Captivating performance
NEAT Medhini put up a fine performance
A brilliant dancer-couple Sanjay Shantharam and Shama Shantharam showed an ease and dramatic variety which spoke of their feel for choreography during the presentation of a dance-drama Shankari at Ravindra Kalakshetra. It was held in connection with the 17th anniversary of the Shivapriya School of Dance. It is not a subject that is new, yet one saw great thought and imagination in culling out the picture of the Devi. Shama as Parvathi and Shantharam as Shiva stole the show. Captivating recorded music, apt choreography, meaningful light-designing et al, contributed to the success of the presentation.
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The young and talented exponent of Bharatanatya, Chethana Radhakrishna along with her enthusiastic husband Radhakrishna, has been rendering some useful service not only by training youngsters from a cross-section of the society, but by also holding annual competitions and festivals. Gurudev Lalithakala Academy founded by the couple has been a hub of dance and literary activities. The ten-year-old Academy has many significant programmes to its credit.
A four-day festival of dance Narthana was held at NKW auditorium. During this festival four of Guru Chethana's disciples M.G. Sindhu, S. Shwetha, Sindhu and Bindu Rao regaled the packed audiences with their Bharatanatya artistry. Guru Radhakrishna herself with her skilled student Megha B. Kakkilaya was in her peak form in an enthralling duet.
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Guru Chethana and Radhakrishna's petite daughter Medhini Radhakrishna did her "Salangai Pooja" and won the accolades from the rasikas for her neat performance. There is a practice of performing this pooja in Bharatanatya. The dancer who is yet to make her debut performance and who has been taught almost all the marga-items of Bharatanatya could perform Salangai pooja (worshipping the anklets). It is a stepping-stone for Rangapravesha. Medhini danced confidently and rendered Pushpanjali, a Subrahmanya Kauthuvam, Dasara padas "Gajavadana" and "Yadavaraya" with conviction. She holds a lot of promise.
M. SURYA PRASAD
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