<p>Two young sisters, Prakruti and Divya Hoskere, paid a wonderful tribute to Rabindranath Tagore.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A delightful evening of music and puppetry awaited one and all as the ‘Hoskere Sisters’ and the Dhaatu Puppet Theatre presented a great amalgamation of bharatanatyam and puppetry at the Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha during the weekend.<br /><br />Organised as a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of his 150th birth <br />anniversary, the evening saw a wonderful bharatanatyam performance by the two young sisters — Prakruti and Divya Hoskere. <br /><br />In addition to the graceful performance of these two sisters, the evening also had a colourful puppet show, presented by the Dhaatu Puppet Theatre and directed by Anupama Hoskere. <br /><br />After a formal lamp lighting session by Usha Venkateshwaran, the director of Natyalakshana Akademy, who had conceptualised the entire programme, the <br />two dancers were called on stage. <br /><br />Their mother Anupama Hoskere and teacher Praveen Kumar was honoured on stage as well. <br /><br />After all the formalities, the two girls started the show and mesmerised one and all with their dance moves. <br /><br />The dancers started with a salutation to Mother Earth and a dedication to Lord <br />Vigneshwara. <br /><br />They beautiful moved to the tunes and beats of Raag Amritavarshini and Adi Taala. <br /><br />The second piece was dedicated to love and portrayed the beauty of Shiva and Shakthi. <br />Divya, a student of class nine at Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home, and <br />Prakruti, who is pursuing architecture at the BMS College of Engineering, had the audience captivated with their coordination and moves. <br /><br />After a few more graceful performances, it was time for the puppet show to mesmerise the audience. <br /><br />Performed by the Dhaatu Puppet Theatre, this show not only provided a connecting link between bharatanatyam and puppetry but also proved to be the perfect tribute to Tagore as it consisted of select poems from Tagore’s Geetanjali. <br /><br />This was directed by Anupama Hoskere.However, the audience’s joy knew no bounds when they learnt that the great grandson of Rabindranath Tagore was also a part of the show. <br /><br />Sunandan Lala, whose mother Nandini Tagore was the granddaughter of Tagore, was invited as the special guest and was truly delighted to be a part of the event. <br /><br />“It’s a great pleasure and honour to be a part of this august gathering. It’s very heartening to see you taking Tagore seriously and promoting him. <br /><br />He has written songs for all moods and seasons and used to simply adore nature,” he said. <br /><br />To sum it all, it was truly an evening to remember for the dance and art-lovers of the City.</p>
<p>Two young sisters, Prakruti and Divya Hoskere, paid a wonderful tribute to Rabindranath Tagore.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A delightful evening of music and puppetry awaited one and all as the ‘Hoskere Sisters’ and the Dhaatu Puppet Theatre presented a great amalgamation of bharatanatyam and puppetry at the Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha during the weekend.<br /><br />Organised as a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of his 150th birth <br />anniversary, the evening saw a wonderful bharatanatyam performance by the two young sisters — Prakruti and Divya Hoskere. <br /><br />In addition to the graceful performance of these two sisters, the evening also had a colourful puppet show, presented by the Dhaatu Puppet Theatre and directed by Anupama Hoskere. <br /><br />After a formal lamp lighting session by Usha Venkateshwaran, the director of Natyalakshana Akademy, who had conceptualised the entire programme, the <br />two dancers were called on stage. <br /><br />Their mother Anupama Hoskere and teacher Praveen Kumar was honoured on stage as well. <br /><br />After all the formalities, the two girls started the show and mesmerised one and all with their dance moves. <br /><br />The dancers started with a salutation to Mother Earth and a dedication to Lord <br />Vigneshwara. <br /><br />They beautiful moved to the tunes and beats of Raag Amritavarshini and Adi Taala. <br /><br />The second piece was dedicated to love and portrayed the beauty of Shiva and Shakthi. <br />Divya, a student of class nine at Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home, and <br />Prakruti, who is pursuing architecture at the BMS College of Engineering, had the audience captivated with their coordination and moves. <br /><br />After a few more graceful performances, it was time for the puppet show to mesmerise the audience. <br /><br />Performed by the Dhaatu Puppet Theatre, this show not only provided a connecting link between bharatanatyam and puppetry but also proved to be the perfect tribute to Tagore as it consisted of select poems from Tagore’s Geetanjali. <br /><br />This was directed by Anupama Hoskere.However, the audience’s joy knew no bounds when they learnt that the great grandson of Rabindranath Tagore was also a part of the show. <br /><br />Sunandan Lala, whose mother Nandini Tagore was the granddaughter of Tagore, was invited as the special guest and was truly delighted to be a part of the event. <br /><br />“It’s a great pleasure and honour to be a part of this august gathering. It’s very heartening to see you taking Tagore seriously and promoting him. <br /><br />He has written songs for all moods and seasons and used to simply adore nature,” he said. <br /><br />To sum it all, it was truly an evening to remember for the dance and art-lovers of the City.</p>
