Dear Rini Baidew Thanks for the information on Prateesha Suresh. We are proud of her. I am sure that Assamese community in UK will also pitch in popularising this magnificent dance form created by Sankaradeva.
Mayur --- Rini Kakati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- Prateesha Suresh: An Assamese Lady's drive to bring Gayan Bayan Bhakat of Majuli Xattra to UK for the first time She is Prateesha --- a beautiful ambitious and devoted classical dancer of Assam. Married with two children currently residing in Mumbai. Her selfless hard work paid when she eventually landed at London's Heathrow airport with a group of Gayan Bayan Bhakat on 8 November, 2005. Her mission completed when she gave a scintillating performance of Xattriya at the prestigious Nehru Centre in London --- cultural wing of Govt. of India. The item "Rangacharan" performed by her with the help of Gayan Bayan for the first time. For the first time the Bhakats of the Xattra have agreed to perform with a women on stage. Prateesha Suresh commits herself to the cause of "Xattriya". She was born in Assam. She started her first steps in dance with Xattriya as a 3 year old and she also played as a chid artist in the Assamese film Devi. However her passion for classical dance led her to Rukmini Devi's prestigious institute "kalakshetra". She received training in Bharatnatyam. For the past fifteen years, Prateesha has devoted herself to mastering the subtle nuances of this ancient dance form. In her efforts to receive Xattriya and the phillosophy of Shankaradeva. Prateesha has given lecture demonstration and performed in prestigious Dance Festivals across India. She also took part in Edinburgh festival summer, 2005. Prateesha has been working closely with Shri Haricharan Bhuyan Barbayan, one of the chief Gurus and Shri Kamalakanta Bhuyan Barbayan of Natun Kamalabari Xattra, Majuli. This Xattra is one of the few xattras where the tradition of dance has been kept alive. In her ongoing study in the music for Xattriya she has found able support from Shri Diganta Das and Shri Bhupen Rajbongshi as the vocalist and flautist respectively. To propogate and popularize the Xattriya art Prateesha has brought the Bhaona (Drama) troupe from the Natun Kamalabari Xattra to the stages of Bangalore. Prateesha has worked not only in the compositions but also in the costume and stage presentations. Her effort to use dhoti, turban, kanchi, ansol, mukut and pearl beads has been to bring forth centuries old tradition to stage. The High Commissioner of India including several ministers of foreign affairs, Govt of India were also present. Her performance was greeted with a standing ovation from the selected audience present. Prateesha Suresh is the pride of Assam. Many Xattriya dancer has performed and gone. But none of them were able to promote these Bhakats to the outside world --- as Prateesha has done. She is an inspiration and a message for all our Xattriya performer to follow her lead. We salute her. Rini Kakati --------------------------------- The new version of Messenger is here - download MSN Messenger 7.5 today! > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
