U S-based Malavika Vasishta, a student of Badrinath Madabhushi, gave a Bharatanatyam recital at Telugu university’s auditorium last week. She gave a traditional opening to her show with ‘Pushpanjali’ offering salutations to guru and audience to a composition written by Vyzarsu in Nata and followed it with Alarippu in Tisragati. The traditional approach continued by taking popular composition of Purandaradasa Gajavadene Veduve , in Hamsadhwani.
The varnam Ninne Nera Namminaanura composed by Tiraiyur Rajagopala Sarma of Thyagaraja’s heritage, in Athana was the crucial number of this Bharatanatyam repertoire. This Adi tala number brought out episodes woven around Srikrishna with ‘charanas’ interspersed with scintillating jatis. It was full of Sancharis connected to acts of Krishna.
Malavika then shifted to the presentation of a Javali Mariyada Teliyakane of Patnam Subramanya Iyer in Surati. Sheconcluded her performance with a tillana in Khamas, a joyous presentation with picturesque postures representative of sculptures on the pantheon of a temple. Nrutta was the sole ingredient of this dance. The inlaid ‘sahitya’ was in praise of Venkateswara. Badrinath, Malavika’s guru conducted the show to the vocal support of Sangeetha Kala and mridangam by K.Srinivasa Rao, also a well known nattuvanar.
Anil Kumar on violin, Venkatesh on flute and Sudhakar on veena were others in the ensemble.
