Adelaide Festival Centre has annouced the 2012 OzAsia Festival program, which will see performances and events focusing on South Asia - India, Japan, Korea, China, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and, ofcourse Australia. It will celebrate India with a number of Indian performances spotlighting the richness of this vibrant country.
Supported by Major Festival Partner Santos, the culturally diverse OzAsia Festival will run from 14 to 30 September and play host to 20 performances and 73 events featuring 300 artists and presenters.
OzAsia Festival Director Jacinta Thompson said, “This year we embark on a thrilling journey into Indian culture, showcasing theatre, music, dance, film and cuisine, synonymous with the colourful country richly textured and steeped in traditions.”
“While India holds the centrepiece for this year’s program, we have also invited artists and industry specialists from other Asian countries and here in Australia to play an integral role in assisting to bridge the cultural divide, allowing us to deepen understandings about the diverse nation we have become,” she said.
The 2012 program boasts four world premieres, four Australian premieres, four South Australian premieres and seven Australian exclusives.
Special guest Indian musicians and dancers will add to the not-to-be-missed spectacle at the Dunstan Playhouse from 14 to 15 September.
Direct from Mumbai, exclusive to Adelaide Indian music mega star Kailash Kher along with his eight-piece band Kailasa will mesmerise Festival-goers in their first Australian performance on 29 September as they take to the Festival Theatre stage. Showcasing their unique blend of spiritual Sufi chants, Bollywood and Rajasthani Gyspy rhythms and Punjabi dance fused with electric guitar and modern beats with a myriad of traditional instruments, experience why Kailash and his band regularly play to sold out 30,000-seat arenas in India.
Embark on a poetic and beautiful dance double bill direct from India and fresh from an Edinburgh 2012 Festival, Uncharted Seas and Timeless by Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company at the Dunstan Playhouse on 28 and 29 September. Both traditional Kathak and contemporary forms of dance are explored, where the art of storytelling is presented via hypnotically intricate footwork, high-energy pirouettes and complex rhythmic patterns of beats.
Australia’s leading Indian musicians will cross cultures and join forces with singer and sitar player Sarangan Sriranganathan and Sydney jazz duo Sandy Evans on saxophone and Brett Hirst on bass in Sandy Evans’ Indian Project at the Space Theatre for one night only on 22 September.
For those wanting to channel their inner Bollywood Dance moves, classes have been tailored to suit various age groups with three workshops throughout the day on 16 September in the Banquet Room.
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