A Different Beat

DNOAX (Desi Number One Artistes X) will kickstart the festival today with their hip-hop performance at the Blue Frog.

Hyderabad-based Meghraj Arvind or Megh uh Watt,one of the performers,promises a “different” show. “We’re performing our originals such as Bhool na jana,which were released in 2007. The covers are limited to numbers by Jay-Z,Alicia Keys and Linkin Park,” he says.

This will be followed by Maya Krishna Rao’s performances on September 10 at the NCPA Experimental Theatre. Rao will perform Quality Street,an adaptation of a short story by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,playing the role of a harried mother and her daughter at the same time. She will also perform The Non Stop Car-Food-Clothes-Feel-Good-Show that gives glimpses of the urban citizen’s idiosyncrasies and obsessions. “I will be presenting these two shows for the first time in Mumbai,” she says.

The last leg will see Parijat Desai’s Dance Company put up its first-ever performance in the city on September 12 at the same venue. Desai’s both shows,Make Space and Songs To Live For,are a blend of Bharatnatyam and contemporary American dance.

The festival will also travel to Hyderabad (September 13-15),Bangalore (September 16-18),and Chennai (September 21-25).