1st Project Performance As Nikkan (Before Registration)

CHANDALIKA

It is a Dance-Drama based on Rabindranath Tagore's creation a very own extraordinary creator of elegant proses and magical poetries..

Chandalika is a story of an untouchable girl belonging to the lowest caste and a budhdhist.The play revolves around the confrontations and complexities of human mind and nature and its conflicting needs and wants. Ananda a disciple of Lord Budhdha teaches a chandal girl named Prakriti about self-respectness and not to belittle herself even if the society thinks otherwise. Later He accepts a drink of water from her blesses the girl and left the place. This small incident not only sparks a new realization of her self respect but also directs her unknown emotions towards Ananda which led her to want Ananda only by herself. Later on at the behest of Prakriti her mother uses her witch craft and necromancy to bring Ananda for Prakriti. The application of dark forces of nether world of Prakriti's mother captures and binds Ananda and bring Him in front of prakriti. This humiliation of Ananda under the duress of dark forces was not accepted by Prakriti as she realise that if you love someone you should set him free instead of holding in captivity and therefore requests her mother earnestly to release Him. At the end Ananda despite his own agonies blesses Prakriti.

CHANDALIKA

CHANDALIKA

                       

The project Chandalika was performed by Nikkan Dance Troupe twice. Earlier at Gyan Manch on 19th May in the year 2012. Basically it was first and the opening project for Troupe. later on as per the requests of audiences repeat  performances was on 1st May at CLT Aban Mahal where the troupe shared the stage with Renouned Rabindrasangeet Vocalist Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair and with Shisur Sevay (NGO of Orphaned Girl children some of them are physically and mentally challenged) under the name D.Ads Entertainment.

Nikkan  had achieved an outstanding appreciation from the professors of Dance and Drama department of Rabindrabharati University. The new twist of the project was that the Dance Director Miss Oindrila Bandyopadhyay choreographed some small fusion of Classical Tandav

Dance in  Maya Nritya  in dance drama which gave the audience a mesmerizing and speechless feelings in the auditorium.