All about puppetry: Exhibition and talk at C. P. Art Centre

Anupama Hoskere, producer and director of Dhaatu Puppet Theatre, Bangalore will talk on ‘Role of classicism in the revival of puppet traditions of India’ on June 2 at C. P. Art Centre, Alwarpet. An exhibition on ‘Scenes from the traditional puppet theatre on Karnataka’ which will be inaugurated on the same day, will be held till June 9 at Shakuntala Art Gallery, Alwarpet.
The chief guest is Dr. Prameela Gurumurthy, vice-chancellor, Tamilnadu Music and Fine Arts University. The talk will be preceded by a brief puppet and bharatanatyam dance performance ‘Aabharana’ featuring Divya Hoskere, disciple of P. Praveen Kumar.