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 PriyaLasya Classical Dance Marga Natya - Sindhu Dance Festival - 4th March 2017 - Pune An Appreciation from Odissi Dancer Rahul Acharya Introduction: Sri Rahul Acharya performed recently in the Sindhu Dance Festival and had an opportunity to view the performance "Marga Natya" of Sri Piyal Bhattacharya ji. The creative work involves intense study of Natya Shastra of Bharata Muni in its detailed elaboration. He explains the experience beautifully. In his own words..  Sri Rahul Acharya narrates.. I had the honor of being invited to Vaibhav Arekar and Sushant P Jadhav's prestigious Sindhu Festival in Pune. After my performance, Shri Piyal Bhattacharya from Kolkata presented 'Marga Natya' showcasing the Margi tradition of the Natya Shastra. In my three decades of dance and having travelled the world being exposed to various art forms, never have I seen anything like this before. How do you feel when you realize that all your work so far is not even a sand particle compared to the mammoth task, people undertake to surrender themselves at the feet of Sangeeta? For the entire one and a half hours of the production, I was transported to Swargaloka, being only a mere mute spectator to the profoundness of dance being presented by the Apsaras and Gandharvas. It was as if nothing existed. It was like Tandu imparting lessons on Angahara to Bharata. It was like Nandi playing to Shiva and Parvati, performing Tandava and Lasya. I was cleansed, purified, rejuvenated.  What a humongous task to recreate the musical instruments that are found in the text like the eka-tantri Veena, the mridanga, dardur, kachhapi veena, alinga etc, not only this, he had made his musicians learn to play those instruments and perform live during the production. The role of the Sutradhaar was outstanding, showcasing the Natya aspects. What command of Sanskrit and Hindi. What amazing body language, what perfect rendition of the dialogues. Every aspect of the Natya Shastra commencing with the Purvaranga, Pushpanjali etc, the presentation of the uddhata and Lalita prayogas, even the auditorium was recreated to form a Natya Shastra styled agraharam. I just tried to explain the inexplicable, one need to see it to believe it. -feeling blessed. 
************** About Sri Kalamandalam Piyal Bhattacharya: A researcher of Natyashastra, Kalamandalam Piyal Bhattacharya, for the last 15 years have been working on the practical reconstruction of Bharata's dance and music tradition of Natyashastraic period. The main aim behind this research of him is to dig up the long-lost performance tradition of Natyashastra in totality. Thus, a complete repertoire and ensemble was envisioned and constructed as 'MARGA NATYA'. To reconstruct the musical system of Bharata's music tradition, he went through a long winding road. He learnt Saraswati Veena, Pakhawaj, Pung Achoba, Miravu and now learning Dhrupad and Rudra Veena of Dagar Gharana under Pt. Asit Banerjee. In March 2016 he went to Myanmar to learn traditional Burmese harp, to trace the migration of ancient Indian harp system to Myanmar. He received Fellowships from Sangeet Natak Akademi, Ministry of Culture India, and was also conferred with prestigious grant for 'Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage of India', from Sangeet Natak Akademi, India. Of late, in July 2016, he launched his first ever reconstruction of Bharata's Uparupak 'BHAANAK', the Natya presentation of Bharata's tradition. Source: Wordlwide Web Contributor Rahul Acharya is World renowned Odissi Dancer. He is a disciple of Guru Shri Durga Charan Ranbir, Disciple of Pandit Nityananda Misra  Trained in Hatha and Raja Yoga at the Satyananda Yoga Vidyalaya, Bihar School of Yoga Recipient of Junior Scholarship from Centre for Cultural Resources & Training, Dept. of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India in the Yr.1996 Recipient of Senior Scholarship from Dept. of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India, with effect from 1st February 2003. **************** *All views are of the contributor. Key words & Credits: Sindhu Dance Festival, Pune, Rahul Acharya, Vaibhav Arekar, Sushant P Jadhav, Piyal Bhattacharya Pics Credit - Marga Natya - Debojyoti Dhar Photography Rahul Acharya Pic - Sam Kumar Photography, Mar2017, M17-7-1 * Pictures and Links may not necessarily relate to the same performance as mentioned and are from file. **A Worldwide Indian Classical Dance Report ******* |
