Program ­ NATYANOVA (India) 

  21st of February 2011:

• 12 p.m. ­ Press conference, at CENTER FOR RECREATIVE ACTIVITIES AND OCUPATIONAL INNOVATION BUCHAREST, address – 39, J.L.Calderon, Sector 2, BUCHAREST

• 6 p.m. ­ „Brahmand”/Cosmos, at the NATIONAL COLLEGE „MIHAI EMINESCU”, adress – 2, Street George Georgescu, Sector 5, BUCHAREST

  22nd of February 2011: 

• 12 p.m. ­ „Shraddhanjali”/Tribut to Tagore at the BUCHAREST NATIONAL THATRE (TNB), adress­ 2, Bd. Nicolae Bălcescu, Sector 1, BUCHAREST

• 6 p.m. ­ „Hiranyagarbha”/Golden Egg, at „TONY BULANDRA” THEATRE, adress – 43, Bd. Carol I, TÂRGOVIŞTE

23rd of February 2011:

• 10 a.m. ­   Indian Dance Workshop    , at CENTR FOR RECREATIVE ACTIVITIES AND OCUPATIONAL INNOVATION BUCHAREST, address – 39, J.L.Calderon, Sector 2, BUCHAREST

Priyadarshini Shome and „Natyanova”

in Romania

Between 21st and 23 February 2011, the contemporary(-classical) Indian dance group „Natyanova”, conducted by Priyadarshini Shome (Calcutta, India), will effectuate a tour in România (Bucureşti, Târgovişte) extending its participation to the 17th edition of Sarajevo Winter Festival. Among the pieces to be interpreted are: „Hiranya Garbha (golden womb), RgVedic „Ush – Ratri (night) and Usha (dawn)”, Shiva Tandava, Creation, „Jeeva (life)”, as well as inspirations from Rabindranath Tagore – poem „Nagar Lakshmi” - at his 150th anniversary, and homage to Mother Teresa of Calcutta at her centenary. Natyanova has prepared also a special performance for Romania based on Meghaduta/The Cloud Messenger by Kalidasa, Gitagovinda/ The song of Cowherd by Jayadeva, Gitanjali / Songs Offering by Rabindranath Tagore, Luceafărul /Evening Star by Mihai Eminescu.

Priyadarshini Shome has expanded her horizons from a solo Mohini Attam performer to contemporary dance, using the basics of Indian dance traditions, techniques of Indian martial arts and some tenets of Yoga. She amalgamates these with her cross training in some Modern Dance techniques, especially Improvisation and Contact Improvisation; to explore new dance movements; to form a genre which is contemporary in outlook - dealing with issues relevant in today’s world.

Part of the group are: • Priyadarshini Ghosh (Shome), Artistic

Director – Natyanova, India and Sri Shakti Academy, Hong Kong, and Performer;

• Mohana Iyer – Associate Director and Performer;

• Kajal Hazra – Kalaripayattu Artist;• Chandreyee Sengupta – Performer;• Paulomi Mukherjee – Performer; • Pinki Mondal – Performer; • Rajendra Panchal – Light and Technical

Director.

Romanian public will meet professionals in classic-sacred styles but also modern of Indian dance - Bharata Natyam, Mohini Attam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kalaripayattu, Manipuri etc. At 150 years from Gurudev's birth, the bust of Rabindranath Tagore in Bucharest National Theatre will be witness to a tribute by great dancers of India, in a presence perhaps in continuity with that in 1926 at his lecture in this Theatre. Municipal Theatre Hall „Tony Bulandra” in Târgovişte could enter the circuit of contemporary dance innovation and Indianization.

The young students and their invitees at the National College „Mihai Eminescu” in the capital Bucharest will share from the source the fascination of Indian dance – bharat natyam, Bharata's dance, or, in other reading, the first syllables in the words: bhava (expression), raga (music), tala (rhythm), natya (theatre). An Indian Dance Workshop at Cultural Centre on Calderon Street will end a too short tour to be continued some time. By now, „Brahmand”, „Shraddhanjali”, „Hiranyagarbha” ptolonged their stage spirituality to Romanian audiences.

Dr. George Anca, President

Romanian-Indian Cultural Association

Indian Dance Workshop

Cultural Center, Calderon Str., no 39

Introduction: to classical dances of India, an overview with reference to Natya Sastra – the ancient Indian treatise for performing Arts.

The Workshop will constitute of some basic stances, body movements and

movement kinetics of Indian Classical dances in general with final concentration on 3 dance styles – Bharatha Natyam, Mohini Attam and Kathakali and one martial art form – Kalaripayattu from South India.

Section 1 – Approx 10 min• Warm up with yoga • Basics Stances • Body bents

Section 2 – Approx 20 minBharatha Natyam:

• Approx 8 different dance steps and movements to be taught with rhythmic structures

• Story telling with Mudras of Bharatha Natyam

• Some hand gestures or Hasta Mudras which will be taught in simple sentences to expose them to our Expressional technique.

Section 3 – Approx 15 minMohini Attam:

• Basic body movements and exercises • Approx 6-8 dance steps and movements

Section 4 – Approx 15 minKathakali:

• Basics of Kathakali along with some special body movements and exercises

• Simple dance structure with steps

Section 5 – Approx 15 min Kalaripayattu:

• Some movements based on martial art Kalaripayattu.

• Special emphasis on animal movements

Section 6 – Approx 15 min• Trying all movements learned with a

simple music

Natyanova in 

Romania

„You have made me know to friends whom I knew not. You have given me seats in homes not my own.  

You have brought the distant near and made a brother  of the stranger” 

RABINDRANATH TAGORE