India’s largest multidisciplinary arts event, Serendipity Arts Festival, is back with an exciting array of inter-disciplinary performances taking place between December15 to 23. The Performing Arts curators are putting together projects with world-class artists working on classical, experimental and contemporary forms, across dance, theatre and music performances this year.
The festival brings together diverse creative expressions from the region of South Asia and promotes its cultural heritage through varied projects. The performance segment will see curation by Bickram Ghosh, Ehsaan Noorani, Quasar Thakore Padamsee, Mayuri Upadhya and Geeta Chandran. The music performances with multi-genre and unique performances will celebrate the coming together of traditional and contemporary forms.
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A confluence of artists from diverse backgrounds will underline the Goan spirit of SAF. Curated by Goa-based classical guitarist Shyamant Behal, Music in the Park features some of Goa’s finest musicians who will regale audiences with daily performances. Bickram Ghosh and Ehsaan Noorani will curate the Music section with a series of concerts covering diverse genres from classical, fusion, folk, indie pop, rock, and more. Innovators like Sanjay Mondal will be leading a group of children through instruments made from scrap and waste material.
Rumiyana, a musical puppet theater performance by Ishara Puppet Theatre will synergise puppets, actors, and dancers, to create a multimedia performance with music, animations, and digital projections and recreate the works of the great Sufi poet, and philosopher Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi.
In its 5th edition, the Serendipity Arts Festival will explore ways to enhance public engagement with the arts and boost the soft power of the nation by making art and culture a part of everyday conversations. A line-up of immersive and interdisciplinary projects curated by Quasar Thakore Padamsee , such as Pah-Lak, based on real stories from the 2008 Lhasa riots, and a play titled, Made in Ilva’ based on real-life testimonies and poems from the workers at the Ilva steel plant in Taranto.
Exploring the post-pandemic transition from the virtual to the physical, choreographer, educationist and creative entrepreneur Mayuri Upadhya will focus on engaging and immersive nature of the arts that delves deeper in the culture and its stories. ‘On the Move’ will feature young dancers from around India with focus on contemporary dance forms like Latha Srinivasa, Vicky Bhartaya, Nilava Sen and Promita Karfa who will premiere their work at the festival.
