Vadodara dance group wins laurels at national contest

VADODARA: Four girl students from the city have won special category prize in the national level dance style competition organized by the Centre for Indian Classical Dances (CICD).

“My students – Neelima Ahirwal, Akanksha Gathe,

Devanshi Bhatt

and Vaishnavi Sonawane – had participated in the theme of ‘Unsung heroes of India’,” said Dr Divya Patel, assistant professor at the Department of Dance at M S University’s Faculty of Performing Arts, who had choreographed the dance.

“They had performed Bharat Natyam on the song ‘Raj mane lagyo kasumbi no Rang’ penned by national poet Jhaverchand Meghani,” said Patel.

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Dance of India

@75’ – was a virtual classical dance competition organized by CICD founded by Padma Vibhushan recipient Dr Sonal Mansingh in 1977.

. The super jury consisted of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Dr Padma Subramanian, Dr Vinay Sahastra Buddhe, Manoj Joshi and Papon.