Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 1: A workshop on the folk dances was organised by Natrang here today. The workshop was organised under the direction of Sunny Mujoo.
Sunny Mujoo is one of the leading dancer and choreographer who has the credit of representing J&K nationally and internationally and has successfully presented his work in London and other places.
Giving details about the workshop, Founder Director of Natrang Balwant Thakur said that Natrang has been creating and showcases dance based events at national and international level since the last over twenty years. The new initiative is totally aimed at enriching and equipping the dancers about the theoretical part of folk dances.
“The recent most talked about world level event was ‘Colors of Jammu Kashmir’ which Natrang mounted in the honour of international delegates of G20 Conference Srinagar. Every-time it was felt badly that the participating artists need to be equipped with the articulation of the dances they perform. They must know the theory part of dances as well. Ironically no institution or Academy ever tried or thought of ever educating the upcoming dancers about the history and philosophy behind each folk dance of Jammu & Kashmir,” he added.
Thakur concluded that we are not here to make tall claims but just making a sincere effort to sensitize the community of choreographers, dancers and most importantly the organizations mandated to actually do the academic work, research and educate the younger generation of dance aspirants about the real/fake part of dance work being done in J&K in the name of folk.
Among others who attended the workshop included Palshin Dutta, Vrinda Badyal, Vanshika Thakur, Deepshikha Sharma, Manvi Sharma, Tania Digra, Jeevika Misri, Ritika Pandita, Priya Kumari, Arjun Soni, Radhika Khajuria, Arun Sharma, Aryan Bandral, Vishal Sharma, Amit Rana, Tarun Sharma, Arun Dev Verma, Sahil Narwalia and Sukriti Singh Jasrotia.
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