Free-flowing movements
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Young dancer Aparna gave it all she had.
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Kartik Fine Arts presented young Bharatanatyam dancer Aparna Krishnan, a disciple of Guru Ranganayaki Jayaraman, in its opening programme of the evening at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan auditorium this Monday. Audiences are usually thin for this performance slot, but the young artistes give it all they have and the spectators tend to make up for their small numbers with enthusiastic applause. Aparna's case was no exception.
Among other numbers, she presented a shabdam dedicated to Lord Siva. The shabdam is a part of the traditional Bharatanatyam repertoire that seems to have gone out of favour with performers, though students still learn it. So it was nice to see it being performed.
Aparna is talented and enthusiastic. Her free-flowing arm movements, well-delineated postures and expressive face are her assets. However, frequent inattention to the rhythm was noticeable. In a piece in misra chapu she would omit the required pauses or in a fast chaturashra tempo, her steps would go beyond the required speed. Also, the addition of Kuchipudi-like steps and Bharatanatyam jumps added up to a `filmi' look.
`Jaya Jaya Devi,' a Tamil composition of H. Vaidyanathan, was set as a varnam though not in the typical musical mode. The ragamalika and talamalika composition depicted the navarasas as reflected in the personality of the consort of Siva, using various episodes from mythological lore. Set to music by Aparna's guru, the piece contained some keyboard effects that were jarring. Anjana Rajan
Anjana Rajan
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