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Dance reviews

Last Updated 16 October 2016, 20:06 IST
Navarathri festival

Many organisations celebrated Navarathri with music and dance festivals, apart from dolls exhibition. One such organisation Sadhana Sangama Trust is conducting classes in dance, music and yoga, under the direction  of Vidushi Jyothi Pattabhiraman. In the 11-day Navarathri cultural festival, ample opportunities were provided by the Trust to young and upcoming dancers and musicians to perform and exhibit their talent.

Seven students of Sadhana Sangama Dance Centre opened their programme with a salutation to their Guru through “Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu” and Mishra Alaripu and Kautvam. Their Nritta was pedestrian, nor could their facials live up to the demands. Whereas Ranjana proved a promising dancer - a postgraduate in dance and also doing MPhil now. Ranjana chose Narasimha Kautvam and her abhinaya skill came to fore in the Antahpura Geethe (Enee Mahanandave - DVG), graciously. Her florid jathis matched well with appropriate glances and her easy stance made an immediate impact. Of course, with more attention on Nritha and experience, Ranjana can reach great heights.

Earlier, Tushara L Acharya gave a pleasing Harikatha recital. She is a first-year MBBS student and has already performed 200 Harikatha recitals so far with several medal and honors to her credit. In the current concert, she gave a Harikatha on Daksha Brahma. With her melodious voice, singing popular compositions like - Mahadeva Shambho, Om Shiva Shambho, Ambiga Na Ninna Nambide, Bhale Bhale Dorakithu, etc, added colour to her Harikatha. With appropriate humour here and there, she was successful in holding the audience’ attention till the end. Srinivas on harmonium, Jagadish on tabla, Sreesha on Khanjari and Lakshmish Acharya on thaala - accompanied her.

Colourful Nitya Nritya
Nupura conducted the annual Nitya Nritya dance festival with not only Bharathanatya, but also Manipuri and Odissi recitals along with academic sessions. Connoisseurs are happy that Nupura has resumed the festival from last few years, though shorn of its earlier gaiety and grandeur.

Curtains came down on this year’s Nitya Nritya with a dance ensemble by the students of Bharatanjali. Six students under the direction of senior guru Bhanumathi opened their programme with a fine Malhari in the raga Gambheeranaata. A infrequent composition of L R Lakshmi in the ragamalika narrating the story of Lord Subramanya was also delightful. Changing their roles, young students performed the Tulasi Das' well known lyrics “Sri Ramachandra Kripalu” which also revealed a good grounding. They concluded with a popular Uthakadu Venkata Subba Iyer's Kalinga Narthana. They easily carried conviction with beautiful choreography and good Nritha.

Guru Sheela Chandrashekhar (Natuvanga), Srivatsa (vocal), Bhavani Shankar (mridanga) and Karthik Sathavalli (flute) - gave inspiring support from the wings. Sharmila Mukherjee, a senior Odissi dancer, is also a good choreographer and teacher. She along with her seven students started their programme with a Mangalasharan on Lakshmi Devi (Raag Shivaranjini and Ektali). Sharmila displayed greater depth in the Ashtapadi of Jayadeva (Sakhi He, Raag Mishra Pahari Tal-Jati)  and the Pallavi (Charukeshi) was also evocative. Changing their roles in quick succession, young dancers performed the Oriya Abhinaya (Ahe Nila Saila, poet Salbeg’s prayer in Raag Arbhi) beautifully. They concluded with the ‘Moksha’ (Bhairavi) and their performance was impressive.

Budding artistes
The Bangalore Lalithakala Parishat presented a Bharathanatya recital as their 884th programme by the students of Kalasindhu Academy of Dance, under the direction of Poornima Gururaj, a senior dancer and teacher. Pushpanjali in Amrithavarshini gave them a good start. ‘Jaya Jaya Saraswathi’ of Mahipathi Dasaru, is a welcome change from the routine invocatory pieces. Poornima had selected the theme on Shiva and Shive and all the items were based on a variety of compositions available on the subject.

After Natesha Koutvam to represent Ananda Thandava, they chose a popular swara jathi of Shyama Sastry (Bhairavi) and a composition of Dwaraki Krishnaswamy. Two or three students in each charana performed with abandon, standing out for their good Nritta. In the Swathi Tirunal composition (Shankarabharana), Sambashiva and Shiva Kama Sundari - were portrayed impactfully. Their movements overall testified to their self assurance, but their Abhinaya has to gain in depth.

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(Published 16 October 2016, 20:06 IST)

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