A dance performance showcasing the charismatic Geetanjali written by versatile Rabindranath Tagore through Kathak and Bharatnatyam was present here on Tuesday at Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium.
Choreographed by the eminent dancers of the city Shweta Devendra and Kshama Malviya, the play was a fabulous presentation of the epic poem Geetanjali by Rabindranath Tagore.
The event was oranised to observe the death anniversary of the legendary writer and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore.
The dance was a blend of the genius and the versatility of Rabintranath Tagore. What made the dance even more pleasurable to watch was the recitation of Geetanjali songs live by Vinay Upadhyay and Suneeta Singh.
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Geetanjali and its ‘profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse’, his ‘elegant prose and magical poetry’ introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit. He was highly influential in introducing the best of Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of modern India.
All these traits were depicted in the ballet through the blend of these two diverse writings by Tagore.
When the classical dance forms collided with the magical verses of Geetanjali, the outcome was a spellbinding experience for the Bhopalites.