patna patnaites will be treated to a rich cultural fare during a threeday dance festival starting january 7 classical dance exponent padma vibhushan pandit birju maharaj will be performing along with his daughter mamta maharaj and other disciples here at the s k memorial hall during the festival organized by a citybased classical dance training centre ninadon the first day of the programme scheduled to begin at 530 pm neelam chaudhary a famous kathak dancer and secretary of ninad will perform on a sloka recital it will be followed by an hourandahalf long dance presentation by mamta maharaj saswati sen and natalia hildner panditjis disciple from the us this event parampara pravaha will conclude with a performance by pandit birju maharaj who will join other dancers on the occasionthe next days event will begin with a 10minute performance by four students of ninad who have been selected by the council for cultural research and training ministry of culture goi next event vayam will be a ninad production with rajiv sinha as vocalist accompanied by his sons richick and ritwij sinha amitava chaudhary on sitar and three instrumentalists from kolkata the day will end with an odissi performance led by ratikant mohapatra of srijan group founded by the late kelucharan mohapatra on january 9 ustad shahid parvez and akram khan will be playing sitar and tabla respectivelythe third days highlight will be a joint dance performance wranrang colour of war by 85 students of ninad and kalashram delhi under the guidance of panditji himself for the programme these students received training here by panditji himself in the last week of december and are at present being trained by his disciplesneelam chaudhary ninad secretary told toi dedicated to reviving the classical environment and cultural appreciation of classical music ninad has been holding music festival since 2004 wherein the greats like zakir hussain rashid ali khan begum parveen sultana and preeti patel among others have already performed in the state capitalits effort to bring bihar out of the dark days of art and culture when the famous musical gatherings during dussehra festival was discontinued have been largely successful chaudhary added