Different dance forms come to fore at Nritya Vahini event

The three-day planetary taste speech creation festival, ‘Nritya Vahini’, organised by Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV), provided a level for dancers of planetary repute, classical creation enthusiasts, and researchers to survey the intricate commonalities, arsenic good arsenic the divers features of creation forms representing assorted nations.

Conducted nether the aegis of the varsity’s Centre for International Relations, the programme titled ‘A confluence of planetary creation traditions and unity done art’ began connected Thursday, with the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) V. Uma lighting the lamp. Ms. Uma emphasised the spiritual and taste value of creation forms successful India, which hint their divine root to Lord Shiva.

Reputed creation world H.K. Sheela Sridhar (Karnataka Kalashree) from University of Mysore, successful her keynote address, highlighted that the planetary creation festival promoted taste speech by bringing unneurotic antithetic creation traditions. She besides spoke connected the necessity of preserving and reviving creation heritage, adjacent portion encouraging caller forms of choreography.

Thailand’s revered classical dance-drama, ‘Khon’, considered a fusion of mythology, question and music, was performed by students from Thailand. The UNESCO-recognised creation signifier brings the epic Ramakien (Thai mentation of Ramayana) to beingness done elaborate masks, ornate costumes and stylised choreography performed to the bushed of a unrecorded ‘Piphat’ (traditional Thai orchestra).

Similarly, students from Sri Lanka performed the Kandyan creation (from the hilly country of Kandy), which traces its roots to the Kohomba Kankariya, an past purification ceremonial invoking divine extortion and healing.

Students from assorted Indian States are acceptable to execute Kathak, Garba and Bharatanatyam. Joint collaborative sessions are besides connected the anvil to survey the communal thematic features and creation movements successful the creation forms.

Registrar N. Rajani and Dean (International Affairs) P. Vijayalakshmi spoke astatine the event, which is being organised by Assistant Professor (Dance) U. Himabindu.