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Bahinabai Chaudhari – The Voice of the Soil
Poetry, Womanhood & Resilience through Bharatanatyam
Performers
From the furrows of the earth rises a voice: quiet, wise, and enduring.
Bahinabai: Echoes of the Earth is a Bharatanatyam performance that brings to life the deeply moving poetry of Bahinabai Chaudhari, a farmer-poet whose simple, profound verses speak of toil, tenderness, and inner strength.
Conceptualized and performed by Vaishnavi Dhore, this piece blends classical dance with Marathi ovi (verse), folk rhythms, and classical music to reimagine Bahinabai’s world. With evocative storytelling and expressive movement, this performance bridges the rural and the urban, the past and the present.
For the everyday woman is a philosopher, poet, and pioneer!
Performers
Vaishnavi Dhore
Vaishnavi Dhore is a performing artist and trainer of Bharatanatyam, based in Pune and New Delhi. She is a disciple of Nritya Kalanidhi Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan (Senior Sangeet Naatak Awardee), with her initial training being from Dr.Swati Daithankar in Pune. She is graded artist of Delhi Doordarshan. She has performed in several festivals and concerts in India and abroad as solo artist and along with her Guru Vaishnavi is herself a Bharatnatyam trainer, giving awareness lecture demonstrations for slum area children in Pune, and Bharatnatyam training classes at Aravindam India Gurukuls for Indian Heritage Performing Arts at Gurugram.
Shruthi Veena Vishwanath
Shruthi Veena Vishwanath is a singer, songcatcher, stirrer of herstories, educator and curator. Her practice celebrates mystic music traditions from South Asia and beyond, especially celebrating herstories and voices in the subaltern. She performs and teaches around the world, and translates when the words find their way to the heart.
Sumana Chandrashekar
Sumana Chandrashekar is a ghatam player, writer and researcher. She studies the ghatam under Sukanya Ramgopal, and has been a student of Carnatic vocal music as well. Sumana has performed extensively, has worked on several experimental and collaborative music projects and projects in music education. As a researcher into music histories, her specific interest lies at the confluence of language, migration, gender and music. She has travelled widely in India and has worked closely with artists and artist communities.
Babui
Babui is a dotara, sarod and rabab practitioner. He learns from Sougata Roy Chowdhury. Since childhood, he has been immersed in Baul and folk music from across Bengal, and plays in classical, folk and theatre settings.
Sanjana Gogate
Sanjana Gogate is a seasoned Bharatanatyam exponent with over 22 years of training under Dr. Kripa Phadke and Sri Vijay Kumar S. She performed her Arangetram at age 10 and is a graded Doordarshan artist. Sanjana holds a Vidwat and a Master’s degree in Performing Arts from Tamil University and has performed extensively across India and abroad. A trained Carnatic vocalist, she also accompanies dancers on Nattuvangam, adding depth to her artistry. Professionally, she is a Cyber Security Specialist at Bosch, blending classical tradition with modern expertise.
