindu theology which emerged from the Vedic sources which are primarily the creation of Aryans and later evolved into various practices and rituals which are said to be the result of … Continue reading Story of Sound in Ancient India by Sudipta Dawn

Tout-Monde: a performance @ Theatre Adda

Theatre Adda: Park Street sessions presents a very special session called Tout-Monde. Performed by Gio Ju, Debjani, Abhik, Jakob, Urni & Bulada. Jan 20,2025 from 7 pm onwards at Alliance Française du Bengal, Park St Entry free and open to all Tout- Monde This imrov performance which is based on Butoh is an continuation from … Continue reading Tout-Monde: a performance @ Theatre Adda