Youthful and elegant
IMPRESSIVE Keertikumar's performance spoke of hardwork and good training
Bharatanatya performer Keerthikumar's youthful glow and trim figured elegance caught the attention of the rasikas as the Nayana auditorium and he had the requisite credentials for his performance during the Every Wednesday Cultural Evening Programme. His hard work and good training under his Guru V. Nagabhushan was evident and rewarding too.
Aptly accompanied by Nagabhushan (nattuvanga), Nandakumar (vocal), Madhusudan (violin) and Tulasiram (mridanga), Keerthikumar began his dance recital with a traditional Nata Pushpanjali. Muthuswamy Dikshitar's "Siddhi Vinayakam" (Shanmukhapriya) was utilised to depict the traits of the Lord of Obstacles. Some of his freezes and the adjoining nritta were neatly met with. In the Ramayana shabda, familiar episodes from the Ramayana got beautifully enacted by Keerthikumar. The Bhairavi varna addressed to Lord Krishna ("Nanda Gopalanai, Sakhi, Vara cholladi") was delineated with confidence and conviction. The depiction of the Vamanaavatara, in particular, was noteworthy.
Likewise, the dancer showed glimpses of his understanding of satwikaabhinaya in rendering a well-known Kanakadasa pada "Baagilanu teredu". Brindavani tillana was the concluding item of his recital.
Dance fest
A one-day dance festival with Krishna as theme was held at ADA Rangamandira under the joint aegis of the International Dance Alliance, Chennai, and its Bangalore Chapter led by Guru Padmini Murali of Padmalaya Centre for Performing Arts. Though the theme was specified earlier, it was intriguing to see the performers either adhering to it in parts or totally ignoring it.
In a grand dance choreography, Mangalore's Lakshmi Gururaj and her members of the troupe excelled in highlighting the virtues of both the theme and medium. The Bharatanatya vocabulary shone forth at every stage of the dance feature. With mercurial movements, the dancers covered the stage and the theme of Krishna's birth and his shifting to Gokula was excellently unfolded. Aided by a strong musical ensemble led by Sudhir Rao, the dancers including Lakshmi Gururaj enthralled the audience.
Pooja and group in their Kathak mode tried to sketch Holi. The long-drawn sequences of ched chaad and Raas could have been avoided.
Though fine angikas and the grandeur of nritta was the mainstay of the performance by Ajay Vishwanath and group, the portrayal of "Sundariyon ke sang", "Do mataonki mamatha", "Adharam Madhuram" did not measure up to the required excellence. The dedicated performances by Pratibha Ramaswamy, Deepa and Sushma could have glowed with a more inspiring musical support. However, Thyagaraja's krithi "Baagaayanayya" (Bindumalini) was relieving.
M. SURYA PRASAD
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