The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has partnered with Mumbai's premier arts and cultural institution, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) to initiate ‘NCPA@ThePark’ – an initiative aimed to celebrate the return of live performances and performing arts in the city and welcome art enthusiasts back to theatres.
Extending their support to this initiative, Iqbal Singh Chahal, Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai said, “BMC is very happy to associate with NCPA for the NCPA@ThePark initiative. For the past two years, the city has suffered immensely due to coronavirus. With this initiative, we are trying to rejuvenate the spirit of Mumbai by adding a little dose of art and culture to it."
Kickstarting its first edition from March 4 at the Cooperage Bandstand, Fort the initiative will feature an exhilarating blend of events across music, dance, and poetry. Spread across the first two weekends of March, each performance will be showcased for an hour and will be open to the public free of cost on a first come first serve basis as per current COVID-19 norms.
Ashwini Bhide, Additional Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai mentioned, “The complete performing arts industry has suffered immensely because of the lockdown. As the city is getting back to normal, NCPA@ThePark is aimed to support art and culture in the city.”
The first event on Friday, March 4 will feature members of the SOI Chamber Orchestra celebrating the music of beloved composers including Mozart, Johann Strauss, amongst others. The event will feature an evening of light classical music featuring waltzes, marches, polkas, and more.
On Saturday, March 5, one of India’s largest spoken word collectives, UnErase Poetry brings you prosaic stories in a unique poetic verse form, featuring Helly Shah, Vanika Sangtani and Simar Singh.
The following week on March 11, will feature Vasant Utsav – dance performances featuring Aditi Bhagwat and Troupe (Lavni), Swapnokalpa Dasgupta, Head Dance Programming at NCPA and NCPA CSR project faculty Latasana Devi, Sarmistha Chattopadhya, Purbita Mukherjee (Tagore Dance), and Tina Tambe and group (Kathak).
This will culminate on March 12 will be a Hollywood Jazz Night. Soulful music by Komal Kuwadekar and her jazz band will dominate the evening with sounds of jazz, soul, funk and R&B.
Khushroo N Suntook, Chairman NCPA remarked, “World-class cities are known for their residents' sustained engagement with the arts. As the city emerges from its recent phase of restrictions, we are pleased to collaborate with the BMC on this initiative to resume performances not just in our theatres but also take them to the public."
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