Samaja on Dhanu Jatra in Bargarh
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Natya Chetana impresses in National Theater Festival, Kolkata
Jatra, Odisha artists, Odisha Culture, Odisha theatre 1 Comment »Following is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph.
Gently slipping into its silver edition, Nandikar’s National Theatre Festival must receive a standing ovation for persevering annually over 25 years, providing Calcuttans the only sustained platform to see a wide spectrum of Indian theatre. Even if some invitees have proved substandard recently, even if the full houses caused by serpentine overnight queues in the past have vanished thanks to TV, the organizational achievement remains undiminished.
Almost without fail, at least one surprise every year has won us over. This time, Natya Chetana (from outside Bhubaneswar) did the trick with dramatist-director Subodh Pattanaik’s Mati in Oriya, though we might have expected it on the strength of their Katha in 2002. Among those few Indian troupes to live and work on a rural commune, Natya Chetana admirably pursues theatre for social development. Mati (both earth and mother) manages to connect all of India’s present woes, perhaps too causally, but nonetheless passionately. An American in top hat and stars-and-stripes (an unnecessarily simplistic demonization, the only flaw) sells hybrid seeds to farmers through politicians and middlemen; eventually yields suffer and the villagers are exploited, paving the way for Maoist intervention and violence. The grounds for the spread of insurrection are sympathetically delineated. The collective performs energetically (especially the main family, in the picture) and Pattanaik designs another trademark bamboo-and-cloth set, made exclusively of natural material.
Gurukul project: Organized by Konark Natya Mandap, Konark
Arts n crafts, Chhau, Festivals, Jatra, Konark, Odia music, Odisha Culture, Odisha dances, Odisha theatre, Odissi, Palla and Daskathia, Tourist promotion Comments Off on Gurukul project: Organized by Konark Natya Mandap, KonarkThis is a very interesting set of training programs and presentations in traditional performance arts such as:
- Ghanta Mardala
- Shankirtan
- Gotipua dance
- Chhau dance
- Odissi mardala
- Odissi dance
- Odissi Vocal
- Shankhi Nata
- Shabda Nrutya
- Pala
- Danda Nata
- Dhudki Nata
- Ghoda nata
- Daskathia
A theatre hall and an auditorium planned for Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Khordha, Odisha theatre 1 Comment »Following is an excerpt from a Pioneer report on this.
The State Culture Department on Wednesday decided to construct a theatre hall and an auditorium here, said an official of the department. …
… Rabindra Mandap and Bhanja Kala Mandap are the two available platforms in the city to facilitate staging of dramas and theaters. …
Noteworthy that in 1988 theaters were being staged for five days in a week in the city and the revenue generated from it was shared between the Government and the theatre house. But, the trend came to a halt in 1992.
In order to revive the professional theatre houses like Utkal Rangamanch Trust, the State Government in1997 fixed the responsibility on Bhanja Kala Mandap.
Now, it has been possibly decided to construct a theatre hall in the premises of Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre. Once constructed, the hall would at a time accommodate 350 persons. It is proposed to be built on the architect fashion of Pruthwi theatre hall in Mumbai. The estimated cost of the proposed hall is Rs 3 crore.
Besides, an auditorium with the capacity of 1,000 seats would constructed at Sainik School and the estimated cost of the auditorium is Rs 12 crore. For this purpose four acres of land have been earmarked. It will be built in the line of Rabindra Mandap, said the officer.
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