Moksha’s first show was a great success at the Robert Powell Theatre in Salford University. The evening which had a near sell out crowd began with a solo recital from Rishi Banerjee who presented a mixture of Bengali songs from Rabindrasangeet, Atulprasad and Dwijendralalgeeti.

Afterwhich invited arts group ARTS BENGAL performed two short pieces- a translation of Tagore’s ‘Karna Kunti Sangbad’ and a Shruti Natak (dialogue) called ‘Classfriend’. Thanks to Shilajit Ghosh and Kaushik Chaudhuri and his troupe for performing.

The finale was presented by Moksha, a dance drama: AMAR PREM- IMMORTAL LOVE, a dance drama based on Radha & Krishna. The dance drama was a journey of Radha, her Sakhis and also Krishna. The dance drama used immortal compositions by Rabindranath Tagore and was accompanied by English and Bengali Narration.

Vocalists: Ballari Banerjee (Radha), Anirudhya Bardhan (Krishna), Sumitra Ghosh (Sakhi) & Chandrima Sen (Sakhi)
Dancers: Sarbori Basu (Radha), Nilashish Chaudhry (Krishna), Swastika Chaudhuri (Sakhi), Jeffy Paul (Sakhi), Soumya Abraham (Sakhi), Trina Bandhopadhyay (Sakhi), Roshni Mitra (Sakhi), Ushma Matthews (Sakhi)
Narration: Gopali Ghosh (English) & Debasree Mitra (Bengali)
Keyboard: Rakesh Joshi
Tabla: Sandeep Popatkar
Lighting: Ambar Basu