The young classical dancers adorned the Thursday evening with beautiful performances at Ravindra Bhavan. Making Bhopalites witness a delightful performance, the students of Kalanjali academy observed their 19th annual fest ‘Kalotsavam’.
Principal Secretary of Directorate of Culture Manoj Shrivastava was present as the special guest on the occasion. It is to be noted that Kalanjali is an organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of traditional Indian classical dance and art form.
It is founded by Pradeep Krishnan. More that 40 young classical dancers performed classical dance leaving the Bhopalites mesmerized. The event began with Pushpanjali i.e. offering of flowers to deity. later, the students performed Shivamayam which was the lord Shiva stuti from Shiv Purana.
It was a breathtaking performance as the dancer kept their movements and expressions up to the mark and the body language impressive. Then, the young dancers left the audience enthralled with Thillana which is the pure form of dance in Bharatnatyam which focuses on adavu which means basic step that are combined to form a dance sequence.
The programme also included folk dance of Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan apart from Classical Music concert performed by the students of Kalanjali.
The audiences were glued to their seats as the first performers came on stage. The main highlight of the event was the performance called ‘Rangarohan’ wherein as many as 24 students performed under Alarippu.
This was not it, but the entire event was all about a beautiful amalgamation between live music and classical steps on stage. The dancers were accompanied by live music among which G Suryanarayan from Kolkata was on Mridangam, Chembai R Shrinivas from New Delhi on violin, MS Kartha on Chenda and Parvati Pradeep was on vocal.