Hackneyed fare
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The recitals did not meet the objective of coming out with new experiments.
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Rousing affair Ileana Citaristi and Saswat Ranjan Joshi gave a good performance.
The avowed objective of the Jugalbandi (Odissi dance duet) choreography festival organised by "Mokshya" was to showcase new experiments avoiding the traditional and clichéd presentation of the repertoire and to bring the male dancer into focus. But the recitals did not seem to quite match the objective.
The opening item was choreographed by Manjushree Panda with Sanatan Nayak as the co-dancer.
It began with a traditional Mangalacharan an invocation to Lord Ganesha and ended with Siva Sakti Rasamrutam, an abhinay piece that essayed the nava rasa.
The next item Rutu Abhisar was no novelty either as the seasonal changes to the moods of lovers is an age-old concept.
The dancers were Manoj Behera and Itishree Mohanty. Guru Bimbadhar Das and Sanjukta Das were the dancers who performed Swapna Bilasa excerpted from the Upendra Bhanja masterpiece Labanyabati.
It was a facile effort with Shrinagara rasa dominating.
Chitrangada staged
Another rousing affair was the concluding item Chitrangada by Ileana Citaristi and Saswat Ranjan Joshi. Choreographed by Ileana, this episode from the Mahabharata dealt with Chitrangada, daughter of King Parbata, who has been groomed as a great warrior. But Chitrangada discovers her femininity during a wrestling bout with Arjuna. The two then fall in love. .
The closing evening began rather indifferently with Gajendra Panda and Madhubrata Satpathy taking the stage with a Mangalacharan and a mimetic piece based on Radha Krishna love. Pitambar Biswal with co-dancers Raseswari Mohanty and Sunita Sahoo despite traditional items like Bhadrakalistaka and Ashabari Pallavi put up a neat performance.
Next came Lucky P Mohanty and Jyotsna Rani Sahoo with paean to Lord Shiva in Mangalacharan, abhinaya of Sita Harana and moskhya the kind of traditional repertoire that the fest was trying to break! The concluding item by Naba Mishra with co-dancers Adyasha Ray and Maushumi Madhuchhanda was a delight. It comprised Patitapabana taken from Upendra Bhanja's Baidehisa-Bilasa and an abhinaya of Kala Manika suffused with Batsalaya rasa.
B.M.
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