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World Dance Day: Fusion of dance, music, poetry grace stage

‘Bandhan Nache Gaane Taale’ was organised on April 29

To celebrate the world dance day, Sulagna Academy organised an event 'Bandhan Nache Gaane Taale' at Kala Mandir on April 29.

The event was all about celebrating the rhythm of life through dance, music, and poetry. As India is a country of colours and diverse art forms which also includes innumerable taal systems originating from different regions, the academy showcased different taal systems of dance forms like Odissi, Bharatnatyam, Gauriya and Manipuri, each bound in a thread of poetry.

Performers like Sulgana Ray Bhattacharya, Avirup Sengupta, Dr Mandakranta Roy, Shatabdi Mallik, Ayan Mukherjee, Rintu Das, and students of Sulagna academy graced the first half of the event with their eye-catching performances. Followed by the next segment, which celebrated the taals used in Tagore songs with live music, dance, and poetry.

The concept was developed by Sulagna Ray Bhattacharya, while script and narration were presented by noted poet and lyricist Srijato Bandyopadhyay. The songs were written by Chandrabali Rudra Dutta and Deepabali Rudra Dutta, proved to be the perfect tunes for the musical.

Interestingly Srijato had penned several new poems for this production, which he narrated during the performance. Songs like 'Eki Labonye Purno Pran', 'Basanti Hey Bhubanomohini' blend with Minaxi followed by Uriye Dhwaja. Songs like 'Darun Agni Bane Re' added a new dimension to the dance production.

The musical was well accompanied by Biplab Mondal on percussion and Subrata Babu Mukherjee on keyboard. The event was graced by the august presence of Guru Poushali Mukherjee, Rituparna Senputa, Dr Om Prakash Bharti, Arindam Chatterji, Hirak Bhattacharya and so on. Sulagna Ray Bhattacharya, said, "It's a celebration of different rhythms on the occasion of world dance day. Bandhan is basically a collaboration among dance, poetry, and songs conceptualised by me through the songs of Tagore and poetry of Srijato Bandyopadhyay.

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