The Bhopalites witnessed a calm evening filled with semi-classical and classical music and a classical dance drama, at an event organised at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum under its Uttaradhikar series, here on Sunday.
The event began with the performance of Smita Damle Mokashi from Indore. She started off her performance with Raga Yaman. later, she performed ‘Manva Mora Mane Na’ in Madhya laya. She then performed Tarana in dhrut teen taal.
later she performed Meera bhajan in Pahadi dhun including compositions like Chaar Din Fagun Ke and Hori Rangi Sadi Gulabi Chunariya. She wrapped up her performance with pahadi dhun. Shruti Kalve and Sudhanshu Kulkarni accompanied her on vocal, Manish Karvade on tabla, Jitendra Sharma on harmonium and Samarth Mokakshi on Manjeera.
Under the Guru Shishya Parampara, the second presentation was all about a dance drama. It was presented by Uma Rele, with her sance troupe. The dance drama was a beautiful blend of three classical dance forms including Mohiniattam, Bharatnatyam and Kathak style.
Based on the "verses" of the four Vedas concentrated on these traditions, the dance drama ‘Prithvi’ was presented before the Bhopalites.
In this dance-drama the artists talked about the five elements of the universe through dance, the origin of the earth appeared in their dance drama. In the beginning actors showed the origin of the universe through their dance. In this sequence, the interpretation of four seasons, narrative of human origin, was presented by the cast.
In the end, the beautiful scene of relationship between man and earth was showcased leaving the audience mesmerised. The entire dance drama was inspired by the idols of ancient temples. It was wondrous show as the audience enjoyed every bit of it.