Saturday, 20 June 2026

Double Bill Summer Dance Festival at IIC - Taalam: column by Leela Venkataraman

IIC's Summer Festival, for its dance component on the second day (June 12), attracting a fair-sized audience, could not have envisaged a more rewarding recital than that of Sourav Mohanty - a rare male Odissi talent, whose evocative dance effloresced in both stillness and movement. A product of training under Durga Charan Ranbir and presently under Rahul Acharya, both hailing from the Debaprasad gharana of Odissi, Sourav's dance with its impeccable lines, could be a reference point for both delicate artistry and aesthetic sensibility in Odissi...

The next half of the program featured Bharatanatyam dancer Sandhya Easwar, this year's winner of the Spirit of Youth Series in Chennai. Trained at Chennai's Kalakshetra, followed by a spell under Roja Kannan with abhinaya lessons under Bragha Bessel, the dancer is presently pursuing her training under the Dhananjayans....

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