Shaniwarwada Dance Festival 2011

The Shaniwarwada Dance and Music festival is back with a bang. The two day festival, which will be inaugurated on March 13th, will feature the best Indian classical dances. The tenth edition of the festival will present its first life time achievement award to Kathak exponent Sitara Devi. The award comprises Rs 51,000, a citation and a memento.

13th March 2011, 6:30 PM

SANKALP (By Madhu Natraj)

14th March 2011, 6:30 PM

ARGHYA ( By Roshan Datye)

- a stylised offering on the nuances and energy of this classical dance form

- KATHAK PERFORMACE ( By three generations of a family devoted to dance - Sitara Devi, her daughter Jayantimala and grandchildren Rishika Mishra and Vishal Krishna)

Venue: Shaniwarwada

Date: 13th – 14th March

Time: 6:30 pm onwards

परिक्रमा नृत्योसव

समकालीन नृत्यप्रवाहांवर विचारमंथन घडविणारा आणि कुचीपुडी, कथकली यांसारख्या अभिजात भारतीय नृत्यशैलीच्या सादरीकरणाचा आनंद रसिकांना देणारा "परिक्रमा नृत्योसव" शुक्रवारी (ता. २८) आणि शनिवारी (ता. २९) आयोजण्यात आला आहे.

२८ नोव्हेंबर सायंकाळी ६ - यशवंतराव चव्हाण नाट्यगृह

- "अर्ध्याम" - अलका लाजमी, नीलिमा कढे

- "नृत्यगंगा" - धनश्री आपटे

- "तालवाद्यकचेरी" - श्रीधर पार्थसारथी आणि सहकारी

- "द्वंद्व" - राजश्री शिर्के, वैभव अरेकर

२९ नोव्हेंबर सकाळी ९:३० - गरवारे कॉलेज सभागृह

- शास्त्रीय नृत्यप्रवाहांतील समकालीन विचार - चर्चासत्र

सहभागी कलाकार : लीला सम्सन, कलामंडलन बाल्सुब्रामाण्याम, वैभव अरेकर , सुचेता चापेकर

२९ नोव्हेंबर सायंकाळी ५:३० - बालगंधर्व रंगमंदिर

- सर्व कलाकारांचा नृत्याविष्कार

Shaniwar Wada Festival

The eighth edition of the Shaniwar Wada Festival will commence on the 21st of February 2009 in the city. This year’s festival is a tribute to the late danseuse Rohini Bhate who passed away last year.

21st Feb

The festival will open with a dance performance by her students, who will be performing her favourite compositions, followed by performances by Rohini Bhate school and Shama Bhate schools. The first day will close with a debut dance performance by Barkha Sharma, wife of Rahul Sharma. She will perform the ‘Ganesh Vandana’ in Mohoniattam style. Rahul Sharma will also perform a santoor recital.

22nd Feb

On the second day of the festival, Shobhana Chandrakumar will perform the dance ballet ‘Maya Raavan’. Shobhana Chandrakumar is a National award winning Bharatnatyam dancer. The ‘Maya Raavan’ has already made waves in Mumbai when it was performed there and now it comes to Pune on request.

Venue: Shaniwar Wada, Shaniwar Peth

Date: 21st and 22nd February 2009