Eighth edition of 'The Park's New Festival 2014' starts from Kolkata

Curated by Prakriti Foundation, the festival aims to bring together international and local artists at a world class forum to celebrate art and culture. The eighth edition of the festival has on offer compelling performances in the genre of music, dance, art and theatre.

Kick staring from Kolkata on Oct 31, the festival will travel to six cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore before concluding in Chennai on Nov 23.

With striking contemporary dance performance by UK based hip-hop/contemporary dance company Avant Garde, observational humour of Azeem Banatwalla, a devised performance piece by actress cum performing artist Jyoti Dogra, a unique brew of music by Filter Coffee, an improvised performance based on the character of Madame K by K TWO dance group and an exhibition of moving image works by Claire Pencak,

The Park’s New Festival will witness all this and much more. In addition to the performances scheduled, the Avant Garde Dance Company will conduct contemporary dance workshops across six cities.

Speaking about the festival  Priya Paul, Chairperson, Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd said, “With creativity and innovation ingrained in our collective DNA, we at The Park Hotels, draw from myriad cultural and global influences to create a landscape that is illustrative of contemporary India. Keeping our promise of Curating Culture, we bring for our discerning audience the 8th edition of The Park’s New Festival, one of the oldest Contemporary Performance Arts Festivals in India. We are delighted to share with you performances that are truly Anything But Ordinary.”

Ranvir Shah, Founder- Prakriti Foundation and the curator of the festival said, “With the new season of The Park’s New Festival, our aim is to help showcase exciting new work in the field of art, promote and encourage cultural skills development and convene valuable forums for artists in mutually beneficial projects. Our long association with The Park Hotels has been an incredible journey and we wish to flourish and continue our celebration of art, expression, creativity and culture in the coming years.”