IAAF 2014

International Ancient Arts Festival 2014

Theme: Healing through Creative Arts across Cultures

The 5th International Festival on 4th & 5th December 2014 at Sirifort ,New Delhi, India, with participation from Italy, India, Hungary, France and USA

One of the Highlights this year was an International standard Opera of Ramleela with Artistes from Italy. Internationally acclaimed Fabrizio Daros is the Conductor while prize winning Maestro Marco Pucci Catena is the Director of the Opera. The Original Music score has been created by Antonio Cocomazi who has won 13 National & International Competitions and has recorded 7 CDs and 230 Works. Mattia Olivieri (Baritone), Raffaele Abete (Tenor) is one of the most sought Opera Singers in Europe while the talented Federico Benetti is the Bass.

Shared Reela Hota, Odissi Danseuse & Founder Director, International Ancient Arts Festival (IAAF), who played the role of Sita in the Opera. “Through the cross cultural Ramayana, we want to show that Lord Rama is a state of being that each one of us must strive for. This artistic collaboration has never been done before. Each style is maintaining its language, music, and has been chosen to play different acts of the play.”

The Dance of Broadway USA is different because of the fusion of Ballet, Jazz & Modern which also blends in Acting and Singing and travelling from New York was acclaimed Dancer Jason Macdonald.