Saturday, 16 March 2024

53rd All India Bhaskar Rao Nritya and Sangeet Sammelan: Soulful Vocal and Elegant Odissi Dance Performances Cast the Magical Spell

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Chandigarh, Mar.16, 2024:-Soulful vocal  and  elegant Odissi dance performances cast the magical spell on 2nd day of ongoing 53rd All India Bhaskar  Rao Nritya and Sangeet Sammelan at Tagore Theatre.

 53rd Bhaskar Rao Nritya & Sangeet Sammelan  being organized at Tagore Theatre, Delhi based eminent Vocalist Amjad Ali Khan and troupe of Famous Odissi dance Guru Kiran Segal captivated city audience on  the second day of the Sammelan. Nirmal Ouesppachan, IAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mansa, Government of Punjab graced the occasion as chief guest. Kendra's Registrar Dr. Shobha Koser and Secretary Sh. Sajal Koser honored the Chief Guest with bouquet  and Uttariya.

In today's program,  classical vocalist  Amjad Ali Khan from Kirana Gharana of Delhi won the hearts of the audience with his  soulful recital.  It is worth knowing that just a few days ago, Amjad ji's father Ustad  Akhtar Nawaz Khan , a legendary vocalist  passed away and yet like a true artist he performed on stage. To justify "Show must go on"  Amjad performed like a star.
 
 Amjad Ali Khan commenced with invocatory piece with composition Tu Hi Malik Mero in a  vilambit ek taal after the traditional  Aalap in Raga Puriya followed by a Madhya laya bandish . Then he doled out with composition in drut teen taan with bols Chalori Main Olia Beke Darbar which was appreciated by all. He concluded his recital with  Aali Re Albeli, a beautiful bandish based on Raga Bihag. City based percussionist Sh.  Mehmood Khan on tabla and Sh.  Vivek Jain on harmonium accompanied him and added charm to the concert.
 
In the second part of the program, Guru Kiran Segal's group presented a beautiful presentation of Odissi dance. They started with invocatory composition Mangalacharan a prayer to goddess Saraswati. 
 
Then they moved on to present sthai which is a traditional part of Odissi dance depicting various sculptors from the temples of Odisha . Then the group moved on to present  Pallavi  based on Raga Hansadhawani  in which beautiful gestures of dance were presented with their coordination with rhythm and laya . The audience was mesmerized to see beautiful display of  beautiful gestures gestures. This  presentation is composed by Guru Kiran Segal. After this, traditional Odissi dance , Odissi Tandav was presented and the composition was based on the Bhava aspect, was presented. This composition, adorned with bols Jaago Maheshwara , received a lot of applause from the audience. The audience were delighted to watch   beautiful technical aspects of this dance performance.

The fine team of accompanists like Prafulla Mangaraj  on Mardal, Prashant Behera on vocals Dheeraj Pandey on flute, Janab Rais Ahmed on Sitar and Padmashree Guru Kiran Segal on Manjira added success to the event . Madhyama Segal, Sangini Kumar, Akanksha Roy, Maitri Pal Sanishka Roy Choudhary, Aditi Gupta and Janhavi Kallonini participated in dance presentation .

 Registrar of the Kendra r Dr. Shobha Koser and Secretary Sajal Koser  honored the artists with  mementos and Uttariya at the end of the program.

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