Picturesque panorama
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Five renowned dance forms and an edge-of-the-seat magic show marked Sambaram 2006.
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Photo: K. R. Deepak
KATHAK RECITAL Performers from Mumbai at the festival.
The stage at Kalabharathi last Friday presented the look of a picturesque panorama of all but two (Mohiniattam and Kathakali) of the seven accredited forms of Indian classical dance styles and select folk traditions.
The artistes involved were mostly those who have made an indelible mark at the recently held National and International children's festivals.
Intricate footwork
It was all part of `Sambaram-2006' organised by School of Theatre Arts under the stewardship of its founder-president, P. Nagaraj Patnaik.
The programme started on a scintillating note with a couple of dances in the Kuchipudi style followed by a folk item presented by the pupils of the local T.S. Kalasamithi.
Then followed Dasavataar in the typical Manipuri tradition and Assamese folk items. Kavitha and Vijayanand, who presented these items, appeared to be epitomes of perfection articulating all intricacies of footwork, mudra, gesture and movement.
Balasri award winner R.K. Satyaditya then enthralled all alike singing a composition in Bhimpalasi in the North Indian style of classical music and a folk song. Mangalacharan by artistes of Berhampore (Orissa), despite lack of synchrony of footwork and abhinaya between them, gave a few glimpses of the lithe grace ordained in the Odissi tradition. Award winners at the recent International Children's fete, Satwika and Janani, presenting dances that seemed to be paragons of perfection and aesthetic balance of nritta, nritya and naatya of the Bharatanatyam style.
Sprightly looking young disciples of guru Latha Bakalkar of Mumbai-based Aditi Nrityalaya - Aparna Mane, Bhagyasri Bandekar, Samyukta Khande and Alil Tanwi Pallav - seemed to be their peers presenting the quintessence of sublime classicism ordained in the Kathak tradition. Interspersed between these performances was a bewitching magic show presented by the magician of international acclaim B.S. Reddy of the port city. Making a little girl appear floating mid-air besides many more such feats, Reddy literally kept the audience wonderstruck.
A.R.S
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