Dance Drama Shyama

Dakshinayan UK and Diptangshu Gargi Performing Troupe presents Dance Drama Shyama.

Prelude of Dance Drama Shyama

Dance Drama Shyama is an epic composition by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The story and script along with composition came from his poem “Porisodh” influenced by the Sanskrit Buddhist literature of Nepal. It was first staged at Asuthosh college auditorium, Kolkata in the year 1936. In 1938, Rabindranath Tagore reconstructed “Shyama” in the form of dance drama. His students of Shantiniketan performed first time in dance-drama form. The audiences were so indulged in it which turned it into a very popular dance drama. The legacy of “Shyama dance-drama” has continued till date.

Composition – Gurudeb Rabindranath Tagore
Dance direction- Gargi Niyogi and Diptangshu Pal
Music Direction- Dr. Ananda Gupta

Shyama – Gargi Niyogi
Kotal – Diptangshu Pal
Bajrasen – Sourav Roy
Uttiyo – Sourav Chatterjee
Companions of Shyama – Debanjali Bandyopadhyay, Barnali Mazumdar, Sayantika Dutta, Aditi Dutta, Akshi Mukherjee, Ananya Bhowmick, Srija Karmakar, Sayani Mandal, Sneha Nandy
Sentries and others – Debjit Pal,Tamal Kanti Roy, Basudev Roy and Arnab Halder

Snippets

The hero “Bajrasen” was falsified accused to steal the peerless necklace of the king. The court-dancer “Shyama” had been fallen in love with Bajrasen. She wanted to save Bajrasen’s life. Bajrasen also falls in love with her. She made a dangerous plan to save Bajrasen. She convinced her friend Uttiyo to take place at the scaffold instead of Bajrasen.