As part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of St. Mira's College for Girls, the Academy of Indian Dances will be putting up a programme of Bharatanatyam and folk dances on Tuesday, the 22nd of January, 2013. We begin with a traditional Ganesh Vandana - an invocation to the elephant-headed god. After that, we travel from state to state, giving our audience glimpses of different folk dances, traditional costumes and cultures - West Bengal, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Nagaland. As a tribute to St. Mira, in whose college we will be performing, we will also perform a Mira bhajan in the Bhagavatamela (dance drama) style.
Performing in the absence of our guru is a challenge indeed, and we hope to do her credit!
Programme:
Ganesh Vandana
Bengali folk dance
Malayala kummi
Marathi folk dance
Kuratti kummi
Pinnal Kolattam
Mira bhajan
Dandiya
Garba
Naga tribal dance
Ganesh Vandana
Bengali folk dance
Malayala kummi
Marathi folk dance
Kuratti kummi
Pinnal Kolattam
Mira bhajan
Dandiya
Garba
Naga tribal dance
Venue: Auditorium, St. Mira's College for Girls
Date: Tuesday, 22nd January, 2013
Time: 11 a.m.
Artists: Ashwini, Chaitrali, Charulatha, Manasi, Nisha, Pooja, Purvi, Rashmi, Riddhi, Sayali, Shruti, Tejashree and Varsha
