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Homage to the master dancer

Uday Shankar Dance Festival '14 in full swing

Rachel Priyanka Perris and Zahangir Alom, write from Kolkata
The regular weeklong (December 8-14) dance fiesta Uday Shankar Dance Festival 2014 is in full swing at Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata in India. Themed 'NrityerTaal-eTaal-e', this year the dance carnival counts 20 glorious years since its inception.
West Bengal State Music Academy (WBSMA) has organised the festival on the 114th birth anniversary of the pioneer of modem dance.
The festival features 45 riveting dance displays including solo and group recitals of classical, modem and creative styles. Based on Uday Shankar's creativity and fusion compositions, this time, the focus will be on creative contemporary dance with Ileana Citaristi and team's "Siddharth"; Roshan Datiye and troupe presenting "Kathak in Natyashastra" and Rhythmosaic with "Swan Lake Revisited".
Eminent danseuse Mamata Shankar, daughter of Uday Shankar, inaugurated the festival as chief guest on December 8 while Malabashree Das, member-secretary of West Bengal State Music academy presided over the event.
The fest opened with the compositions by the Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe. Directed by Mamata Shankar, the presentations featured a homage to the master dancer, harvest/village festival, creation, realisation, journey for war, and Uday Shankar's famous choreography "Karthikeya". In the piece "Homage", Uday Shankar said, "When man starts walking, then it creates rhythm and dance." Harvest/Village festival depicted Rajasthani folk dance with rhythms of the song *E Raamjike Neiya". Mamata Shankar performed solo in the "Creation" segment, with music direction by Pandit Ravi Shankar.
"Realisation” focused on the cruelty unleashed on women. "Journey for War" highlighted Rajasthani men and women getting prepared for
the journey of War. The last attraction was a display of Kathakali form "Karthikeya", an authentic choreography by Uday Shankar. In the midst of the presentations, Soumen Dey, who had accompanied Uday Shankar on the flute since he was 17 years, mesmerised the audience with the strains of his flute.Next was the performance of Kuchipudi solo by Guru Raj, a disciple of famous Kuchipudi artiste Vyjayanthi Kashi. Starting off with "Ramayana Shabdam", he presented "Krishna Leela Tarangini", showing his
expertise dancing on a plate. Later, he performed "Neelmegh Sharir" and ended up with performing "Sandhya Taobang".
Srijan Chhanda presented "Nava Disha"; shyamal sundar, and "Nirvan", a poem-based choreography on raga Durga and taal Adi.
Later, directed by Kalamandalam Goutam, Priyalakshmi Prakash performed Kathakali solo and Vishal Krishna, grandson of legendary Kathak artiste Sitara Devi, performed Kathak solo.
The second day's performance began with a Kathak solo by Madhumita Roy, followed by solo Bharatnatyam recital by Rituparna Ghosh. Artistes of Kuchipudi Kalamadhuri first presented vandanam based on raga Hindolam and Adi taal. Madhuri Majumdar performed "Rukshmini Pravesham", portraying dramatisation, brisk hand and circular movements. An aesthetic presentation of Shiva Stotram came next.
Sandip Mullick and his Kathak group Nadam stood out among all the performers of the day. Sandip's guru Shreelekha Mukherjee, Sandip Mullick and a number of his disciples including Bangladeshi artistes Shamima Parvin Asha and Monira Parveen Happy took part in an exquisite experimental presentation of Kathak tided "Guru-Shishya Parampara". The Kolkata audience will remember the performances —the artistes' extremely brisk footwork, the symphony of ghungroo, returning to shome, apt expressions, dramatisation, ladi, padan, tehai, tatkar and guru bandana - for a long time. The highlight of the performance zoomed in on Sandip Mullick's invention "Kathakiyo Ga’ where the artistes uttered teentaal theka and produced bol with their feet. At the end, Soham Mullick, the three-year son of Sandip Mullick performed with the featured artistes. It was an apt legacy of guru-shishya parampara. The audience gave them a spontaneous standing ovation. Dancers' Guild presented a martial dance piece while Subikash Mukherjee performed Odissi solo, showcasing dasha maha vidya and pallavi.
Artistes of Brahma Kamal Creative Croup aesthetically performed several creative and fusion pieces along with choreographies directly derived from the Nataraj of India, Nrityacharya Uday Shankar. Sabarnik De directed all the pieces. Sabamik dance style was their invocation piece that was inspired by Uday Shankar's choreography.