Kochi Muziris Biennale Open
The Kochi Muziris Biennale (KMB) Open events are open to public voting for the Best of KMB Open 2012 trophy. Once of the last events at KMB is an exquisite dance form from the North East:
Date: March 4, 2013 at Durbar Hall Ground at 6:30 pm
- Sattriya Dance by Sattriya Group, Guwahati, Assam in collaboration with Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
- “Sattra” is Sanskrit for
sacrificial session and Sattriya was originally performed by a monastic order
who combined vocals, dance, music and theatre.
The performance text
are the creations of saint poets like Srimata Sankardeva and Mahadeva based on
traditional works like Natyashastra and Sangita Ratnakara. As it was passed
from generation to generation it moved beyond the monastic order to communities
and groups. The Sattriya dance is based on the more graceful and delicate
movements or lasya rather than the vigorous tandava style although the latter
is also present in some dance numbers. It incorporates yoga shastra as well as
tribal dances in its form.
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