SHRIMANT YOGI by SANKHYA DANCE COMPANY

Shrimant Yogi

Organized by Chidambaram Dance Academy.

Shrimant Yogi is a Bharatanatyam endeavor that attempts to capture a few impressions of a phenomenon - Shivaji Maharaj. The premise of the performance is the cultural social and emotional state of the society and Shivaji himself. The entire performance far from the chronological life and history of Shivaji Maharaj is more of an impressionistic dance expression.

Three hundred years of Mughal rule... a wounded society... Birth of the saviour... pledge of

swarajya... war against the oppressors... establishment of Hindavi swarajya... inner spiritual

conflict... the coronation...becoming Chatrapati Shivaji... The rule of dharma.

This is an inspiring tale of sacrifices of war and conflict of establishing Swarajya and of dharma. This is a story of a true Karmayogi - Shivaji Maharaj.

Direction and Choreography –  Vaibhav Arekar

Concept development –       Pradnya Agasthi

Rhythm design/ Music inputs- Satish Krishnamurthy

Music Compositions -        Karthik Hebbar and Manoj Desai

Original compositions-        Hridaynath Mangeshkar

Dramaturg/ Costume and Light Design- Sushant Jadhav

Assistant Director –         Swarada Bhave

Production assistants-      Pracheta Bhat and Shruti Ranade

Poets-                   Sant Eknath, Sant Ramdas, Kavi Bhushan,       

                                               Kusumagraj, Subramaniam Bharati,                    

                                               Zaverchand Meghani. 

Special Thanks :           Natyarangam-Narada Gana Sabha, 

                                               Nupur Jankar Dance Academy

Vocal – Manoj Desai and Karthik Hebbar

Percussion- Satish Krishnamurthy

Narration – Shriram Kelkar

Flute -Devaraja

Sitar – Eeshwar Rao

Light design and execution- Sachin Lele

Dancers –   Vaibhav Arekar, Swarada Bhave, 

                       Sachhidnand Narayankar, Ruta Gokhale

Deepest gratitude to the great historians whose lifetime research on Chatrapati Shivaji has inspired many a generation of individuals likes us.