RhythmXChange Festival
RhythmXChange is a year-long collaborative project conceived by IME and Manchester Museum supported by the British Council. The project explores rhythm as a shared language between East and West. As a culmination of the India leg of this project, IME is hosting the three day long RhythmXChange Festival from the 25th to 27th of November featuring artists such as Ta Dhom, Laya Lavanya, Pardafash, Sthree Thaal Tharang and a Rap Battle judged by Gubbi amongst others. The full festival line up is below and you can book tickets for the RXC Festival on BookMyShow.
Schedule
| Day 1: Fri, 25th Nov | |
| 4.30 PM | Percussion-themed Museum Walkthrough, 60 mins Designed and Led by Museum Volunteers |
| 6.30 PM | Kamsale - Karnataka Women's Folk Percussion Troupe (In Partnership with Karnataka Janapada Parishath) Venue: Terrace |
| 7.30 PM | Ta Dhom Project Carnatic Hip-Hop led by Viveick Rajagopalan Venue: Terrace |
| Day 2: Sat, 26th Nov | |
| 12.00 PM | Drum Circle Participative Drumming Session Facilitated by DrumJam Venue: Storm Drum |
| 1.00 PM | Film Screening 'Dollu' National Award winner for Best Kannada Film A Dollu Kunitha Artist, Bhadra and his struggles between tradition & modernity, 106 Mins, with subtitles Venue: Performance Theatre |
| 3.00 PM | Rap Battle (multilingual) Preliminary Round Venue: Performance Theatre |
| 4.30 PM | Percussion-themed Museum Walkthrough, 60 mins Designed and Led by Museum Volunteers |
| 6.30 PM | Laya Lavanya Designed and Led by Museum Volunteers A Multi-tradition Percussion Ensemble Directed by Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma Venue: Terrace |
| 7.30 PM | J.A.V.A. The Cadence Collective Joash Gill (UK) Ashwin Mandoth (IN) Vinthya Perinpanathan (UK) Aditi B. Prahlad (IN) Debut Performance - Project RhythmXChange Venue: Terrace |
| Day 3: Sun, 27th Nov | |
| 11.00 AM | Panel Discussion Women in Percussion in India Sukanya Ramgopal, Vasundhra Das, Deepika Sreenivasan, Sandhya Visvanathan a.k.a Pardafash moderated by Preema John |
| 12.00 PM | Sthree Thaal Tharang All Women Percussion Ensemble Led by Sukanya Ramagopal Venue: Performance Theatre |
| 3. 00 PM | Rap Battle Finale Judged by Gubbi (Multilingual Rapper & Lyricist) Venue: Performance Theatre |
| 4.30 PM | Percussion-themed Museum Walkthrough, 60 mins Designed and Led by Museum Volunteers |
| 6.30 PM | Julius Gabriel Designed and Led by Museum Volunteers Germany Saxophonist Venue: Terrace |
| 7.30 PM | Club RhythmXChange Ft. Samrai (UK) Pardafash (IN) Katherin Kathrin Lambert (DE) Venue: Terrace |