Dhamaal

2019

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. \

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CREDITS

Dhamaal 2017

Curator and Artistic Director: Aneesh Pradhan, Composers: Aneesh Pradhan and Shubha Mudgal for compositions other than those from traditional repertoire (Percussion elaboration by performers), Lyrics: Traditional song-texts including verses by Kabir, Charandas, Dharamdas and Amir Khusrau, Performers: Rangamel led by Kanta Gaude and Nitin Mardolkar (Goa),  Taal: Vadya Pathak led by Parikshit Phand (Pune, Maharashtra), Anjika Manipuri Dance Group led by K. Ratan Singh (Manipur),  Shahir Azad Naikawadi Kala Pathak (Kolhapur, Maharashtra), Haridas Shinde and Rajendra Baghe and group (Alandi, Maharashtra), The Dhol Drummers of Rajasthan, produced and presented by Jodhpur RIFF (Rajasthan),  Tabla players: Abhimanyu Herlekar, Dhaivat Mehta, Siddharth Padiyar, and Vighnesh Kamath (Mumbai, Maharashtra), Harmonium players: Dnyaneshwar Sonavane and Purav Jagad (Mumbai, Maharashtra), Vocalists: Shubha Mudgal, Shweta Deshpande, Upagna Pandya, Shantanu Herlekar, Girish Poriya (Navsari, Gujarat) Script and narration: Gopal Datt, Scenography: Sumant Jayakrishnan, Sound engineer: Nitin Joshi, Lighting designer: Harshavardhan Pathak, Artiste Management: Nandu Nimbalkar, Stage managers: Venkat Narayanan and Yeshwant Kanolkar, Scale Large, Year of Commission, 2017

Dhamaal 2018

Curator: Aneesh Pradhan, Sound Design: Nitin Joshi, Light Design: Harshavardhan Pathak, Sutradhaar: Gopal Datt, Performers: Gokul Chandra Das (Team Leader), 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, Scale Large, Year of Commission, 2018

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