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GIDHA | Noor Zora Group | Punjabi Dance | Punjab Kala Bhawan Chandigarh

GIDHA | Punjabi Cultural Dance | Noor Zora Group | Punjab Kala Bhawan Chandigarh Video Credit : Gautam Rishi Journalist @GautamRishiOfficial Performing arts get a new lease of life Creating digital space for live performances, discussions and finding audience amid all the challenges that pandemic has thrown at us, city-based artistes have come together to continue recognising and celebrating the creative talent. In a first, an eight-day online international theatre festival was organised where solo acts from celebrated artistes featured along with standup comedy acts and audience interactions. Jalandhar-based theatre artist Gurinder Singh has created an online platform V Manch which has been organising this international online theatre. Amritsar based artist Gurinder Makana performed a solo play ‘Lacchan’ based on Hindi playwright Kamtanath’s story Sankraman. “It’s a novel way of offering theatre activities to the audience keeping in mind the Covid-19 limitations. The play got appreciation globally. It also got us opportunity to get back to active theatre after the lockdown. It’s a beginning of adopting new ways to keep theatre alive. We also featured comedy artist Jatinder Suri and a panel of experts for a live interaction,” said Makana. The half an hour performance was live streamed and also updated on the Facebook platform of V Manch. Makana said that Dubai based artist Harvinder Babali, an alumnus of NSD also featured on the platform. Another initiation towards creating digital space for folk artistes during the pandemic has been taken by Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi. Kewal Dhaliwal, president, Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi, hosted a live session with folklorist and performer Zoraver Singh. An eminent folk artist, Zoraver is known as ‘Noorzora’, and talked about the unique folk art form of ‘Nachar’. “It’s a folk art performance where men dressed up as women perform giddha and other folk dances. It was once a popular folk form but it got sidelined with changing times,” said Kewal. Sharing his own journey as an artist, Zoraver said, “I belong to Jhari village in Fatehgarh Saheb and we used to watch many folk artists perform as kids in our village during weddings and festivals. My first tryst with the art form was at a friend’s brother’s wedding while I was studying for my graduation. Me and my friend decided to dress up in women’s finery and performed at the jaago. But I hesitated initially to dress up as I thought I could not do it given my educational background. But later, when we were appreciated for our performance, I shun my inhibitions,” he said. Zoraver has his own group now and has been part of several prominent folk festivals and international stage. He also talked about the future of this folk art form that has transgender artists. “There are so many young artistes who want to take up this art form that you will be surprised. The only roadblock is the mindset that you have to fight. Sometimes, our own family and society does not recognise us as artistes, but the respect we earn due to our talent and passion is what makes it so much rewarding,” he said. - Neha Saini