Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Arangetram and Classical Dance Festival 2009

GUWAHATI, Sept 16 – The Arangetram and Classical Dance Festival 2009 of Nupur Cultural Academy was held at the Pragjyoti Cultural Centre, Machkhowa here recently, stated a press release.

The chief guest and the guest of honour were Sangit Natak Academy award winner, Padmashri Natyacharyya Jatin Goswami and Prof Dr Dipankar Banerjee respectively. Each of them were honoured with a flower bouquet, gamocha, chadar, japi, statue of Lord Ganesha and a book compiled by Monisha Devi Goswami. Dr Hemaprabha Saikia, ex-minister of Assam, was also honoured with a phulam gamocha.

The programme started with a welcome address by the chief patron of the institute Bijoy Chandra Goswami. The students who took part in the Arangetram were Nayanava Sarma, Bipasha Saikia, Kripashree Rajkhowa, Kiranmoyee Kalita, Sarmistha Goswami, Kasturi Bhattacharyya, Nimisha Rajkhowa, Dorathi Das and Archita Bhattacharyya. They were awarded diplomas.

In the dance festival, eight dances – composite Bharatnatyam recital by the students performing Arangetram, Alaripu, Swaravali, Jatiswaram, Shri Rama Chandra Bhajan, Nrityanjali, Saraswati Stuti and Krishnaleela were performed by the students. The dances were choreographed by Monisha Devi. ASSAM TRIBUNE

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