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Hritaal has successfully marked her footprint internationally also. Shri Jaydeep Palit has been invited with his dance troupe to perform at the festivals of India held at Muscat, Sohar, Sur, Salalah organised by the Ministry of culture, Government of India and the Indian embassy at Muscat. Along with this moment of glory, he has also been invited as a choreographer to celebrate the occasion of the centennial birth anniversary of the founding leader of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by Bangladesh Shilpa Kala Academy, Dhaka and presently, he is a regular choreographer of the academy.

International Tour Photo Gallery

” Where the mind is without fear and the head held high”. – Rabindra Nath Tagore.

Rabindra Jayanti, a celebration of Tagore’s birthday, this year Hritaal is organized on 19th May, 2023 at Ganabhavan Auditorium, Uttarpara. The evening was complete with tributes to tagore, dance, drama, remembrance, rather a saga of cultural exchange. Icing on the crown was presentations of 16 different dance troupes of kolkata and along with more than 100 participants of workshop organized by Hritaal dance centre.”Samatva”- a musical production based on Tagore’s “Chandalika” steal all attentions. Amazingly talented dancers portrayed by the choreography of Shri Jaydeep Palit portrayed the divinity of eternal love far up than the prejudice of racism. The state of soul salvation translated into the audience’s mind through a canvas of expression with our own dance form without deforming the essence of originality.

Rabindra Utsav 2023 Photo Gallery

A dark auditorium, houseful audiences and 27 eminent celebrated personalities of dance fraternities had witnessed a magical evening of creation presented by Hritaal on 6th December 2022, at Rabindra Sadan Mancha, Kolkata.

The first curtain was raised with a tribute to maestro Uday Shankar, following his footsteps as conceptualized by our Director Sri Jaydeep Palit. This annual show was the glorified celebration of 20-year’s journey of Hritaal. The evening was welcomed by our youngest Hritaalians with their dance and followed by different genre of dance starting from tribute to tagore to the vibrance of folkdance .Hritaal’s own production “Khoj 2” – confluence of Chaau and Uday Shankar Dance Style was the showstopper presentation. The audience was amazed by the acrobatic dance form of our own dancers with such perfection to portray a quest through the folklore of mountains, that ends in the search for divinity where all cultures are the same. Presenting such scintillating few moments in gallery below.

Udbhavana 2022 Photo Gallery

18th December 2019, though it was December, but the heat was high for Hritaalians at University Institute Hall, Kolkata. That day, the Hritaalians presented their 18th annual show by showing a tribute to the maestro. Our president Ms. Sudipta was conducting the show by addressing our eminent judges. Followed by, our little Hritaalians sprinkle their talent with Indian folk dance. The evening was bouqueted with different journeys of performances, starting from folk to mythological, classical to Indian contemporary ballet.

When we Hritaalians talk about emotions, we know dance is the language to express…. This was curated and presented in our highly acknowledged production “Rasabhinaya” …. How to express 9 moods or Rasa of human life through dance was really an optical treat to our audience as choreographed by Shri Jaydeep Palit.Apart from the celebration of dance, dancers were also awarded on the basis of their year-long performance towards the institutions.Here presenting few glimpse of thar glorified evening…..

Udbhavana 2019 Photo Gallery