Saraikela, Feb. 15: In this Corona pandemic situation it’s not easy for artists to get a full house for live shows, to keep the curtains up.
But still no matter how difficult the times are, in the course of 14th February “Nritya Sandhya” (series 2), the evening of virtual classical dance event became the center of dance attraction.
This virtual series was presenting by Trinetra Chhau Dance performing centre Bangalore under the Guidance of Pt. Gopal prasad Dubey (Padma Shri, SNA Awardee). This event was streamed on YouTube and Facebook .
Renowned artists from Indian classical dance field participated in the online program. Karnataka Kalashree Sathyanarayana Raju began the program by staging Bharatnatyam.
Dr. Rekha Raju presented graceful mohiniyattam performance, Rekha Satish a renowned Kuchipudi artist presented very powerful Devi item, Hari and Chethna who are the famous dancing couple showed their love towards Lord Krishna through their beautiful and rhythming Kathak dance.
Usha Rani Baishya (SNA Awardee) from Guwahati presented Sattriya dance while Dr. Raksha Jayaram from Bangalore also presented Bharatnatyam, Pragnya Sahoo from Odissa who did a mesmerizing Abhinaya piece in Odissi dance and Pt. Gopal Dubey and his disciple Moumita from Bangalore presented very famous item “Radha Krishna” which shows the internal love between man and woman through Seraikella Chhau Dance style.
The event aims to bring online people from all background and to show that dance is a perfect medium to remind us all of what unites us, joyfully celebrating equality and difference.
Sattriya or Sattriya Nritya, as it is also known as, happens to be one among eight main Indian classical dance traditions. Sattriya, since its creation in 15th century Assam by Vaishnav saint Srimanta Sankardeva, has remained a living tradition. The creation of Sattriya Nritya by Sankardeva was an accompaniment to the Ankiya Naat (a form of Assamese one-act plays devised by him), which were usually performed in the sattras, as Assam’s monasteries are called.
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