Sunday 18th July 2021
![GemArts Masala Festival: Apoorva Gokhale, Vishwanath Shirodkar and Seema Shirodkar](uploads/default/events/Musicon-Gemarts_2020_Indian_Spring_Colours_1_copy.jpg)
Recorded in Durham for the Indian Spring Colours festival in early 2020, this superb concert brought the best of Hindustani classical music to the North East.
Wednesday 21st July 2021
![GemArts Masala Festival: TATTOO STORIES podcast by Vimal Korpal](uploads/default/events/TattooStories_Henna.png)
I’m no tattooist but there are thousands of stories as to why people have tattoos: for love, inspiration, remembrance, fashion, culture, cosmetic; and some just because they were drunk! There’s a story behind every tattoo, and this one takes me back over 70 years before the British partitioned India.
Saturday 24th July 2021
![GemArts Masala Festival: Of love and lament - Payal Ramchandani (Kuchipudi dance)](uploads/default/events/Payal_DSC98911.jpg)
Payal is a Kuchipudi dancer and choreographer with a global reputation, and now based in the North East of England. She has built her unique vocabulary, evident in her creations. For GemArts Masala Festival, Payal will perform a newly choreographed recital 'Of love and lament' which is based on a beautiful 11th Century Sanskrit love lyric written by poet 'Bilhana...