[Urbanstudy] Shirish Posting 2

[shirish khare]

Tuesday, April 11, 2006        
LITTLE BALLET TROUPE (LBT), BHOPAL, MADHYA PRADESH   Born on January 20th 1952 and founded by four artists under the guidance of Sh.Shanti Bardan, the troupe started off as a repertoire theatre in bombay. Soon joined by other talented artists and in 1964 shifted to Gwalior. Then began to function as a centre of training in the theatre arts, in addition to their work as a professional company maintaining high standards of performance.
  In 1984 shifted to Bhopal and reconstituted themselves as an institute of Theatre arts named "Rang Sri Little Ballet Troupe". The group has more than 20 full length ballets to their credit along with a number of folk dances of India, short ballet in the Manipuri and Chauu classical and traditional form, symphony and orchestra presentations and dramas such as "Nadi Pyasi Thi", Avaam Indrajeet", "Are Shariff Log", Tankara Ka Gana" etc.
  The troupe has given more than 3000 performances out of which 400 performances have been abroad. they have also performed for visiting dignitaries and official delegations on behalf of the Government.
  They have set up choreography study camps which have been attended by Choreographers from many countries. Amongst many activities they also organise annualy ballet festivals for students, choral workshops for local singers, children's drama and song festivals and they help the local cultural groups with music and the lighting facilities.
  They are proud of the fact that amongst other disctinctions their group is the recipient of four National awards and one International awards.
  The group owns a complex with studios, class rooms, workshops, store, library, museum, staff quarters, hostel, play ground, garden and theatre.
  The Troupe has several people behind its growth, Let us know about them here:
    
     Gul Bardhan (Creative dance) Born in 1928 in Mumbai, Gul Bardhan received her initial training in dance from the late Shanti Bardhan, her husband. She studied Manipuri dance under the guidance of Ojha Amubi Singh and Mayurbhanj Chhau under Krishna Chandra Naik. She also studied Seraikella Chhau under Ganesh Mohanta and learned the folk dances of Gujarat and Rajasthan from Pratibha Pandit. Over the years, she has made a significant contribution to contemporary dance in India. Since 1952, she has been the moving spirit behind the Rangasri Little Ballet Troupe, Bhopal and has been its lead dancer. After the untimely demise of Shanti Bardhan in 1954, she has carried on his work with indefatigable zeal, adding to the Troupe's corpus of choreographic works including Ramayana and presenting them in various festivals. She has travelled extensively, performing, conducting workshops and presenting lecdems. She led her Troupe to the first Ramayana festival in Indonesia in 1971.
 She has already won many honours for her work in India and other countries, among them the Chevalier de l'Odre des Arts et des Lettres conferred by the Government of France (1964), the Gaurav Puraskar of Gujarat and the Madhya Pradesh Government's Shikhar Samman (2001).

  
  



				
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