Theme: Crossing Over

Picture a person on the brink of greatness, searching for that breakthrough. Picture a person locked in a struggle with the darkest moments of their life, holding out until the storm passes. Picture a person teetering on the precipice of an impossible decision, one that will dictate the rest of their life, or that of their larger community. In each picture, in each scenario, there is one reoccurring theme - that of crossing over. Crossing over from the mundane to the acclaimed, from the dark to the light, from a heavy past to a dazzling future ahead. While the term 'crossing over' often gets obscured in the frivolities of everyday communication, we wish to reiterate the possibilities it represents. How it defines the world we have created, and the worlds that are to come. How it stands for human triumph and capacity for change. How it represents thoughts and ideas that are waiting to be shared, some of which we wish for you to uncover at this TEDx event.

Pathways School, Noida
Sector 100
Off expressway
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201303
India

Aude Priya Wacziarg

Opera Soprano

Aude Priya Wacziarg was born in Mumbai and educated in France, Italy and India. She holds a Masters of Mathematics and a PhD in Ancient Science. Having discovered her soprano voice, she trained with Renata Scotto at the Academia Santa Cecilia (Rome) and completed the diploma in Opera Singing from the Conservatory of Toulouse, France. She then divided her life between research in ancient Greek philosophy and singing on various international stages, like the Teatro Comunale in Florence, the Concerthaus in Vienna and the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre in Mumbai. She is the author of several articles and books, including "Theogony, A Song of Cosmos" (bilingual French-Ancient Greek). After she moved to India permanently she became the Managing Trustee of the Neemrana Music Foundation, as well as a director in various companies, including the Neemrana Hotels.

Chandan Gomes

Photographer

Guilia Amborgi

Street Art Expert

Ishita Chaudhry

Youth Activist

Mike Knowles

Design Expert

Professor Mike Knowles, FRSA, has 40 years' experience in professional practice and education. Believing in the importance of design and craft skills for different rungs of society, he moved to India to develop job creation through export projects and helped establish the In Group. Starting his career as a three dimensional artist, he moved on to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, be the head of India Fellowship, establish a Skills Academy for the University of Arts London and develop the Sushant School of Design, Ansal University, Haryana state, where he is now Director.

Rituparna Ghosh

Performance Storyteller

Sandeed Farooq

Youth Activist