Day of seasoned dancers
SARAT CHANDRA
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The Odissi dance meet highlighted the significance of the dance form on the global stage.
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FINE ATTRIBUTION A presentation by Rabindra Attibudhi's group.
The five-day global Odissi dance meet in Bhubaneswar signified the arrival of the dance form on the global stage.
The opening day saw Mayadhara Raut, Minati Mishra, Durga Charan Ranabir, Gangadhar Pradhan, Rabindra Attibudhi give solo recitals. Danseuse Kumkum Mohanty charmed the audience with the simplest possibly song by Gopala Krishan Patnaik, a Vaishnavite poet of the 19th century.
The song is a lullaby that Yoshada supposedly sang to baby Krishna to make him sleep. . In this song of four stanzas, the poet reflects the many guiles a mother resorts to lull children to sleep. Kumkum Mohanty transformed the lines into dance syllables.
Delhi-based Sonal Mansingh was another danseuse who also impressed. The dancer has taken a philosophic theme that was a challenge to Sonal's choreographic abilities. The theme, Jara, was based on a Sitakanta Mohapatra's poem who drew his plot from the Mahabharat. Mumbai-based Rabindra Attibudhi danced a solo (19th century poet Baladev Rath's Kishora Chandrananda Champu). A group dance, based on a song by 18th century poet Banamali spoke of the sublime beauty of Sri Krishna. The choreographer equated Lord Jagannath with Sri Krishna, resorting to some finer attributes of Jagannath culture, such as tahia and pahandi that are peculiar to the Puri cult.
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