Kalaboti Mudra chairperson Dr. Lalita Ghosh was invited at the Nritya Parva – 2009, an exposition of Sattriya Dance at Guwahati from 15th to 18th November. A brief report is being presented here to make host this event at the web. This is the first initiative to popularize this event worldwide. We are cordially thankful to the team Dulal Roy to invite us at this prestigious event. Kalaboti Mudra presented some of its publication to Sri Dulal Roy. This is one of the best hosted events ever happened. We are also thankful to all the Satradhikars, Gurus and other dignitaries here.
A Sattriya Dance Festival has been organised by Sangeet Natak Academy at Guwahati the birth place of this dance style from 15 to 18 November. 550 years back great reformer and religious guru Srimanta Shankardeva introduced this style and this is the only practicing living dance tradition apart from Manipuri dance style.
Dancers, danseurs, connoisseurs, researchers, thinkers, art historian from different parts of India participated in this gala ceremony. Art historian Sunil Kothari, the only Bengali Sattriya researcher-dancer Dr. Lalita Ghosh, Dr. Shruti Bandopadhaya, Professor of Dance, Rabondra Bharati University, Art promoter Arshiya Sethi, Orisi singer & Sangeet Natak Academy award winner artist Shayam Hari Das, Assistant Editor of Nartan and proffessor of Hyderabad University Madhabi, Scholar Pona Mohanta, President of Manipuri Sahitya Parishad. Th. Thombi Singh and various other glitterati grace the occasion. Dr. Lalita Ghosh acted as a presenter of Mudras to the deliberation of Dr. Shruti Bandopadhaya.
Great theatre maestro Ratan Theam inaugurated the festival at Rabindra Bhaban, Guwahati on the 15th November in the presence of various honoured Sattradhikars, gurus numerous guests.
Series of workshops has been also arranged at State Museum Auditorium with the presence of great gurus, connoisseurs and scholars. Various lecture demonstration has been arranged and all the deliberations are centre to the point, informative, path breaking. Most of the people presents there animatedly participated at the open session in the workshops. Sri Guru Aanda Mohon Bhagabati, Dr. Sunil Kothari, Dr. Jagannath Mohanta, Dr. Shruti Bandopadhaya, Dr. Pradip Jyoti Mohanta, Sri Bhaskar Jyoti Ojha presented their scholarly views with a live audience. In most of the deliberations the pain of transition of Sattriya came to the fore front. The discourse of metamorphosis of this greatly revered dance style Sattra to the modern proscenium secular stage took the centre stage as the Sattriya was declared as a newest classical dance forms. The pain and bleedings can be visible in the mind of the bhumiputras of Assam. The discussions of itemization of the traditional Bhakti revered dance also coming into the forefront in almost all the days. The live discourse participated with various historian, scholars should have a greater reverence in this connection.
At every evening various artists and bhaktas of Sattras and individual presenters presents their offerings. Gayan Badan items from various sattras are the opening soiree. In all the four days various revered and pranamya gurus and young artists presented their best performances there. Guru Ramkrishna Talukder, Rumi Bhuiyan, Pravakar Goswami, Seujpriya Barthakur, Bhabananda Barbayen, Prabhat Kakati, Dimple Saikiya, Anita Sharma amongst other presented their items. Various Sattras like Namkatani, Morangachiya, Borpeta, Auniati, Mayamora presented their bhaba and bhabana with their gayan-badan.
This is the festival of the festivals of Sattriya dance. All the connoisseurs and friend of Sattriya should thankful to team Dulal, who professionally and diligently host the event.
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