DANCE : Kathak by Dhriti Swarup, shishya of Dr. Shovana Narayan Presided over by Dr. Shovana Narayan > 6:30pm on 28th July 2019
Venue : Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Mandi House
Time : 6:30 pm
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DANCE : Kathak by Dhriti Swarup, shishya of Dr. Shovana Narayan Presided over by Dr. Shovana Narayan
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Auditorium, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi - 110001
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Venue : Auditorium, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi - 110001
Venue Info : About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Mandi House' Gate No. 1 (Blue Line and Violet Line)
Area : Mandi House Area
Event Description : Kathak by Dhriti Swarup, shishya of Dr. Shovana Narayan Presided over by Dr. Shovana Narayan
Seventeen-year-old, Dhriti Swarup, shishya of the esteemed guru, Padmashri Dr. Shovana Narayan will be performing Kathak at the Triveni Auditorium, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, New Delhi. Dhriti started her training in Kathak as a little girl of seven, under Guru Tirath Ajmani, who is Shovanaji’sGuru-Bhai.Even at this tender age, she had a mind of her own, choosing Kathak over Bollywood dance.
Under the aegis of ASAVARI, established by Shovanaji in 1979, Dhriti has been trained to be a highly proficient dancer replete with technical and abhinaya skills and an intense grounding in the theory of kathak. A staunch believer in guru-shishya parampara Shovanaji, has inculcated in Dhriti her own sensitivities of righteous practice and trust. Under her expert guidance and after 10 years of intense riyaaz, she performed her ‘Manch Pravesh’ last year at the India International Centre, New Delhi.
Currently a student waiting to start her liberal arts graduation course at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, Dhriti finds herself involved in photography, social service, and Indian classical vocal music. While being passionate about dance, she aspires to pursue economics as she crosses the threshold of childhood into the real world.
The program:
As a devotee of dance, Dhriti dedicates the performance to the lord. She starts with ‘Rudrashtakam’ a composition by SantTulsidas. This is an invocation to lord Shiva the supreme being who creates, protects and transforms the universe by destroying negativity, evil, ignorance and death. As Nataraja, Shiva is the creator of dance and of the first 16 rhythmic syllables ever uttered, from which the Sanskrit language was born.
The Rudrashtakam is followed by a gat nikas, depicting the story of Sati. Daksha, Sati’s father, organises a yagna, inviting all the gods, goddesses and princes, excluding his daughter and her husband. Sati insists on going. On seeing her, Daksha gets angry, telling her she is not welcome. Sati immolates her mortal body in scorching flames. Shiva, angered and grief-stricken, then performs the fearsome tandava dance with Sati's charred body on his shoulders. During this dance, her body comes apart and the pieces fall on earth.
Then, Dhriti will perform teen taal, consisting of sixteen matras and the first stepping stone for any dancer, singer, or musician into the world of performing arts. This piece will be a combination of thaat, pirmilu, upaj and footwork in which she strives to exhibit her command over the nuances which define a true kathak exponent.
The next abhinaya is a thumri malika consisting of two pieces. The first is ‘Kanha bin’, lyrics by Dr. Shovana Narayan and Pandit Jwala Prasad. It depicts Radha, as she sits waiting desolately for her beloved Krishna. Radha embodies the human quest for spiritual growth and union with the divine. The second ‘Chhado langar’, portrays the ecstasy of Radha as the faint strains of Krishna’s flute fall on her ears. Krishna wants to embrace Radha and holds her hand but Radha being betrothed to another begs him to release her from his grasp.
This is then followed by a rendition of dhamaar- a taal consisting of 14 matras. A routine of thaat, aamad, tukdas, and footwork which shows Dhriti’s mastery of the technical aspect of kathak.
The last piece of the performance is a soulful mix of an Urdu couplet, a Bhajan by Surdas, poems by Lalita Devi, Harivanshrai Bachchan and Malik Mohammed Jayasi. Conceptualised by Dr.Shovana Narayan and guru Lalita Narayan and Choreographed by Dr. Shovana Narayan, ‘Chaand’, set to Pandit Jwala Prasad’s dulcet music, portrays the moon in all its dynamic elements: as an object of a child’s fascination, as a symbol of romance, of desire, and as an integral part in all earthly phenomena. The moon has, long since, been an ideal in tales of love, longing and a motif of pining and pain. An extension of this draw to the moon is found in its ability to pull and push water, to draw the tides close and closer, only to turn away before the moment of culmination. In ‘Chaand’ these elements seamlessly integrate into one another.
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Venue : Auditorium, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi - 110001
Venue Info : About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Mandi House' Gate No. 1 (Blue Line and Violet Line)
Area : Mandi House Area
Event Description : Kathak by Dhriti Swarup, shishya of Dr. Shovana Narayan Presided over by Dr. Shovana Narayan
Seventeen-year-old, Dhriti Swarup, shishya of the esteemed guru, Padmashri Dr. Shovana Narayan will be performing Kathak at the Triveni Auditorium, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, New Delhi. Dhriti started her training in Kathak as a little girl of seven, under Guru Tirath Ajmani, who is Shovanaji’sGuru-Bhai.Even at this tender age, she had a mind of her own, choosing Kathak over Bollywood dance.
Under the aegis of ASAVARI, established by Shovanaji in 1979, Dhriti has been trained to be a highly proficient dancer replete with technical and abhinaya skills and an intense grounding in the theory of kathak. A staunch believer in guru-shishya parampara Shovanaji, has inculcated in Dhriti her own sensitivities of righteous practice and trust. Under her expert guidance and after 10 years of intense riyaaz, she performed her ‘Manch Pravesh’ last year at the India International Centre, New Delhi.
Currently a student waiting to start her liberal arts graduation course at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, Dhriti finds herself involved in photography, social service, and Indian classical vocal music. While being passionate about dance, she aspires to pursue economics as she crosses the threshold of childhood into the real world.
The program:
As a devotee of dance, Dhriti dedicates the performance to the lord. She starts with ‘Rudrashtakam’ a composition by SantTulsidas. This is an invocation to lord Shiva the supreme being who creates, protects and transforms the universe by destroying negativity, evil, ignorance and death. As Nataraja, Shiva is the creator of dance and of the first 16 rhythmic syllables ever uttered, from which the Sanskrit language was born.
The Rudrashtakam is followed by a gat nikas, depicting the story of Sati. Daksha, Sati’s father, organises a yagna, inviting all the gods, goddesses and princes, excluding his daughter and her husband. Sati insists on going. On seeing her, Daksha gets angry, telling her she is not welcome. Sati immolates her mortal body in scorching flames. Shiva, angered and grief-stricken, then performs the fearsome tandava dance with Sati's charred body on his shoulders. During this dance, her body comes apart and the pieces fall on earth.
Then, Dhriti will perform teen taal, consisting of sixteen matras and the first stepping stone for any dancer, singer, or musician into the world of performing arts. This piece will be a combination of thaat, pirmilu, upaj and footwork in which she strives to exhibit her command over the nuances which define a true kathak exponent.
The next abhinaya is a thumri malika consisting of two pieces. The first is ‘Kanha bin’, lyrics by Dr. Shovana Narayan and Pandit Jwala Prasad. It depicts Radha, as she sits waiting desolately for her beloved Krishna. Radha embodies the human quest for spiritual growth and union with the divine. The second ‘Chhado langar’, portrays the ecstasy of Radha as the faint strains of Krishna’s flute fall on her ears. Krishna wants to embrace Radha and holds her hand but Radha being betrothed to another begs him to release her from his grasp.
This is then followed by a rendition of dhamaar- a taal consisting of 14 matras. A routine of thaat, aamad, tukdas, and footwork which shows Dhriti’s mastery of the technical aspect of kathak.
The last piece of the performance is a soulful mix of an Urdu couplet, a Bhajan by Surdas, poems by Lalita Devi, Harivanshrai Bachchan and Malik Mohammed Jayasi. Conceptualised by Dr.Shovana Narayan and guru Lalita Narayan and Choreographed by Dr. Shovana Narayan, ‘Chaand’, set to Pandit Jwala Prasad’s dulcet music, portrays the moon in all its dynamic elements: as an object of a child’s fascination, as a symbol of romance, of desire, and as an integral part in all earthly phenomena. The moon has, long since, been an ideal in tales of love, longing and a motif of pining and pain. An extension of this draw to the moon is found in its ability to pull and push water, to draw the tides close and closer, only to turn away before the moment of culmination. In ‘Chaand’ these elements seamlessly integrate into one another.
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