Rhapsodies - A Glimpse of the Performing Arts of India, is EZCC's contribution to the world of performing arts, done by us during the first 21-day phase of the lockdown due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. While all of us were working from home, which is difficult considering the nature of our work of promoting and showcasing the folk culture of our great country, we had to think of innovative ideas to keep our art forms alive and artistes motivated. We have been doing several online programmes like Baul Utsav, Gotipua Festival, Sattriya Dance Festival, Lok Nritya Utsav etc., trying to keep up the morale of our artistes, whose lives revolve around their performances. We found that young people who were relatively free during this period were enjoying the video clippings of our artistes performing in their rural surroundings rather than on sophisticated proscenium stages. Many of them wrote to us. This gave us the idea that we could give the younger generation more exposure to the diverse traditions of our vast country.
Also, watching teachers on our television screens struggling with something they were doing for the first time, online teaching, we thought we too should play a role in educating our younger generations on the performing and visual arts of our country. EZCC has in the past. documented in detail the folk dances, folk musical instruments, visual arts and handicrafts of its member states. This time we decided to broaden the scope and demonstrate how the plurality of language and culture in India have made a united national fabric. We chose 5-7 of the popular performing arts of each state/Union Territory of the country and have presented it in a Coffee Table Book format to make it interesting and exciting for our youth. The performing arts are a reflection of the life and culture of the people. The small representation in this book is just a miniscule part of our rich cultural heritage. The digitised version of the book will be available on our website and the print version will be sent to schools and colleges across the country, with a request to keep it in their libraries.
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