DHARA is a stunning Odissi/Gotipua ensemble of around seven dancers, with special choreography by Rekha Tandon one of the greatest Odissi dancers who will also be performing. The programme has beautiful music and evocative projections which will provide unique insight into this ancient and fascinating tradition of boy dancers. ‘Shadow Fire’ is a fresh fusion of 3 different dance styles; Bharat...
Mercury nominated ADF have toured extensively around Europe, South America and Asia, and with the release of their latest album ‘TIME FREEZE’, a collection of some of their finest tracks, fans of the band’s trademark mash up of styles and sounds are in for a mind blowing performance as SAMA brings them to Northumbria University. To keep the party going late into the night Radio 1 DJ’s, Bob...
SAMA will culminate in a fantastic outdoor finale which will showcase some of the most cutting edge British Asian acts, and bring the tastes, sounds and hustle and bustle of a busy Indian Market or Meena Bazaar to the banks of the Tyne, with its colourful vendors, henna and rangoli artists, rickshaws and mouth watering Indian food. Radio 1 DJ’s Bobby Friction and Nihal will be hosting all the ac...
Shivkumar Sharma has taken the essentially folk instrument of Kashmir – the santoor (a 100 -stringed instrument) – into the world of classical music as a solo instrument, setting the benchmark for all players. Hariprasad Chaurasia is a brilliant flautist, technician, musician and artist, who has thrilled audiences worldwide and is respected by eastern and western musicians alike. They have bot...
Showcasing previously unseen photographs and club flyers, rare albums, authentic instruments, awards and costumes, ‘Soho Road to the Punjab’ gives you backstage access to the unstoppable world journey of UK Bhangra music. For exhibition details visit www.samafestival.org or call 0191 4434630.