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'The Crystal Castle','Melting Frescoes','Medieval Mystery' and 'Through the Windows' may seem like names of rides at an amusement park.

‘The Crystal Castle’,’Melting Frescoes’,’Medieval Mystery’ and ‘Through the Windows’ may seem like names of rides at an amusement park. But on Sunday,June 26,these terms defined the themes of the annual fashion show put up by 29 students of International Institute of Fashion Design (INIFD) at Hotel Pride,Shivajinagar. The show was choreographed by Pooja Singh and featured garments on themes that had been designed by Manish Goenka,faculty at INIFD. On display were one-piece and knee-length dresses,short vests and antariya dhotis and long shirts paired with brocade shorts. Apart from the ramp walk,there were belly dancers,whose performance received a chorus of cheers from the audience.

Poetic Brilliance

To celebrate Mahakavi Kalidas Din,the Kalashree Nrityalaya will perform a dance programme titled Ritu Samhara on July 2. To be held at the Tilak Smarak Mandir from 5pm,the programme will be performed by students of the Nrityalaya who have studied under Pramadwara Kittur,the founder of the institute. Featuring a troupe of 15 dancers,the programme will comprise of two halves. The first,Ritu-Tyohar,consists of dance pieces on different deities worshipped prominently in festivals celebrated around the year from Chaitra to Phalgun. And the second Ritu Samhara,is a lyrical narration of the different seasons and the effects they have on nature and love. The verses will be sung by Ajit Avdhani who will be accompanied by Kedar Paranjape on the synthesiser,Nilesh Deshpande on the flute,Raju Jawalkar on the Pakhawaj and Prasad Gondkar on the sitar.

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