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Evoking Tagore
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Songs, music and dance with baul rhythms for honouring the poet
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PHOTO: Mohd Yousuf
Grace and pose Dancers give shape to Tagore’s poetry
It was an evening when the bhadra lok got together to celebrate the birth anniversary of poet Ravindra Nath Tagore at Ravindra Bharati on Thursday evening. First to go was Sudeshna Gupta who brought alive the lyrics of the poet evo
king the river fed delta of Bengal. The influence of baul singers that makes Rabindra Sangeet strike a chord with those who cannot follow the language. For a change, Dipak Bhattacharya sang a few of the songs that have been translated into Hindi.
The highlight of the evening was the dance drama choreographed by Sunanda Sengupta. Called Nishidin Bhalobashi (unceasing love) it brought together episodes from 12 dramas of the poet. Though brief interludes from the dramas, they nevertheless fulfilled the purpose. “What we have tried to do is capture the spirit of what Rabindra Nath Tagore wrote,” said Sunanda explaining the blend of Manipuri, Kathak and Odissi dance styles for the dance drama. And there we watching a clutch of dancers, jasmines in the hair and as armbands, a batik chudder slung over the shoulders, alta on the feet, light music and the grace of the eastern dance forms of India as the evening unfolded with Achalayatana. Four dancers began the rhythmic movement with Odissi steps. Then Sunanda did her bit with grace as a bunch of singers sitting in the background panned out the drama Raja Rishi.
The other interesting episodes from Chirakumara Sabha, Raja O Rani and Muktadhara were used for evoking the spirit of Panchishe Baisakh.
S.N.
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