The festival showcases rich and diverse dance, music, theatre and visual arts from India. It also includes conferences and workshops that share insights into traditional and contemporary Indian culture and its confluence with Australia’s curious and congenial populace.
“Confluence represents a meeting point - of arts and artistes, of ideas and ideals, of cultures and civilisations. Like the waters of two rivers, they meet, share and imbibe from each other. That's the focus of our festival, of the collaborations that it strives to promote.” His Excellency Mr Navdeep Suri, High Commissioner of India in Australia.
ADELAIDE PROGRAMRAM
How will Adelaide’s art lovers choose between a unique dance that draws on martial arts from India’s northeast, Twelfth Night in Hindi and a world famous Indian folk musician? Luckily they don’t have to as the Confluence Festival has thoughtfully scheduled these on different nights in September, which is shaping up to be one of the year’s most exciting months in Adelaide.
Adelaide Events:
Pung Cholom
Raghu Dixit Project
Piya Behrupiya (Twelfth Night)
BRISBANE PROGRAM
The Queensland capital will feast on the best of Indian dance and music which promises to be an enriching experience for all of the city’s art lovers.
Brisbane Events:
Bollywood Workshop
Sonam Kalra and the Sufi Gospel Project
Sriyah: Nritygram Dance Ensemble
Bapu The Craftperson's Vision
CANBERRA PROGRAM
The home of Australian politics will host an exhibition of cartoons by one of India's most well-known political cartoonists, Ajit Ninan in collaboration with David Pope, political cartoonist, Canberra Times.
For the more musically inclined, the infectious, happy tones of India's most popular folk-rock band, the Raghu Dixit Project, and a vocal blend of Sufism and gospel by Sonam Kalra are both on show.Canberra will also host a Bollywood dance workshop, a performance of India's most ancient dance form – Odissi, the myology based dance-dramas of The Kalakshetra Foundation, as well as the energetic, acrobatic dance of Pung Cholom.Finally, the Ishara International Puppet Trust, one of India’s leading contemporary puppet theatres, will showcase the multifaceted traditions and techniques of puppetry in India and the world.
Canberra Events
The Bollywood Workshop
The Raghu Dixit Project
Exhibition & Talk on Cartoons by artist Ajit Ninan in conversation with David Pope
Sonam Kalra and The Sufi Gospel Project
Sriyah Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
Pung Cholom Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy
Transposition
Jatayu Moksham
MELBOURNE PROGRAM
The vibrant city will host the most events of the festival. Melbourne will host events of dance, music, drama, the puppet show and much more.
Melbourne Events:
Exhibition by Architect Bijoy Jain
The Raghu Dixit Project
Piya Behrupiya
Adrian Mcneil (Rasa Duende)
Sonam Kalra and the Sufi Gospel Project
Ajit Ninan Exhibition
Pung Cholom
Adrian Mcneil & Aneesh Pradhan – Concert
Exhibition of Vintage Hindustani Musical Instruments
Exhibition by Architect Bijoy Jain
Transposition Puppet Performance
Jadoo: Street Magic from India
Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa
Jatayu Moksham
PERTH PROGRAM
A major art installation, the Borderless Gandhi Project, will have its world premiere in Perth as part of the festival, exploring the life, work and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi at Elizabeth Quay.
Finally, the Ishara International Puppet Trust, one of India’s leading contemporary puppet theatres, will showcase the multifaceted traditions and techniques of puppetry in India and the world.
Perth Events:
The Raghu Dixit Project
Sriyah: Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
Jatayu Moksham
Borderless Gandhi
Transposition
SYDNEY PROGRAM
What better way to demonstrate the strong cultural ties between Australia and India than with a cast of thousands dancing Bollywood on the Sydney Opera House forecourt? With a serious Bollywood dance workout as well as a three-day yoga workshop, Sydneysiders will be fit as a fiddle and brimming with energy to attend the wide range of Confluence events taking place in their city.
It also includes conferences and workshops that share insights into traditional and contemporary Indian culture and its confluence with Australia’s curious and congenial populace.
Sydney Events:
"The Colours of India" Rooftop projection at Australian National Maritime Museum will be showcased August - October most weekends
The Bollywood Workshop
Sonam Kalra and The Sufi Gospel Project
Sriyah
Piya Behrupiya
The Raghu Dixit Project (Festival Gala)
Instrumental Duet of Sitar & Indian Cello
Ajit Ninan (In Conversation with Cathy Wilcox, Moderated by Matt Wade)
Yoga
Cricket Connect
Khadi Fashion Show
