Under Uttaradhikar series of classical music and dance performances, a Phagun musical evening by Akhilesh Singh Vyas was held at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Sunday. It was followed with the mesmerising Kathak performance by Alpana Vajpayee.
To begin with the event Akhilesh Singh Vyas from Bihar presented the traditional song Phagun Gayan which is usually performed on the occasion of Holi. Akhilesh Singh Vyas and his troupe began their performance with Ganesh Vandana. later, they performed Saraswati Vandana.
After that, they performed Holi songs like Sumitar Shree BHagwan, Brij Me Aieso Holi Machai, Bengal Me Udta Abeer and Akhiyan Bhail laal. They wrapped up their performance with Chalo Sakhi Khelan Phaag.
Akhilesh Singh with Munni lal, Udit Narayan, Shatrughan Ram, Nitesh Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Nand Kishore Ram, Sunil Kumar, Dharmendra Kumar, Krishna Paswan, Mahendra Yadav, Balu Kumar, Kaushal Giri, M.Shahshah, Arvind Kumar performed the spellbinding performance.
The second presentation was performed by Kathak group dance. Under the guidance of Alpana Vajpayee (Bhopal) under the Guru Shishya Parampara, his disciples presented the composition "Yajurvedi" in Raga Bhairav, in which artists worshiped Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, the creativity of the universe while mentioning five elements through its dance.
In the month of Phagun, energy and enthusiasm are communicated in nature, people celebrate the festival of Holi in Phagun.The same enthusiasm was expressed by artists in their dance. In the presentation of Shiva-Hori the artists showcased the fun, happiness and joy of Holi festival and Radha-Krishna and Shiva leela.
later, the artist performed Rudra Taal in 11 volumes. later, the artists wrapped up their performance with Meera Bhajan on Holi in Raga Bhairavi.
The beautiful presentation of Kathak dance left the audience totally enthralled.
The dancers were accompanied on a live music. Jayaprakash on pakavaj, the Tushar on Tabla, Jitendra Sharma accompanied on Harmonium and Ghulam Mohammed on the Sarangi.