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Nrityageet 33 celebrates 174 years since the first East Indians arrival
This year, the Nadira and Indranie Shah Dance Troupe is celebrating 174 years since the first East Indians arrived aboard the Hesperus and the Whitby and stepped onto the shores of Guyana. This is their 33rd annual celebrations and will include dramatic dance presentations of different dance styles – Kathak, Odissi, Bharatnatyam, Chutney, Modern and Popular.
It will also include Indian traditional story telling presentations such as the Ramlila and other traditional concepts set to dance and drums played by Teacher Ragoo and several cultural and dance groups of young performers drawn from mandirs, secondary schools, National School of Dance and several dance groups.
NRITYAGEET 33 will be held at the National Cultural Centre on Friday, May 4, at 8 pm. Over 40 dancers will take to the stage in spectacular costumes and sets bringing to life memories of combined performances with music, dance, and drama linking back to our great grandparents and theirs before them.
Dances will be dramatically presented linking the past to the present with medleys of old time favourite songs. The audience will be treated to newly choreographed kathak dances, a number of fusion dances, folk filmi, chutney and Baratnatyam presented by a young South African medical student currently pursuing her studies in Guyana.
Nrityageet 33 is a presentation of eager young dancers, choreographers, and teachers who are working feverishly to give the best performance of their lives. Founding members, Nadira Shah Berry and Suzanne Shah Nilsson, arrived this week and are sharing their choreographies and adding their expertise in their different dance styles.
Produced and performed by the Nadira and Indranie Shah Dance Troupe, Nrityageet has been presenting annual performances of the highest standard for over 33 years. The dance troupe received the National Award, the Medal of Service, for “Sustained and Outstanding Contribution to the Cultural Mosaic of Guyana.”
Nrityageet has been repeatedly awarded “Best Dance Production”, “Best Costumes” and “Best Set” by the Guyana Theatre Arts Awards and the Madame Iffel Award of Barbados.
Ticket prices range from $200, $500, $1000, $2000 to $3000 and are on sale at the National Cultural Centre, N. &S. Mattai on Water Street, and from any of the dance troupe members.
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