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| Guru Rohini Bhate : Singaar Abhinaya |
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| P. L. DESHPANDE [Marathi Author & Artist] |
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...डोक्यात कसलं तरी वेड घेऊन त्यासाठी आपलं आयुष्य झोकून देणं ही गोष्ट मराठी माणसाला अपरिचित नाही. ज्ञानाच्या, कलेच्या,शिक्षणाच्या, समाजसुधारणेच्या, राष्ट्रसेवेच्या अशा निरनिराळ्या क्षेत्रांत अशा वेडानं पछाडलेल्या लोकोत्तर माणसांनी महाराष्ट्र चेतवीत ठेवला. नृत्याचं वेड घेऊन त्या कलेच्या उपासनेसाठी, जोपासनेसाठी आणि अध्यापनासाठी आयुष्यातल्या इतर सर्व गोष्टींना गौण मानून जगत आलेली रोहिणी भाटे हिचं नावही ह्या लोकोत्तर वेड्यांच्याच यादीत टाकायला हवं.
“ ता थै तक थै ” नावाच्या एका संजीवक मंत्राने तिच्या जीवनात प्रवेश केला त्या क्षणीच एक उदात्तवेड तिला लगलं. असली वेडं लागलेल्यांच्या कोशात थकवा हा शब्द नसतो. वार्धक्य तर नसतंच नसतं. कालिदासानं
म्हंटल्याप्रमाणं
–तेजसां हि न वयः समीक्षयते । (जे तेजस्वी असतात त्यांच्याविषयी वयाचाप्रश्नउद्भवत नाही)... |
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ARVIND MANGRULKAR
(Sanskrit Guru, Literature & Art Columnist) |
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... नृत्या खेरीज संगीत आणि साहित्य या कलांमध्येही त्यांना गती आहे. एवढेच नव्हे तर कलांमधला कुटुंबभाव त्यांनी जागरुकपणाने जोपासला. त्यामुळे त्यांच्या कलाविष्काराला एकांगीपणा न येता अनेकपदरीपणा आणि समग्रता आली.
कथकच्या आधारभूत तत्त्वांपासून विचलित न होता, कथकचे कथकपण कायम ठेवून त्यांनी कथकच्या
रुपबंधाचा सातत्याने शोध घेतला. रुपबंधाचे केंद्रवर्तीस्थान लक्षात घेऊन कथकला एकाच वेळी परंपरेचा घरंदाजपणा आणि नवतेचा ताजेपणा देण्याचा यशस्वी
प्रयत्न त्यांनी केला... |
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| DR. ASHOK KELKAR (Linguist) |
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.. It let her see that apprenticeship in the Mughal Court with an audience unaware of a stylized language of gestures freed Kathak to improvise much more
readily. It let her see that, inspite of its long stay at a decadent court later, Kathak had not totally lost its temple austerity.
It let her see that the best way in which Kathak could flourish in her dance academy, Nrityabharati, was by creating an ambience of freedom and order among
her pupils... |
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| BAPU VATVE [Marathi Poet, Cine-Film Critic] |
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| ...नृत्यात तोडे-तुकडे, तत्कार, अर्थवाही काव्य किंवा ठुमरी काहीही असो, ते सादर करता करता रोहिणी
प्रेक्षकांना विश्वासात घेत जाते. ललित हलचाली, डोळ्यातून प्रक्षेपित होणारे भाव, बोलका चेहरा, लयीचे काटेकोर अंदाज यांमुळं तिचं नृत्यगान बहरुन येतं. नृत्यापूर्वीतिनं लिहिलेलं भाष्य ती प्रभावीपणे करते त्यानंच अगोदर आवश्यक अशी वातावरणनिर्मिती होते. नृत्याबरोबर रोहीणीचं संगीत आणि साहित्य याचं ज्ञान यामधून तिचं नृत्य उभारुन येत असतं. साहित्य व संगीताची ती पदवीधर आहेच...
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VIEWS OF EMINENT PERSONALITIES
ABOUT ROHINI JI |
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PADMA VIBHUSHAN KAMALADEVI CHATTOPADHYAY
[Author, Social-Worker, Ex-Chairperson Sangeet Natak Academy] |
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| ... It is here that I welcome and commend Rohini Bhate’s original contribution to an old tradition to make it a current medium and meaningful. For this I offer my heartfelt tribute... |
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MOHANRAO KALIYANPURKAR
(Kathak Guru Bhatkhande Vidyapeeth
[then Morris College] Lucknow |
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...As I know her, Rohini is a restless soul. She feels lost without any active task on hand, and the greater the challenge the better and happier she feels. Even her daily routine is one continuous bustle. She must get up early, go through her yogic exercises, meditation, practise her dance and music, teach, compose new items, read, write and attend to the correspondence – all in one hectic pace day after day.
Rohini has proved her worth as an honest and commendable pupil. What I most appreciate in her is her great regard for the tradition of Kathak. She has preserved it steadily without distorting it with cheap gimmicks and deserves all praise for this... |
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| KALANIDHI NARAYAN (Bharat Natyam Guru, Director Abhinay Sudha Chennai) |
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| .. Rohiniji with her simple nature, profound knowledge, creative innovation and tireless work seems to me the perfect rhythm like the stars which in their seeming stillness are never still, like a motionless flame that is nothing but movement... |
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| SUNIL KOTHARI ( Author, Ex- Head of Dance Dept. Ravindra Bharati Kolkata) |
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... An enlightened dancer, Rohini has deleved deep into shastras. Her sense of the asthetics of Kathak is praiseworthy. Poetry, music and dance have become one in her. Her taste is impeccable and there is a certain dignity that imbues her art in a remarkable manner placing her a cut above many of her contemporaries. Hers is the quality that the Sanskrit writers convey by the phrase sthiradyuti jyoti the steady flame. And that says a lot about her and her art.
Rohini’s involvement with dance extends beyond creation and performances. She is an educationist and her being a member of several curriculum committees and examination boards in the universities and other institutions has been a blessing. Her approach is catholic and practical. It is tempered with experience and knowledge, the benefit of which goes beyond one person to a whole generation of young dancers. Rohini has lived a full life and a rich one. And in the process she has enriched us all... |
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| VAMANRAO DESHPANDE [Music Critic, Solicitor (Retd)] |
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| ... सुराची काय, लयीची काय, आणि शब्दांची काय - तितकीच संवेदना किंवा‘फील’ एकाच कलावंतामध्ये आढळणे फार दुमीर्ळ आहे, आणि रोहिणीबाईमध्ये हा
दुर्मिळ संगम मिळतो. या शुभ प्रसंगी त्यांच्याविषयीचा
प्रगाढ आदर व्यक्त करुन त्यांना दीर्घायुरारोग्य लाभो
असे चिंतितो...
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