DHAMAAL - Serendipity Arts

DHAMAAL AT CENTRAL PARK DELHI 2019

CREDITS

Curated by Aneesh Pradhan, Composed by Aneesh Pradhan and Shubha Mudgal for compositions other than those from traditional repertoire (Percussion elaboration by performers), Vocalists Shubha Mudgal, Shweta Deshpande, Upagna Pandya, Shantanu Herlekar, Girish Poriya (Navsari, Gujarat), Script and narration Gopal Datt,Performers Gokul Chandra Das, Mahadev Das, Nipa Mondal, Banti Das, Puja Biswas, Sunita Das, Sangita Das, Piyali Mondal, Dhaivat Mehta, Siddharth Padiyar, Dnyaneshwar Sonawane, Vighnesh Kamath, Purav Jagad, Ashok Shinde, Abhimanyu Herlekar, Shantanu, Herlekar, Upagna Pandya, Shweta Deshpande, Nandakumar – (Edakkya), Dineshan Warriar- (Chenda), Kalamandalam Vinesh -(Mizhav), Kalanilayam, Sreejith – (Madhalam), Triprayar Rameshan Marar – (Thimila), Santosh – (Elathalam), Vinu K, Unnikrishnan, Bhargav Kamble, Namdeo Desai, Yeshudas Desai, Ramdas Desai, Haridas Shinde, Ajinath Shinde, Bhavesh Jadhav, Machhindra Babasaheb, Pandurang Uttam Shinde, Girish Poriya, Chandrakumar.a.s, Prasanna K.r., Chunchaiah, Prasad.p, Sidhappaji.k, Prashanth.b, Venkatesh.c, Manukumara.g.s, N.surjit Singh, S.gobardhon Singh, Konthoujam Ratan Singh, T.nanao Singh, N.surjit Singh, S.gobardhon Singh, Konthoujam Ratan Singh, Chanan Khan, Swaroop Khan, Satar Khan, Pape Khan, Sound Design by Nitin Joshi, Light Design by Harshavardhan Pathak.

INTRODUCTION

Dhamaal is a celebration of drumming traditions from India. It represents India’s cultural diversity as reflected through her music, particularly through percussion traditions. For several centuries, these traditions have run parallel, have intersected or have worked in isolation. Significantly, they have not threatened each other and have in fact lived in harmony. Drummers in Dhamaal come from various parts of the country to weave a tapestry of rhythm with other musicians. While the focus of Dhamaal is on percussion traditions, the performance is equally grounded in melody and song-text.