Nishar Mansuri is a writer, storyteller, and artistic director whose work is rooted in love, poetry, music, and the rich cultural traditions of South Asia.

Born into a family that has followed the Rifai Sufi order, Nishar grew up with Sufi thought as a living part of everyday life. Poetry, music, devotion, and stories of saints and seekers were not distant ideas, but part of the world he inherited. From an early age, he was drawn to the poetry of Bulleh Shah, Kabir, Rumi, Amir Khusrau, and other mystic poets, and to the Sufi and folk music he grew up listening to.

Dhaivat Jani is a Toronto-based drummer, tabla player, and composer whose work explores the emotional complexity of the life he is living. Originally from Ahmedabad, India, his artistic voice is shaped by movement between cultures, drawing from both North Indian classical music and jazz.

He began studying tabla at the age of five and completed his Visharad with three gold medals by sixteen. He later moved to Toronto to study jazz as a drummer at Humber Polytechnic, where he earned a Bachelor of Music. Since making Toronto his home, collaborations with artists from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds have become central to his creative practice.