THE
LIFE BEAUTIFUL
Tansen
Sangeet Mahavidyalaya
No.
2/2013
28.01.2013
In the
last blog we read about HOW TO MAKE NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.
If
you are like majority of the people, your New Year Resolutions might have
crumbled already! You must have exercised a couple of days and then abandoned
your resolution of exercising daily; you might have eaten healthy food a couple
of days and then resigned yourself to tasty and fatty food; you might have
started learning a new skill and then found that you have ‘no time’ to give to
it!
Well,
all is not lost. New Year Resolutions can be made again or revised.
Here
is, HOW TO KEEP NEW
YEAR RESOLUTIONS.
In the
last blog we also read about How To Be Happy.
Perhaps,
you want to be healthy.
So,
here is How To Be
Healthy.
And,
lastly, in the last blog you read about:
ORIGIN OF MUSIC
So,
here is:
ORIGIN OF DANCE
According to Hindu mythology, the Taandav of Lord Shiva symbolizes the cosmic
cycles of creation and destruction, birth and death. His dance is therefore the
dance of the Universe, the throb of eternal life. Nataraja (literally
the king of dancers), or Lord Shiva in a graceful dancing pose, is
worshipped all over India, by classical dancers.
When a group of Gods and Godesses pleaded with Lord Brahma for
another simple Veda for the common man in Kaliyuga to be created, he created
the Panchamaveda, the Fifth Veda, or NatyaVeda. He took pathya, the words from
the Rigveda, abhinaya, the communicating elements of the body from the
Yajurveda, geet, the music and chant from the Samaveda, and rasa, the vital
sentiment and emotional element from the Atharvaveda to form the fifth Veda,
NatyaVeda.
After creating this Veda, Lord Brahma handed it to sage Bharata
and asked him to propagate it on the earth. The sage Bharata then wrote
Natyasastra, which is the common root for all classical dance forms of India.
It is the common text for all the Indian dance forms.
Another legend has that the Goddess Parvathi taught art of dance
to Usha, the daughter of demon Banasura. Later, Usha handed it to the Gopikas
of the city of Dwaraka, the Lord Krishna's birth place. In reality, the Gods
and the Goddesses, being dancers themselves, have been passing the art of the
heavenly dance through many human channels.
REPUBLIC
DAY OF INDIA CELEBRATIONS AT THE LIFE BEAUTIFUL/TANSEN SANGEET MAHAVIDYALAYA
1.
Republic Day of India Celebration-Gunijan Baithak:
20.01.13 (5-7 PM)-THE
LIFE BEAUTIFUL’s Gunijan Baithak was a huge success. The Baithak opened with a Vocal performance by MOHIT TAMTA
and MANOJ SINGH NEGI, our students. This was followed by Sitar recital by
DEBJYOTI MUKHERJEE who was accompanied by DEBJYOTI DASGUPTA on Tabla. At the
end was the Vocal recital by IMAN DAS who was ably accompanied by SHUSHOMAY
MISHRA on Tabla. Our Vocal Guru MAHUA MUKHERJEE accompanied the Vocal
performers on Harmonium.
2.
Republic Day of India Celebration-Drawing Competition: 25.01.13
(2-3 PM) THE
LIFE BEAUTIFUL Tansen Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Kalkaji Drawing Competition was a
huge success. Our students RADHIKA and SANGEETA MUKHERJEE won First and Second
Prizes respectively in Adults Category and YUKTA won Third Prize in Kids
Category. The First, Second, and Third prize winners in each Category were
awarded Trophies during the following Music and Dance Programme and all the
participants will be given Certificates of Participation.
3.
Republic Day of India Celebration-Music and Dance
Programme:
25.01.13 (4-7 PM) THE LIFE BEAUTIFUL Tansen Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Kalkaji,
Music and Dance evening was enthusiastically supported by parents. It, thus,
became a “Houseful” event. Students and Teachers presented beautiful items of Vocal,
Instrumental and Dance. Befitting the occasion, the theme of the Program was
patriotism and both National Song and National Anthem were also sung.
[The photos of above and other events can be
seen at www.facebook.com/tansenkalkaji]
