Yakshamitra

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Yakshagana on Oct 3rd 2010

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Yakshamitra Toronto Presents

Yakshagana: Lava-Kusha
ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಲವ-ಕುಶ

3rd October 2010 at 3.30 PM
York Woods Library Theatre
1785 Finch Avenue W, North York

Hurry!! Reserve your tickets and be part of the performance!

$8, $15 for two, $5 for under age 12 , Free for under age 5

Contact for tickets:
Sharada Bhat (Richmond Hill) - Tel: (905) 737-9040
Vinayak Hegde (Newmarket) - Tel: (905) 235 -0150
Ragu Kattinakere (Toronto) -Tel: (647) 722-3740
Srikanth Hegde(Brampton) - Tel: (905) 216-3730
or
Email: yaxamitra@gmail.com to reserve.

Highlights of the programme: live music and traditional Yakshagana Oddolaga

ಪ್ರಾಚಾರ್ಯ ಎಮ್ ಎ ಹೆಗಡೆ, ಸಿದ್ದಾಪುರ, ಇವರಿ೦ದ ವಿರಚಿತ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ: ಲವ-ಕುಶ

Composed by Prof. M A Hegde, Siddapura
Yakshagana: Lava-Kusha

Niroopane (ನಿರೂಪಣೆ):

Dr Parameshwar Bhat

Himmela (ಹಿಮ್ಮೇಳ):
Baagavataru: Sri Kalbaga Vinayak Hegde
Maddale: Sri Sisri Udaya Bhaskara Shastri
Chande: Sri Kattinakere Raghavendra

Mummela (ಮುಮ್ಮೇಳ) :
Shatrugna: Sri Shashidhara Somayaji (Guest artist from USA)
Lava: Sri Kandika Naveena Hegde
Kusha: Sri Varanakere Srikanth Hegde
Doota: Sri Gunjgodu Madhusudhan Bhat
Maani: Sri Kaviraja Udupa
Seete: Srimati Sharada Bhat
Sri Rama: Sri Vaalagalli Srikrishna Shanbhaga
Valmiki: Sri Gunjgodu Madhusudhan Bhat

Video: Sri Vinayaka Habbu
Photo: Sri Ramachandra Upadhyaya

What is Yakshagana:

Yakshagana is a musical dance drama where a story composed in the form of poems is sung by a singer accompanied by musicians and enacted by dancers. The dancers enact and elaborate the story through dance and dialogues. Scenes are unveiled through different methods by a mixture of musical narration, acting, dance, dance-dialogue (ವಾಚಿಕಾಭಿನಯ) and extempore dialogue (actor created dialogue). All things are presented through traditional abstractions (ಸ೦ಜ್ಞೆ): war, weapons, magic and events. Yakshagana or literally song of celestials creates a completely unreal world through all these and glittering costumes. Yakshagana is not merely a drama it is an event where, sometimes, audience become part of performance. Characters may interact with the audience making whole theatre an extension of stage.