A Chhau dance workshop will be organised for the theatre aspirants of the city. The workshop will be held by Kirti Ballet Troupe and will be conducted by Chandra Madhav Barik. Earlier the workshop was scheduled to be held frim Monday, but due to lockdown, the dates are postponed.
Under various forms, the Shiva Tandava, Dhwaja Tamal Folk and War dance are the prominent ones being taught in the workshop. The aspirants will be trained under a ‘production based workshop’ organized by Kirti Ballet and performing arts group, Bhopal. The Mayurbhanj Chhau dance is performed in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha.
While informing about the dance, he said, “I have been trained in chhau dance under Guru Shishya convention a lot many times and keeping the essence of the tradition I am teaching the participants in Bhopal, with the same elegancy.”
Informing about the Chhau dance, he said that the Mayurbhanj Chhau dance is practiced without masks. Besides, the themes for chhau dance include local legends, folklore and other abstract themes.
The Mayurbhanj chhau has highly evolved techniques of its own for which it differenciates itself from other forms of dance.
The martial arts technique in Mayurbhanj Chhau makes it even more impactful.