The 21st edition of the prestigious
Classical Dance Festival jointly organised by Kala Academy Goa and West Zone
Cultural Centre, Udaipur will be held on March 13, 14 and 15, 2015 at 7pm daily
with the courtesy of Shree Mahalasa Saunsthan, Mardol in the precincts of
Mahalasa Devasthan, Mardol, Goa. The event will see participation of national
as well as international artists in the field of classical dance. The festival
will be inaugurated on March 13, 2015 at the hands of Vinayak Khedekar,
renowned Folklorist and Folk Researcher, in the presence of managing committee
members of Shree Mahalasa Saunsthan.
On March 13, 2015, the students of
Kalanjali, Margao will present Bharatanatyam recital in group choreography
under the guidance of Guru Deeptha Rubasundaram. The students, Vidhya Desai,
Akshata Sulebhavi, Disha Desai, Saguga Kenkre, Bhagvati Bhat, Raksha, Kirti
Rege and Karen Carvalho will be accompanied by Guru Deeptha Rubasundaram,
Venkatesh, Balsubramaniam and Kumar.
This will be followed by Odissi dance
in group choreography by Jyoti Shrivastava supported by co-dancers Rahul
Varshaney, Varsha Das, Deepshikha Govil, Ranjeeta Hegde and Esha Das. The
accompaniment will be provided by Prashant Behera and Siddhart Kishor, Prafulla
Mangraj, Dheeraj Pandey and Subroto Dey.
The day will conclude with Kathak Dance
in group choreography presented by renowned Kathak guru Rajendra Gangani and
his disciple Anu Sinha from Noida. Geetika Singh and Aishwarya will be the
co-dancers. Vijay Parihar, Karan Gangani, Kishor Gangani will provide
accompaniment for the Kathak dance presentation.
On March 14, 2015, Mandira Joshi,
faculty member of Kala Academy’s Dance faculty will present Bharatanatyam solo
dance recital. Her Guru, Dr Sandhya Purecha, Shivprasad, Dakshinamurthy Pillai
and Satish Sheshadri will provide instrumental and vocal support for the
concert.
This will be followed by Kathakali
presentation ‘Kiratam’ by artists of Kerala Kala Mandalam, Cheruthurthy-
Thrissur. Kalamandalam Mukundan, Kalamandalam Suryanarayan, Kalamandalam
Aromal, Kalamandalm Dhanesh, Kalamandalm Ananthu and Kalamandalm Shyam Da will
be the main artist playing the characters in the Kathakali dance presentation.
They will be supported by Ajesh and Sudheesh, Vijay Krishnan, Prashanth, Shiv
Das and Arun and Manesh. The group will be led by PR Jaychandran.
On the concluding day, March 15, 2015,
renowned Kuchipudi Danseuse Sandhya Raju will present Kuchipudi solo supported
by Chandra Rao, Shiva, Shrinivas, Subramaniam and Venkatesh.
The festival will conclude with Kathak
dance in group choreography by Anuj Mishra of Anuj Arjun Mishra Dance Academy,
Lucknow. He will be supported by co-dancers Kantika Mishra, Neha Singh, Sneha
Kashyap, Akshara Khare, Manju Malkani. Vikas Mishra, Hriday Dessai and Hayat
Hussain Khan will provide instrumental and vocal support.