Keeping up with the traditions
A. RAMALINGA SASTRY
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U.S.-based Jyotsna Potarazu is a proud picture of NRIs keen on spreading Indian culture.
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PHOTO: C.V. SUBRAHMANYAM
REVEALING SPONTANEITY Impeccable precision in foot-work marked Jyotsna's performance.
Non-Resident Indians seem to be keen on not only maintaining their credentials at home in performing traditional arts, but also getting their skill honed at regular intervals.
U.S.-based Jyotsna Potarazu reflects this image. Jyotsna, sharpens her skill in performing dance under the tutelage of the Kuchipudi maestro, Vempati Chinna Satyam at his Art Academy in Chennai for not less than two months every year since 1994.
Jyotsna also by choice figured in almost all dance ballets he presented in many countries in the last six years or so. She has also trained number of youngsters, including her children, at her Kuchipudi training institute. Together with her husband, Dr. Sridhar, she set up a trust called Sivam in Washington DC for promoting cross-cultural exchange of the emerging generation of artistes besides fostering the process of preservation of the divine fervour that marks Indian classical dance.
Taking advantage of her recent visit to Visakhapatnam, (her parents stay there) committee members of Shirdi Sai Baba Spiritual Centre in association with those of Soundaryalahari, Inner Wheel and Rotary Clubs, organised a recital in Kalabharathi last week. Impeccable footwork and rhythmic grace, articulate clarity in mudra, excellent finish in posture and spontaneity in expression marked her performance.
Getting off to an obeisant start Sri Ganapathuni of Thyagaraja, she evolved a blissful tenor and tempo exhibiting Rukmini Pravesadaruvu (Kalyani - Misrachapu), two compositions of Annamayya (Kamas - Khandachapu and Ragamalika - Aadi), Parulannamaata Javali in Kapi - Roopakam, Mudikondan Venkata Ramana Bhagavatar's Hamsanandi Thillana.
Nattuvangam by Vempati Ravishankar and vocal by D. S. V. Sastry along with L.S. Suryakanth ( mridangam), M. Neeladrirao (violin), R. Sankar (veena) and S. Sasidharan (flute) contributed grandeur.
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