‘Parikramaa’, a two-day dance and music festival, will be held in the city
Times of India: Parikramaa,’ a two-day dance and music festival, will be held in the city to present much more than the obvious and common in classical dance and music.
The event, to be held on November 28 and 29, has been organised by Kalavardhini Charitable Trust, the dance institute of Bharat Natyam danseuse Sucheta Bhide-Chapekar.
“Kathak and Bharat Natyam are very common in Pune. With this programme, we are trying to present other classical dance and music forms also. This is the second edition of Parikramaa’. The first one held last year received an overwhelming response,” said Arundhati Patwardhan, Chapekar’s daughter-disciple and the chief organiser of Parikramaa’.
The event will be inaugurated at Yashwanrao Chavan auditorium at 5.30 pm by mayor Rajlaxmi Bhosale and Bharat Natyam danseuse Leela Samson, with a Bharat Natyam performance by Chapekar’s senior disciples Alka Lajmi and Neelima Kadhe. This will be followed by Dhanashri Apte’s sequence on Nritya Ganga,’ a unique choreography conceptualised by Chapekar that comprises a synthesis of Bharat Natyam and Hindustani classical music.
In the same evening, there will be Karnataka tal vadya kacheri’ by Shridhar Parthasarthi and group. It is a musical ensemble that is present only in Carnatic music a kind of a musical programme very common in south India. Theatre personalities Rajashree and Vaibhav Arekar, who have worked extensively with the late playwright Chetan Datar, will present Dwanda,’ a dance-drama based on the life and times of Amba, Ambika and Ambalika.
Samvaad,’ a symposium on contemporary issues related to Indian classical dance, will be held on November 29 at Abasaheb Garware hall from 9.30 am onwards. Stalwarts like Leela Samson, Anuradha Jonnalagadda (Kuchipudi danseuse), Kalamandalam Balasubramanian (principal of Kerala Kalamandalam) and Arekar will talk on various aspects of dance at the symposium that will convened by Chapekar.
In Nritya Ganga’, Chapekar has weaved in Bharat Natyam into Marathi musical compositions. “I worked on this concept for almost 12 years. The idea was to use Marathi compositions, that are part of Hindustani classical music, in Bharat Natyam choreographs, because till now only Carnatic music has been associated with this classical dance form. Over the years, Nritya Ganga’ has been widely appreciated, and we’ve been able to come up with 80 such compositions. These renditions also have a margam’ of their own,” Chapekar said.
Dance enthusiasts will be able to enjoy a bouquet of classical dance performances on the evening of November 29. Taking centre stage at Balgandharva Rangmandir from 6 pm onwards will be Samson, Jonnalagadda, Chapekar and the Kerala Kalamandalam group.
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