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  Under the aegis of SPIC MACAY, the students of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, witnessed an enthralling Mohiniyattam performance by Ms. Vijay Lakshmi on 9th March 2012.
She brought the dance form a much needed fresh perspective.
The grace with which her facial expressions delivered her thoughts was remarkable.
The young dancers of St. Mark’s Meera Bagh, interacted with her and took her advice seriously. |
| Under the aegis of SPIC MACAY the students of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, got the opportunity of witnessing a wonderful Kuchipudi Dance recital by Smt. Vanashree Rao, the eminent Kuchipudi maestro. She enthralled the young audience with her lecture demonstration. Initiating the performance with ‘Natya’ i.e. hand and face expressions, she went on to perform ‘Nritya’ – beautiful dance movements. She then presented two small incidents from the life of Lord Krishna and culminated the performance with the stupendous ‘Thali’ dance. She was accompanied on the ‘Natvaryam’ by Sh. Vasudevanji, Vocalist Sh. Venketeshvaran ji, on the violin by Sh. R. Keshvanji and on the ‘mridangam’ Sh. Srinivasanji. It was indeed an awe inspiring experience. |
“Yeh kala hamko virasat mein mili hai”, remarked Mohd. Illiyas Ji and further added, “Qawwali singing has been the art form of our family for the past 800 years”.
It was indeed a matter of great pride and pleasure for the students of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, as they got the opportunity of witnessing a Qawwali Recital by the famous Qutbi Brothers Qawwals, on 15 April 2011, under the aegis of SPIC MACAY.
Mohd. Idris Ji and Mohd. Illiyas Ji, along with their troupe, commenced their recital with the qawwali ‘Allah Hu…” which praised and admired the oneness of all religions. They further enthralled the audience with their famous qawwali “Chaap Tilak sab chhini…”. Intermittently they recited couplets in praise of the Almighty, the ‘Guru’ and ‘Parents’. It was indeed a novel way of teaching and reaching out to the young minds. The students went into raptures as they culminated their recital with ‘Damadam mast kalandar, mera piya ghar aayo and some lines of Bulle Shahs'. It was a spectacular medley which resulted in a standing ovation. |
Under the aegis of SPIC MACAY 60 students of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, had the opportunity to attend intensive workshops, in Madhubani Painting and Odissi Dance. The Madhubani painting workshop was conducted by Smt. Shanti Devi. The enthusiastic young painters came out with beautiful and vibrant Madubani Paintings, at the end of the workshop.
Ms. Kavita Dwivedi, the famous Odissi danseuses, in a five day workshop trained the young dancers to present a graceful odissi dance piece. |
Under the aegis of SPICMACAY, the students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, had the privilege of witnessing an awe inspiring Kathak Dance Recital by Pt. Rammohan Maharaj, on 29 September 2010. His Lec – dem commenced with a brief introduction to ‘Kathak’. He began his recital with ‘Krishna Vandana’ and went on to enthrall the students with ‘URaj’, ‘Laya’, ‘Jugal Bandi’, ‘Thaat’, a small portrayal of ‘Makhan Chori’ by Krishna and many such wonderful nuances as a glimpse to what ‘Kathak’ dance is all about. He ended his performance with ‘Param’. Accompanying him on the ‘tabla’ were Sh. Akhilesh Bhatt, who mesmerized the students with his stupendous and remarkable expertise as a Tabla Player. Sh. Nasir Khanji accompanied him on the ‘Sarangi’ and Sh. Santosh Kumar Sinhaji as the vocalist. It was indeed a breathtaking and magnificent performance. |
| A group of 5 students along with teacher of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended the Annual Convention of SPIC MACAY from 1 to 6 June 2010 at Kanpur. It was indeed an awe inspiring experience for the students. It was organized by SPIC MACAY alongwith the students and faculty of IIT Kanpur. The students got a chance to see performances by maestros like - Smt. Girija Devi (Vocalist), Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ustad Rashid Ali Khanji (Vocalist), Smt. N. Rajam (Violinist), The Sabri brothers (Qawwali). Some forms of folk music (Birha) and folk dances also enthralled them. They also had the opportunity to join varied intensives and learn art forms like wood carving, pottery weaving, etc. The overnight performances were enjoyed by them thoroughly. This experience will be etched in their memories forever. |
 We organized an Odissi Dance Workshop “Intensive” through SPIC MACAY from 5 November 2009 to 10 Nov 2009. 50 girls from classes VI and VII attended this workshop, which was conducted by Ms. Kavita Dwivedi, the renowned Odissi Dancer. She began the workshop by enlightening the students about the culture of Orissa and Odissi Dance. Students learnt many body postures, steps and mudras in Odissi dance from like -
» Bhoomi Pranam,
» Chauk,
» Tribhangi,
» Chali,
» Begaur,
» Veena and
» Bhavri
On the last day they interacted with Ms. Kavita Dwivedi where she told them about Lord Jagannath. It was an enjoyable experience for all the participants. |
 ‘Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is not mere translation or abstraction from life, it is life itself'.
A Kathakali performance was organized by SPIC MACAY and Padamashree Kalamandalam Gopi Ji along with seven other members showed a splendid form of dance in the School Auditorium on 30 October 2009. Born in 1937 in the village of Kothachira, Kerala, Kalamandalam Gopi, (real name Vadakka Manalath Govindan) has over a thirty years career as an outstanding Kathakali artist for his eminence in dance and his contribution to its enrichment.
Kalamandalam Gopi received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987. Through his dance performance he depicted a short play “Kalyam Sangandhinanv” from Mahabharata along with some amazing facial expressions. An interactive session between students and the artists culminated the programme. |
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| Under the aegis of SPIC MACAY the students of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, had the opportunity to witness an enthralling Odissi Dance Recital by Kavita Dwivediji on 20 April 2009. She began the performance by enlightening the students about the various classical dance forms of India, specially Odissi. |
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| The first performance was 'Mangla Charan' followed by 'Pallavi' a pure dance form, 'Abhinaya' in which she depicted the story of 'Salbeg' a devotee of Lord Jaganath and cultimated the performance with 'Moksha'. She was accompanied by Sh. Prafful Kumar Mangraj on 'mardal', Sh. Gopinath Swain on 'violin', Sh. Prashant Kumar Behera as the 'vocalist' and Ms. Kaveri Behera on the 'manjeera'. It was indeed a stupendous performance which the students not onlyn enjoyed watching but was also an eye opener for them as they learnt a lot about the Odissi Dance form, the various body positios and mudras and also about Lord Jagannath. |
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