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Svapnagata Festival

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Extra date added for Riz MC - Saturday 28 November at 4.30pm.

Meaning ‘dreaming’ in Sanskrit, Svapnagata is a unique two-week festival of Indian music and dance curated by two multi award-winning artists – dancer and choreographer Akram Khan and composer Nitin Sawhney.

With a wide range of events taking place in the main house and the Lilian Baylis Studio, the festival offers a dazzling array of performances from some of the finest Indian musicians, dancers and choreographers, presenting classical work in a contemporary context.


Akram Khan & Nitin Sawhney: Confluence
26 - 28 November 2009
A brand new production from Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney, which fuses Sawhney’s music with Khan’s unique blend of classical kathak and contemporary technique.  Read more »

Akram Khan: Gnosis
16 November 2009
For this new solo piece inspired by the Mahabharata, Akram Khan collaborates with Gauri Sharma Tripathi and Pratap Pawar.  Read more »

Nitin Sawhney: Acoustic Evening
17 November 2009
Multi award-winning composer Nitin Sawhney presents a special Acoustic Evening, performing his own music together with an exciting line-up of international musicians.
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U Shrinivas
18 November 2009
Virtuoso mandolin player U Shrinivas presents an evening of music, accompanied by his brother U Rajesh on mandolin and a ghatam and mridhangham artist.
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Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry: Nagamandala
20 November 2009
Weaving together traditional folk tales, this beautiful play tells the story of an unhappy bride who fills her loneliness by conjuring fantasies, dreams and illusions to give meaning to her life.   Read more »

Aditi Mangaldas & Priyadarshini Govind
21 November 2009
An evening of short works from kathak dancer Aditi Mangaldas and bharatanatyam dancer Priyadarshini Govind, juxtaposing the two great Indian classical dance forms of the North and the South.   Read more »

Trilok Gurtu Orchestra featuring Jan Garbarek
22 November 2009
Trilok Gurtu links subtle Indian rhythms and singing with elements of modern jazz and rock. Here he collaborates with seven classical Western musicians, playing an eclectic mix of instruments.   Read more »

Shantala Shivalingappa: Shiva Ganga
23 November 2009
Shantala Shivalingappa presents a spellbinding solo evening of kuchipudi dance accompanied by a traditional, live orchestra comprising singing, flute, veena and percussion.   Read more »

Anoushka Shankar
24 November 2009
Anoushka Shankar is a spellbinding Sitar player who fuses East and West using both acoustic and electric instrumentation. Here she explores music’s ability to tell stories, focusing on Indian epics such as the Mahabharata.   Read more »


Svapnagata in the Lilian Baylis Studio

Aakash Odedra & Yuko Inoue
19 & 20 November 2009
Two new solo works performed by acclaimed British-Indian kathak dancer Aakash Odedra and Japanese kathak dancer Yuko Inoue. Read more »

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Shantala Shivalingappa:
Play (working title) / Gregory Maqoma & Shanell Winlock: Southern Comfort
24 & 25 November 2009
A double-bill featuring a new duet from Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Shantala Shivalingappa, plus Gregory Maqoma and Shanell Winlock's Southern Comfort. Read more »

Riz MC: MICroscope
27 & 28 November 2009
An intimate evening of music from widely championed actor and musician Riz MC. Read more »

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Shows in this season

Sadler's Wells

Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R

16 Nov 2009 – 28 Nov 2009

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