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ALIYA
RASHID
The brain behind Wonderflip, the
magical circus!
Give us a brief on what to expect at the Wonderflip Circus
The circus is a combination of arts, music, and entertainment. Even our
campsite is in the vicinity of stages. The music, food and everything is in
one space. We want people to experience quirky moments for instance,
someone sitting in their tents having a drinks and then we have a circus
act performed for them impromptu. We want them to immerse into a
whole new world.
The idea is to create an experience around you and not let you just
immerse in just stage set performances. We will be open to our audiences
to perform.
A brief on the music acts
We have focused on bringing together live acts ranging from folk,
to reggae, to latin to gypsy music and much more. Some of the acts
performing include: Gypsy Sound Revolution, Clown with a frown, Eagles
and Butterflies, Gaudi , Grain and much more.
Anything exciting planned for the visitors?
There are various installations, an amazing room being done by Klove
Design Studio, they work with lights and they are creating a room called
the room of reflections and illusions. It’s like the old school maze of
mirrors you went to at the circus as children. We are also doing something
incredible with Royal Enfield and their stunt bikers. We’ve got some
pretty cool live art where you can actually go and engage with the artists
or become part of installations through the day and I also think there’s a
lot of really cool stuff that we are doing on the side.
We have tied up with a company called “Let’s Trip”, a cycling tour
company based out of Jaipur. They are going to be doing this sunrise,
afternoon and sunset cycling excursions out into the near land and forest
to a close by lake. This is for people who want to get out, and go see some
of these beautiful and natural flora and fauna. The guy, who actually owns
the Havelli, is an amazing jockey and he’ll be doing some horse safaris in
the forest. We’ve got a lot of other little activities planned like we’ve got
a Havelli spa, for people to unwind and chill out. The festival just isn’t
about partying but really having a wholesome weekend with their friends,
eating their food. The way we have designed our food areas is also almost
like you are sitting in a small little restaurant.
How important do you think music is in a festival like
Wonderflip?
It’s difficult to separate the word festival and music! I wouldn’t say one
is more important than the other but music is a big part of it. We are not
focused on the top 10 DJ line up and pulling in any kind of big names to
sell ourselves. We are actually trying to sell a wholesome experience. I
have already got so much feedback from people about “Oh, I’m coming for
so and so artists!” We hope that ever y year we are able to deliver quality
line up with quality producers, quality artists and Dj’s and really focus on
building up the festival, whether it’s creating great performance spaces,
or good food curation. Food is huge and a big part of a holiday. Our bars
are being designed for cocktails and a lot of mixology and there is a lot
of stuff that we’ll be doing and there will be a lot that we’ll be doing with
our Liquor partner. There’ll be a lot of care into creating these smaller
experiences and going beyond just a big line up and a big stage and we
hope that people enjoy that.
Your message to our readers.
India is coming of age as in Music and the festival culture. It is the first
year which I feel is the most organic year. It sets the tone of what’s going
to come and you’ll never have an experience like this again. This will be a
group of people who are coming into something and buying into a promise
without having any proof of it. It makes that group of people really special
and those coming together will make the festival really special. I’ve gone
to a couple of first editions of festivals and they’re really amazing because
everyone is there really on a promise and I really hope they can dive into
the promise we are putting out for them in the coming weeks.
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