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Date: Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:23 PM Subject: CSAS Event: The Mahabharata: A Re-Telling of an Indian epic poem by Jean-Claude Carriére on Sat, Mar 16 @ 5pm To: centernews <cente...@lists.berkeley.edu>
PARKING INFORMATION Please note that parking in not always easily available in Berkeley.
Take public transportation if possible or arrive early to secure your
spot.
Performing Arts - Theater | March 16 |
5-8 p.m. | International House,
Chevron Auditorium
Renowned French playwright, screenwriter, author, actor and raconteur par excellence, Jean-Claude Carrière
spent eleven years in India, tracing the Mahabaharata’s roots in
civilization, geography and its relevance in modern India. His nine-hour
magnum opus, The Mahabharata, opened in 1985 under the stellar
direction of his lifetime collaborator Peter Brook and an international
cast, and quickly became a watershed moment in theatrical history across
the Western world. Jean-Claude Carriére gives Bay Area audiences a
simple but powerful, one-man rendition of the story of Mahabharata, in
the style of the old wandering minstrels of India.
About the Epic: The Mahabharata - The Mahabharata, one of the greatest stories ever told, has passed down
in a classical canon of Sanskrit verses, over 100,000 stanzas long. The
authorship of The Mahabharata is attributed to sage Vyasa, himself a
character in the epic, who dictated the story to his scribe, Lord
Ganesha. Jean-Claude Carriére spent eleven years in India immersing
himself in this, the longest epic ever written by man, tracing its roots
in civilization, geography, and its relevance in modern India.
About the Performer: Jean-Claude Carrière - Jean-Claude Carrière’s name figures in the list of the greatest
storytellers of our time with a prolific body of work spanning six
decades. Jean-Claude Carrière is an Academy Award winning scriptwriter
and director for over 170 films including The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), The Chinese Box. He is a celebrated playwright with works including The Mahabharata and the Conference of the Birds, an adaptation of a 10th century Sufi poem.He has acted in 80 films and TV series including Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), Jaya Ganga and Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë (1964), a French-West German production much seen overseas. He also collaborated with Peter Brook on a nine-hour stage version of the ancient Sanskrit epic The Mahabharata,
and a five-hour film version. Jean-Claude Carrière’s litany of awards
include four Academy nominations and one Oscar, four BAFTA nominations
for Best Screenplay and two Awards, and numerous others, including a
Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Carrière is an Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, France’s highest honor. He was the founder and President of La Fémis, the French State Film School (the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud) as well as the President of the Festival de Théâtre de Montpellier and the Printemps des Comédiens.
The program will include In Search of the Mahabharata, a conversation between Jean-Claude Carriére and the eminent UC Berkeley Sanskritist, Professor Robert Goldman
