GemArts is thrilled to celebrate Sage Gateshead's 10th Birthday Celebrations which also marks GemArts decade long partnership with the venue of presenting world class Indian classical and contemporary music! To mark this incredible milestone we welcome UK based world music trio Project Avartan for a free concert on Thursday 18th December, 8pm. Fantastic world music trio Project Avartan weaves ...
Two brand new works, Ex Nihilo / The Human Edge, draw on the epic creation myths of sacred Indian texts to explore the ancient questions of creation and human life through dance. Ex Nihilo is an expression of the poetic thinking and abstract imagery questioning the time before the Big Bang whilst The Human Edge draws inspiration from the aspect of the universe that is perceivably within our grasp ...
The Sense of an Ending tells the stories of one hundred women through the voices and bodies of three female performers. The multi-generational cast tell tales of loss, resilience and growth through honest, evocative and poignant dance theatre. This is choreographer Nadia Iftkhar's first full length work.
Creator of the Mohan Veena, an Indian slide guitar reimagined to channel the sonorous sounds of Sitar, Sarod and Veena, Vishwa Mohan has mesmerized the world with his variously pristine pure, delicate and fiery music – winning a GRAMMY along the way for the album ‘Meeting by the River’, his 1993 collaboration with guitarist Ry Cooder. Vishwa's electrifying performances captiv...
The Sense of an Ending tells the stories of one hundred women through the voices and bodies of three female performers. The multi-generational cast tell tales of loss, resilience and growth through honest, evocative and poignant dance theatre. This is choreographer Nadia Iftkhar's first full length work. Presented by Red Road Dance Theatre. A Dance City commission, co-commissioned by GemArts. Sup...