My distant salute to the young , talented dancers. Amazing, co-ordinated movement. Great singing too. Wish all of you become celebrated stars by the Bay of Bengal.
শ্রদ্বেয় কবি চলে গেছেন, তাকে দেখার সুযোগ আমাদের ছিল না! কিন্তু তার বিশ্বভারতী শান্তিনিকেতনে র ঐতিহ্যের ধারাবাহিকতায় যে সৃষ্টি তিনি রেখে গেলেন তা অনন্য যা সব সময়েই প্রেরনার বিষয়। তার সৃষ্টি থেকেই তাকে অনুভবে পেয়ে যাই!
Excellent choreography (which has a strong influence of the basic stance and movements of Kathakali); kudos to the choreographer and the dancers! Also, I love the way the performance space has been used to its fullest; it gives such a sense of dynamism to this piece.
Aha.....mon mugdho pransporsho kora nritya..dujoner modhye daruun synchronization chilo r eke oporer sathe jeno kotha bolchilo..puro character er modhye ora tto nijera dhukeche r sate amader o niye.choleche..r temni gaaner poribesan er bolar opeksha rakhe na..gaaner vhitore srota bonduder niye kothai pari diye Elam....jara geyechen o poribesan korechen tader janai amar pranvhora Bhalobasa r Aswirbaad
While there is a strong influence of Manipuri dance in what we know as the 'Shantiniketan style' of contemporary dance, not many may be aware of Shantiniketan's relationship with Kathakali. Tagore witnessed Kathakali for the first time when Ragini Devi (born Esther Luella Sherman, the American mother of Indian classical dancer and ex Miss India Indrani Rahman) performed Kathakali with her troupe at Shantiniketan. Shantideb Ghosh was subsequently sent to learn the basics of Kathakali directly from the Kalamandalam institution (Thrissur, Kerala), and subsequently Guru Kelu Nair joined Kala Bhavan and taught Kathakali to students in Shantiniketan. Before that, Guru Gopi Nair had visited Shantiniketan a few times, to give demos in Kathakali there. Very few people are probably aware of the influence of Kathakali, on the Shantiniketan style of contemporary dance. And probably fewer people know that it was an American lady (who subsequently Indianized herself totally and took the name Ragini Devi) who inspired Tagore to invite dancers from Kalamandalam to Shantiniketan and teach Kathakali there. We see vestiges of that historical cultural exchange even now...as exemplified in this excellent piece of choreography.
