MAGIC OF KALIDAS POETRY EXPLORED THROUGH BHARATANATYAM / ODISSI COMBINE
The evening at the Stein auditorium, Kalidas Edit, sponsored by Bhagyam Arts run by Suranya Iyer, Shreyasi Gopinath Dance Academy, Sangeet Vidya Niketan and Habitat Centre, featuring the Odissi/Bharatanatyam combine of Madhur Gupta and Shreyasi Gopinath, was a valiant attempt at catching the seamless poetic imagery of Kalidas's evocative muse, through the language of two dance forms.
DANCE TEACHERS PROVE THEIR WORTH
How changed is the classical dance climate! One could hardly imagine a Nattuvanar like Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai or a Kittappa Pillai, from the haloed perch of teaching, coming down to presenting themselves as performers! The day of giants has long past gone and now classical dance teaching has passed into younger hands, and it was an interesting evening at the Kamani, when faculty members of the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra, took the stage presenting themselves as performers.
ADI ANANT - RARE EXPERIMENT IN KATHAK
Usha RK, with one of the most fertile minds for conceiving and assisting in creating productions, spurred by off-the-cuff themes, in her latest effort, involved Kathak dancers Sanjukta Sinha, Dheerendra Tiwari and Sanjeet Gangani, in what in this form of dance is an unusual concept. Adi Anant was on Shiva, who incorporates within his essence the Universe with the five elements.
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