The children of the State capital explored the beauty of classical dance forms at a dance workshop ‘Stuti Bhav’ and also learned the classical songs as ‘Baapu Ki Priya Bhakti Pad’ in a musical workshop.
The three-day dance workshop began at Jawahar Bal Bhavan here from Friday and concluded here on Sunday.As many as 60 students were a part of this workshop and learned about classical mudras and classical songs.
While talking to The Pioneer, in-charge and dance instructor of the workshop Sanghmitra Bankar said, “This workshop classical dance is a bit different from other dance workshops. Here, the students are not only taught about the basics of the classical dance, but they will learn dance in mixed mudras which is based on Shahstriya Shaili.”
Elaborating further, she said, “There is no particular classical form which is being taught to the students, in fact there is a small part of each classical form like Bharatnatyam, Kathak.”
She also said that dance is a way to keep the body active. The main motive of this workshop is to enhance different dance forms among children as well as make them learn the face and body expressions.
On the last day of the workshop, the children learned the Ganesh Vandana on Ganesh Gayiye and Ganpati Jai Jag Vandan.On the other hand, children learned Baapu Ke Priya Bhakti Pad in a musical workshop held on Sunday.
The workshop was conducted by the music in-charge of Jawahar Bal Bhawan Nirmala Upadhyay.The children were taught Meera’s Krishna Bhakti Geet, ‘Payo Ji Maine Ram Ratan Dhan Payo’. They also learned the Tulsidas doha ‘Sri Ramchandra Kripal Bhaju’ and ‘Thumak Chalat RamChandra Bajat Pajaniya.’
The children enjoy dancing and the music workshop as they are always keen to learn something new.The classical dance form to perform stuti is something really exciting for them.
The students enjoyed all the three days of the dance workshop to the fullestand discovered the magnificence and innocence ofclassical mudras in theworkshop.Besides, they also enjoyed the Baapu Ke Priya Bhakto Geet to the fullest as well.