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Bhabananda Barbayan

Sattriya dancer

Biography

Inducted into the revered Uttar Kamalabari Satra at the age of four, Bhabananda Barbayan learnt the nuances of Sattriya culture there under the able guidance of gurus Paramananda Barbayan and Tuniram Barbayan (nritya), Cheniram Barbayan (bayan), Kamal Bargayan (gayan), and Baluram Bargayan and Gupiram Bargayan (oja). Today, he is an exponent himself, imparting lessons, as well as conducting workshops, besides holding lecture demonstrations on Sattriya, travelling far and wide.

At 17, he became the youngest Barbayan of the Sattra. Sattriya dance was introduced by the great 15th century Assamese seer, Srimanta Sankaradeva, who used it as a tool to preach. Being a great performing artist himself, the Vaishnavite saint skillfully mixed entertainment with devotion. Today, Barbayan has taken the dance form beyond Satra boundaries and performed in several countries, including France, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, China, Bangladesh, etc. He is the founder of Sattriya Academy in New Delhi.

Now in his thirties, Bhabananda Barbayan has composed a number of solo, as well as group dance numbers and in doing so, he has resorted to wide experimentations, infusing elements of gayan-bayan, matiakhara, Satriya ojapali, bhortal nritya, etc.

In the musical front of Satriya culture, too, he has worked extensively, making compositions based on khols and taals, Satriya raags, etc. His remarkable work even first in Sattriya is an innovative choreography based on ‘ Brindavani Vastra’ a unique textile piece preserved in Musee Guimet, Paris, woven in Assam in 16th century AD, under the guidance of Srimanta Sankaradeva.

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Bhabananda Barbayan -Satraranga

Bhabananda's Choreography: 2012 ' BRINDAVANA YATRA'

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Bhabananda

Recipient Of Yuva Puraskar

Bhabananda Satriya Dancer

Performing At Guimet Museum Paris

Bhabananda solo performance

Career

Babanand Barbayan has taken the dance form beyond Satra boundaries and performed in several countries, including France, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, China, Bangladesh, etc. He is the founder of Sattriya Academy in New Delhi. Bhabananda Barbayan has composed a number of solo, as well as group dance numbers and in doing so, he has resorted to wide experimentations, infusing elements of gayan-bayan, matiakhara, Satriya ojapali, bhortal nritya, etc. In the musical front of Satriya culture, too, he has worked extensively, making compositions based on khols and taals, Satriya raags, etc.

Bhabananda Barbayan’s remarkable work even first in Sattriya is an innovative choreography based on ‘Brindavani Vastra’ a unique textile piece preserved in Musee Guimet, Paris, woven in Assam in 16th century AD, under the guidance of Srimanta Sankaradeva. Barbayan had also directed the music for eminent French filmmaker Emanuel Petit’s documentary on Majuli, titled Dans Les Drumes De Majuli, where he appeared in a number of sequences.

Bhabananda Barbayan is also visiting faculty of Deptt. of Theatre , Paris-VIII University , France since 2010 and Performing Arts Deptt. of Dibrugarh University, Assam since 2011, and a member of the Expert Committee of CCRT, New Delhi.

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