The Indus Valley World School on Saturday, April 29, 2023 celebrated International Dance Day through a special dance programme. Held at the school auditorium, students from 14 schools took part in the event and danced their way into the hearts of the audience. Amita Prasad, director, Indus Valley World School said, “This year, we celebrated the day with a difference. Besides the students, each participating team also had teachers and parents.”
All photographs by Suvendu Das / My Kolkata
Manipuri dance exponent Priti Patel was the chief guest. In her address to the audience she said, “The coming together of the parents, teachers and students on the same platform was a wonderful thing. This is what the dance day is all about. It doesn’t matter who you are or how old you are; but what mattered most was bringing everyone together.”
Participating schools included BDM International, BDM Junior School, Birla High School Mukundapur, Ektara, Gokhale Memorial Girls School, Indus Valley World School, Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Silver Point School, Sri Sri Academy, South City International School, Sushila Birla Girls School, Birla High School Moira Street, Birla Bharati School, and Ballygunge Shiksha Sadan.
Rituparna Chatterjee, a parent-participant from South City International School, said, “I used to dance Kathak but then for 20-22 years, I was not in practice. But when this opportunity came from the school, I grabbed it. Such a concept is really unique. Today, we wanted to endorse folk culture like Bihu and Santhali through our act.”
The morning was an amalgamation of not only performing arts but also visual arts. The matching costumes to jewelleries and make-up differentiated every participant and their style of dancing. That apart, the entrance to the auditorium was also minutely decorated by the art teachers and staff members of the school with the traditional rangolis and saris.
