Join Candida Connolly and Stella Subbiah to view Imagined India, a film partly made in the iconic gardens of Sezincote in Gloucestershire, that brings together the past and the present; the unknown and the familiar.
Have you ever wondered how the relationship between plants, architecture and the body’s experience in space can bring history into focus?
Join Candida Connolly and Stella Subbiah to view Imagined India, a film partly made in the iconic gardens of Sezincote in Gloucestershire. The film screening will be followed by a conversation between Stella and Candida, chaired by Shane Connolly.
They will, in conversation, discuss their own contrasting entrances into the space of Sezincote garden and how the film works to capture the context of that journey and the role of the Garden Museum Literary Festival in creating it.
The film was inspired by the play, Indar Sabha, which is widely regarded as the first of its kind to have been written in Urdu. The story takes place in the court of Indar, King of the Gods, who is accompanied by beautiful fairies, one of whom falls in love with the earthly Prince Gulfam. Enraged at this, Indar clips her wings and banishes her. Upon waking, she finds herself in a green English garden and searches for her way back to that lost paradise.
Speakers
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Stella Subbiah
Stella Subbiah
Stella Subbiah trained at the Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts as a Merit Scholarship student of the Government of India. From 1975 to 1988, under the direction of Rukmini Devi Arundale, she performed as a lead dancer in the Kalakshetra dance company touring India and abroad. Stella also studied Kathakali and trained as a teacher at Kalakshetra. In 1995 she founded an international touring dance company, Sankalpam, where she was the co-artistic director and resident choreographer. Independent of this Stella has achieved considerable success as a solo performer, choreographer, and teacher. Stella is particularly interested with the way in which Bharatanatyam can adapt and thrive in a contemporary setting.
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Candida Connolly
Candida Connolly
Candida Connolly M.Mus, FTCL, and Post Diploma Karnatic music. A musician and free spirit who studied Indian music over the years whilst being a teacher, support to Shane Connolly & Co and builder. Currently Chair of Education at the Bhavan, Indian Cultural Centre, the Bhavan in West Kensington, keen quartet player and occasional church organist.
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Shane Connolly
Shane Connolly
Shane Connolly is a floral designer, international speaker, and author of five books. He champions sustainability in the Floral Industry. Shane works with the RHS to improve sustainability in floristry in their annual shows, and is also a judge at RHS Chelsea. He has written five books and teaches his approach to flower design all over the world.
