Tanvi Desai
PANAJI
The 27th edition of the prestigious ‘Nupur’ - Classical Dance Festival jointly organized by Kala Academy Goa and West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur will be held from March 4-6 daily at 7:00 pm with the courtesy of Shree Mahalasa Saunsthan, Mardol in the temple premises of Shree Mahalasa Devasthan, Mardol- Goa with the participation of national as well as international repute artists in the field of Classical Dance.
The festival will be inaugurated on March 4 at 7.00 pm at the hands of Sanjay Gihar, IAS, Chairman, Kala Academy Goa and Secretary, Art & Culture, Govt. of Goa in the presence of Shrivallabh N. Pai Raiturkar, President of Shree Mahalasa Saunsthan and Gauri Phalgaonkar Shaikh, Bharatnatyam exponent at the aforesaid venue.
After the inaugural function on March 4, Bharatanatyam (Group Choreography) dance will be presented by Students of Faculty of Indian Music & Dance, Kala Academy Goa in which Akruti Tamhankar, Amisha Adconkar, Gauravi Fadke, Kala Chaitrali, Tirtha Shetye, Ana Maria, Gauri Shanbag, Tanvi Desai, Kasturi Karkare, Manasvi Bodke, Smruti Ottur and Shilpa K. will be participating under the guidance of Sapna Naik and Mandira Tirodkar, Lecturers in Bharatnatyam, Faculty of Indian Music & Dance, Kala Academy Goa. The first day’s programme will conclude with Kathak Dance by Tejaswini Sathe and Group from Pune.
On Saturday, March 5, Mitali Naik, a talented Goan Bharatnatyam performer will present Bharatanatyam Dance Recital at 7.00 pm. This will be followed by Mohiniattam by Sujatha Nair from Mumbai.
On the concluding day i.e. on Sunday, March 6, students of Faculty of Indian Music & Dance, Kala Academy Goa will present Kathak in Group Choreography at 7.00 pm in which Uma Naik, Sakshi Shetye, Shruti Gawas, Pratiksha Govekar, Navmi Naik and Arya Rege will be participating under the guidance of Varada Bedekar, Lecturer in Kathak, Faculty of Indian Music & Dance, Kala Academy Goa followed by Bharatnatyam Dance by Meera Sreenarayanan from Chennai. The festival will conclude with Odissi Dance by Moumita Ghosh from New Delhi.
The organizers have appealed the dance lovers, connoisseurs and students to attend the festival in large numbers. The programmes are open to all.
