OCTOBER 8, 2018INDIA TODAY 63T
he annual Serendipity arts, theatre and music festival in Goa, held
in Panjim in December, announces its intentions for this year’s
edition in a curtain raiser at the Royal Opera House, featuring
a performance by Rukmini Vijayakumar and The Raadha Kalpa Dance
Academy. It is followed by ‘Common Grounds: Location and Memory in
Arts Practices’, a day-long symposium at the Max Mueller Bhavan. The
symposium is chaired by Rahaab Allana and Annapurna Garimella (cura-
tors of Photography and Craft at the festival) and features a keynote by
Serendipity’s visual arts curator, Ranjit Hoskote.
S
acred Pushkar brings
various world music
performers to a sin-
gle stage. Sanjoy Roy, MD,
TeamworkArts, which orga-
nises the festival, says: “We
have Bombay Jayashri and
the Nooran Sisters, artists
who embody the diversity
within India’s sacred music
traditions.” Among the per-
formers will be Debosmita
Bhattacharya, Bindhumalini
and Vedanth, Heather Lee from
Australia and Yuldus Turdiyeva
from Uzbekistan. Wellness is
another theme, through medi-
tation, yoga and healing ses-
sions by therapists, says Roy.
MUMBAI: SERENDIPITY FEST CURTAIN-RAISER
THE SACRED
PUSHKAR
Oct. 12-14, Pushkar
Oct. 27: Royal Opera House, Mumbai; Oct. 28: Max Mueller Bhavan
HARI ADIVAREKAR