Chhoray-Chhonde Nrittyomala: Nrityanchal’s tribute to Muhammad Jahangir
The event was coordinated by renowned dancer Shibli Mohammad. The dance routines were conceptualised and choreographed by noted dancer and dance director Shamim Ara Nipa.
The evening kicked off with Shibli Mohammad’s welcome address. “Muhammad Jahangir loved kids and this is why Nrityanchal was formed. We dedicate our performances today to him for inspiring us,” he said.
His words were followed by an introductory speech by children’s writer and audio-visual organiser Ali Imam. Finally, the programme was inaugurated by BSA’s Director General Liaquat Ali Lucky.
Over 250 young dancers from Nrityanchal presented episodic performances on different nursery rhymes and poems. The first performance was ‘Phuler Deshe’, where dancers, dressed in floral costumes, celebrated the beauty of flowers with the song Phule Phule Dhole Dhole. This lead to the episode ‘Banger Rajjo’, where little frogs leaped beyond their boundaries and embraced music, with the song O Sona Bang O Kola Bang.
The third episode, ‘Hatti Ma Tim’, ended with an actual toddling Hatti Ma Tim coming out of its eggshell and dancing on the song, Hatti Ma Tim Tim.
Plants play an essential part in restoring natural balance. Bearing that in mind, the necessity of nurturing plants was showcased in the fourth episode ‘Phuler Bagan’. The fifth episode, ‘Bhorer Alo’ depicted the dreamland of an early bird and ‘Mamar Bari’, the sixth episode, reminisced the childhood summer holidays spent in the front yard of one’s maternal uncle’s house.
Soon, a peacock took over the stage with its feathers open, scintillating on the tunes of Megh Gur Gur in the sixth episode, ‘Moyur Naache Eka’. The other episodes included ‘Tiyer Biye’, ‘Kajla Didi’, ‘Bhombol Das’, ‘Hature Doctor’ and ‘Golkonna’. The event came to an end with the dance routine ‘Aha! Ki Anando’.
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