Encounters - Pantomime Performance

Austrian Cultural Forum, in collaboration with Kaivalya Plays and Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi present..

ENCOUNTERS

Ten encounters between a man and a woman

A pantomime performance by Austrian artists Mariana de Meo and Roman Maria Müller in New Delhi.

🗓️ 7pm onwards, Thursday 14 November

📍Auditorium, Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi

🎟️ Free entry with prior registration at bit.ly/encountersdelhi

About Austrian Cultural Forum

The Austrian Cultural Forum New Delhi promotes Austrian art and culture in India with a view to foster interest in and understanding of contemporary Austria among Indian audiences. To this end, the Austrian Cultural Forum supports young, outstanding and original Austrian artists wishing to present their work in India and engaging in dialogue and cooperation with local counterparts. In addition, the Austrian Cultural Forum also seeks to develop and deepen relations between Austrian and Indian universities and research institutions, including in the field of German language and literature.

About Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi

The Instituto Cervantes is a public institution founded in 1991 by the Government of Spain, with the aim of promoting Spanish language teaching, and fostering knowledge of Spanish and Hispanic American culture. Currently, the Institute has 78 centers located in 44 countries. Its main headquarters are in Madrid and in Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes. The Instituto Cervantes opened its doors in New Delhi in 2007 and since then thousands of students have learnt Spanish at its facilities, in person, as well as through videoconferences. Likewise, it has been an important space in the social and cultural life of New Delhi, offering  a wide variety of exhibitions, concerts, talks, films, etc. The center also has one of the main Spanish libraries in the city, the Juan Ramón Jiménez Library, which offers a wide collection of literature, audiovisual material and films in Spanish. In addition, it has a resource center for learning and teaching Spanish as a second language.

About Kaivalya Plays

Kaivalya Plays is a performing arts and production company led by Varoon P. Anand as its Artistic Director and Gaurav Singh Nijjer as its General Manager. Since 2012, they have built transcultural associations across India and the world. Their artistic work includes original, devised theatre performances that are multilingual, interactive, and hybrid, use technology and media on stage, and are built using techniques of improvisational, documentary, and physical theatre. Through a focus on education, training and community, their work spans diverse offerings of programs across artistic development, language learning, mental health, gender, accessibility, and transcultural collaboration. They have received multiple artistic commissions and grants through their collaborations with Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi, Goethe Institut Delhi, MediaFutures and other cultural partners. Their recent artistic work includes I, Josef (2024), The Pillowman (2024) ABSURDO (2023), Mining Hate (2023), Funes The Memorious (2021), Lifeline 99 99 (2021), Unravel (2019), amongst others. Most recently, they were awarded the Creativity Pioneers Fund 2023 by the Moleskine Foundation.