A slice of Bengali culture
A. RAMALINGA SASTRY
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From the Durga Puja to seasonal changes, youngsters depicted different aspects of Bengal.
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SERENE NOTES Students of National Insitute of Dance Drama and Music at their best.
The monthly schedule of Visakha Music and Dance Academy featured a dance programme in Bengali. The programme was put together by students of classical, folk and modern dance of the National Institute of Dance Drama and Music, called Nrittyam, founded and managed by the versatile artiste U. Panchali. Despite being a busy advocate, she conceived an aesthetic show titled Anando (joy), trained about a score of her students in the age group of five and 18 rigorously well to attain professional level, directed and conducted the show with ιlan in Kalabharathi.
Striking serene notes of devout fervour starting with Nataraja, Ganapathi and Saraswathi vandanaas, the youngsters presented Rabindranath Tagore's adaptation of a Jayadeva's lyric in praise of Lord Krishna into Bengali and set to music. Panchali choreographed it in a style that reflected Manipuri tradition. Next was the song Pous Toder Dak Diache describing the harvest season and the farmer's joy. Hriday Amar, the next item, delightfully depicted the different shades of joy that is experienced with the variations in seasons in nature. Hai Hemanth Lakshmi followed by Basanta Phool, were similarly a lucid visualisation of the Hemantha and Vasanta ritu attributes in dance vocabulary. Lajeranje Holo Bou describing the joyous mood during a wedding celebration, Maina Chalak depicting a folklore ecstasy, Durga puja, a gypsy dance, a dance in the Kathak tradition and finally a dance depicting Satyam Sivam Sundaram, kept the audience glued to their seats all through.
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