Purva Dhanashree, a Hyderabad-based Danseuse gave a miraculous performance on the concluding day of 6th Chandigarh Arts & Heritage Festival at Tagore Theatre here on Sunday. In her one-and-a-half hour performance, she presented three choreography compositions.
She began her performance with Vinayak Prathanka, wherein she paid tribute to lord Ganesha. In her next remarkable piece, Purvadhanashree performed Shlok Pushpanjli, with beautiful gestures to all seven planets/God like Sun God, Moon God and Eight deities belonging to all eight directions of universe followed by Jathi Swaram, a pure dance form without emphasis on expression. The audience enjoyed the Varnamam, the main event of the evening, a combination of expression and pure dance, based on Raga Bhairav of Karnataka. This piece was beautifully choreographed and dedicated to lord Shiva. In the end of the performance, a prize distribution ceremony was also held. During Chandigarh Arts & Heritage week celebrations, an on the spot poster making and on the spot painting competition on the theme Chandigarh — the heritage city, was organised in Government College of Art, Sector 10 here.
About 60 students from the college participated in the competition. Chandigarh being the mecca of architecture, has been the most popular form in the posters and paintings created during these competitions. le Corbusier buildings, drawings and Nek Chand’s creations are the main contents of their paintings.
In both categories, two first prizes of Rs 2,500 each, two second prizes of Rs 2,000 each and two third prize of Rs 1,500 each were given to the best entries. Besides these 10 consolation prizes of Rs 500 each will also be given to the selected entries. Expressing her gratitude to participant and audience Bhawna Garg, UT Secretary Culture said, “The 6th edition of Chandigarh Arts & Heritage Festival has been very successful.”