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Nrityayatri presented workshop by the Dhananjayans on May31 & June 1, 2013 at Abhinav Primary School, Pune.
Report of the workshop
Pune city based entrepreneur and noted Bharatnatyam dancer Meghana
Sababde’s “Nrityayatri”, a unique concept of dance educational tours,
where the young dancers get closer to their art by visiting the places
of origin of their dance - an effort just to make every young
artist aware of their roots, the rich history of their dance form,
traditional values with a hope that they pursue their passion for this
great art form a little longer.
Founded in Pune in the year 2011, Nrityayatri has toured to Chennai,
Chidambaram and Tanjavur. We have visited great institutes like
Kalakshetra, Bharatakalanjali. Also visited temples like Chidambaram and
Tanjavur where we find origin of Bharatnatyam, the beautiful
sculptures, the Karanas- dance postures of Shiva. The students get an
opportunity of performing in the golden hall of Chidambaram temple where
Shiva performed his Ananda Tandavam and much more.
After the remarkable success of ‘Nritya Yatri’, Meghana Sabade is expanding
its scope by organizing various dance related workshops and seminars
lectures and demonstrations. Meeting great Gurus like Padmabhushan
Dhananjayan Sir, Shanta Akka and Anitha Guha was indeed a very rare
opportunity. As a result of Nritya Yatri Tour, a workshop was
conducted on 31st May and 1st June in Pune .Only few days after the
announcement of this workshop, the registrations were full.
One of the participant of the workshop quoted her experience as “I
am one extremely lucky girl to have seen, experienced and for sometime
lived in the presence of great Sir Dhananjayan and Akka”. They say Old
is Gold and it is very true as students have witnessed an immense
treasure of grace and perfection during the the workshop.
The duration of the workshop was three hours but Shantakka has a fabulous
stamina that will match any young dancer. Dhananjayan sir’s
expert guidance helped students to understand the meaning of Tamil
verses better. Every movement brought joy and a marvelous experience
among students. Gopu, Sir’s senior disciple, showed students the steps
with his fast and rigorous movements in perfect Aramandi. It was
inspiration to be better and grow more to achieve some place in this
vast ocean of knowledge of Bharatnatyam.
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Pose for Reclining Vishnu
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On 2nd June the spectators of Pune witnessed a beautiful performance by
the ‘Bharat Kalanjali’ students and the maestros-Dhananjayans. The
character Manthara was played by Shantakka and that of
Dasharatha played by Dhananjayan was a complete lesson in
Abhinaya itself. “There was nothing less or more than perfection, every
performance brought tears to the eyes, sometimes of sorrow but mostly
of joy. "I am so fortunate to see and experience such marvelous
performance” - these were the thoughts expressed by one of the students
after witnessing the performance of Dhananjayans. In spite of not
knowing the language everyone from kid to adult could understand the
story through expressions and performance. Undoubtedly it was an
unforgettable experience.
Nrityayatri plans to widen its scope by organizing workshops, lecture
demonstrations, interactive sessions by inviting great Gurus to Pune.
Nrityayatri aims to give you the best. On the tours you create your own
experiences of the world of dance and here in the city we give you a
chance to explore the nuances of your own dance with the help of these
stalwarts.
Here is a glimpse of upcoming events by Nritya Yatri in 2013 - in August, a
workshop by Taal yogi Shree Suresh Talwalkar on “Lay-Taal”. In October a
workshop by renowned Bharatnatyam Dancer Priyadarshani Govind. Nritya
Yatri will also continue to offer its innovative tours in forthcoming
years.
Felicitation of Dhananjayans by Meghana Sabade, Sir Suresh Talwalkar and Maniktai Ambike
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Interview by Parimal Phadke
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Shantakka
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| Conversation between Kaikai-Manthara, Kaikai-Dasharath
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Artists of Bharatkanlanjali
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All the artists of Nritya-taringini programme along with Nritya-Yatri organizers Meghana Sabade and Shraddha Palsule
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