The Valedictory Function of the State Level Workshop on Hastaviniyoga from Abhinayadarpana
28/04/2010
The Post Graduate Department of Performing Arts of Jain University organized a three day State level workshop on ‘Hasthabhinaya’ according to Abinaya Darpana, from 27th to 29th April 2010, at Jain University J C road campus.
The programme began formally with the invocatory items like the Melaprapthi, Alaripu, Pushpanjali and Ganesha Vandana.
Abhinaya Darpana, a work in Sanskrit, is a treatise on Lakshana aspect of dance. This was written by Nandikeshwara in the 3rd century. This work is translated into all the languages of the world. Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy and Dr. Manmohan Ghosh have translated this into English. M. Sridhara Murthy has translated this work into Kannada.
Abhinaya is the life breath of dance. Concealed thoughts can be revealed through Abhinaya. The prefix ‘Abhi’ is added to the predicate ‘Ne’. Thus, the word Abhinaya is derived. It means ‘giving’.
There are four kinds of Abhinayas, namely:
1) Angikabhinaya
2) Vachikabhinaya
3) Aharyabhinaya
4) Satvikabhinaya
Angikabhinaya is of three kinds namely, Anga, Upanga and Pratyanga. In the Abhinaya Darpana, there is description about the Shiro bheda, Dhrushti bheda, Greeva bheda, Hastha and Pada bheda. Abhinaya Darpana deals with Angikabhinaya and in this workshop, emphasize was given to the Hasthabhedas. It is also called as the Hastabhinaya as the hand gestures are used to convey a meaning. One gesture could denote a word. Few gestures denote a sentence and a group of gestures convey the meaning of a composition. Hence hand gestures play a vital role in any classical dance form. The usages of these hasthas are to be known by any performer.
Natya Vidushi Prof. Jaya, Department of Performing Arts conducted the workshop for over 100 students across the Karnataka in the age groups 8 - 50 years. Many dance enthusiasts and Gurus alike participated in the workshop. At the end of this spectacular two-day workshop, the participants gave a wonderful demonstration of the Hastaviniyogas.
A Valedictory function was organized on the final day of the workshop. The chief guest was Dr. S. Kamat, Dean, Department of Performing Arts, Bangalore University.
