It was a special occasion for Bharatanatya Kalalaya as it marked the 50th Arangetram programme and the dancer was the little ten year old wonder Varsha Sundar. Varsha performed with lot of excitement and enthusiasm at the Manik Sabhagriha in Bandra. Varsha Sundar is the talented disciple of Guru Geeta Vekateshwar who is an accomplished exponent and heads the dance academy - Bharatanatya Kalalaya. It was amazing to watch little Varsha dance to heart's content, winning the applause from the packed audience. Varsha commenced her sparkling performance with the traditional invocatory number and followed it with the Khamas Shiva Padam, a composition by Papanasam Sivan extolling the glory and the power of the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva in the Chidambaram temple. The Devi Padam was unusual for its content in which the dancer asks the goddess as to whether she is a toy in her hands?. It was interesting to watch as to how Varsha would relate to different items with innate natural expres...
Rashtriya Sanskritik Mitra Mandal, Chembur, celebrated thier annual gurupoornima utsav at Afac High School Auditorium. In its presentation Adaranjali 2017, students performed classical music and dance as a mark of tribute to Tabla maestro and mentor. late Taalmani Pandit Brijraj Mishra. . Birju Bhaiya, as he was popularly known, was an unsung hero who received his formal training in classical dance from Acharya Sukhdev Maharaj, Acharya Pande Maharaj and Acharya Chaube Maharaj. Having received training in Tabala by Pandit Sharada Sahayaji, he mastered both the art forms in an exemplary manner. Although he was trained in Kathak dance of the Benaras Gharana he later went on to excel in playing the Tabla. The students of the Hindustani classical singing under the able guidance of Sushri Aparna Apte Biwalkar began with an ode to goddess Sarswati, followed by Omkaar swaroopa and Gurudev dutta aarti. They also rendered “gunja sa he ek taara”,. An intiative of the ...