KOLKATA: Bhumisuta Welfare Foundation of Performing Arts recently organised a two-day dance festival on January 5 and January 6 at Madhusudan Mancha.
The festival started with an inaugural ceremony and felicitation of the special guests and dignitaries from different genre of dance including Kalmandalam V R Venkitt, Mahua Mukherjee, Anita Mallick and Rajdeep Banerjee. This was followed by performances of classical dancers from various parts of the state comprising of Mohiniattam by
Sampurna Mukherjee
from Kolkata, Kathak by Rakesh Bhandari from Howrah, Kuchipudi dance by ‘Kuchipudi Nrityalaya from North 24 Parganas, Manipuri by Kankana Singh from Kolkata and Goudiya by Saheli Pal, also from Kolkata.
The last performance for the evening was the dance drama – Dashabatar, performed by
Saraswata Sanskriti Kendra
of Kolkata.
On January 6, the festival started with felicitation of Dipak Basu of Garia Prochesta for his continuous effort in social services. This was followed by dance performances of Sneha Ghosh from Burdwan who performed Oddissi, Kuchupudi dance by
Raktim Chanda
of Kolkata, Sattriya by Himasri Sharma from Assam and Kathakali by Arnab Halder from Hooghly. Chhanda Mela Sikshayatan, a dance group from Coochbehar performed Shib Shakti in between.
The two day dance festival ended with the dance drama ‘
Paradeshi Megh
’ by Bhumisuta, Kolkata.