Trilok Gurtu and Nitin Sawhney headline Indian music and dance festival at Sadler’s Wells
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
A unique festival of Indian music and dance takes place at Sadler’s Wells this November with Trilok Gurtu, Anoushka Shankar, Nitin Sawheny and Akram Khan.
The Svapnagata festival reunites composer Nitin Sawheny with Sadler’s Wells associate artist, dancer choreographer Akram Khan as well as introducing some of the best Indian and British Asian musicians and dancers across a wide range of events on the main stage and in the Lillian Baylis Studio. Khan and Sawhney will each present an evening of work on the 16 and the 17 November respectively. The festival will culminate with the world premiere of Confluence, a collaboration between Khan and Sawhney exploring the idea of the artist as a medium of universal consciousness.
Dates are: Sadler’s Wells Main Stage: Akram Khan, Gnosis (16 Nov); Nitin Sawhney, Acoustic Evening (17 Nov); U Shrinivas (18 Nov); Neelam Mansingn Chowdhry, Nagamandala (20 Nov); Aditi Mangaldas and Priyadarshini Govind (21 Nov); Trilok Gurtu Orchestra (22 Nov); Shantala Shivalingappa, Shiva Ganga (23 Nov); Anoushka Shankar (24 Nov) Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney, Confluence (26-28 Nov). Lilian Baylis Studio: Aakash Odedra and Yuko Inoue (19-20 Nov); Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Shantala Shivalingappa, Gregory Maqoma and Shanell Winlock (24-25 Nov) and Riz MC (27-28).
For more information go to www.sadlerswells.com