‘Nritya Parva’ held virtually first time in four decades

Vadodara: ‘Nritya Parva2021’, an annual three-day international dance festival, kicked off virtually from Monday.
It is organised every year in memory of Anjali Merch, the former head of Department of Dance at M S University’s Faculty of Performing Arts, for the last 40 years.
‘Nritya Parva’ is being organised by the Anjali Memorial Committee (AMC) with the support of MSU’s Office of Alumni Affairs and Donor’s Relations and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Gujarat.
“This year, we will also share, discuss, watch and pay our humble tribute to four brilliant, internationally acclaimed artists, critic and aesthete, who passed away during the pandemic,” professor Parul Shah, former dean of MSU’s Faculty of Performing Arts.
These include Padma Vibhushan awardee Dr Kapila Vatsyayan and Padma Shri recipients prof Phillip Zarilli, Astad Deboo and Dr Sunil Kothari. “We will personally share experiences with talks, performances and video clips from more than 35 luminaries from the field of dance and art including the likes of Dr Sachchidanand Joshi, Leela Venkataraman, Manjari Sinha, Dr Anita Ratnam, Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant, Geeta Chandran and Hema Rajagopalan to name a few,” she said.