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Jan.26, 2020
SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA
A good beginning!
Photos by Santosh Kumar
As part of the Margazhi festival, the BharatNritya Utsav – the
dance festival of SriParthasarathy Swami Sabha was inauguratedlast
week on 19 Jan at Narada Gana Sabha.
Padmashri Chitra Visweswaran and ProfSudharani Raghupathy
presented the NatyaKalasarathy Award to senior dancers –Kalaimamani
Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy andPadmashri Aruna Mohanty for their
significantcontributionin the field of dance. Sri. ShenoyVishwanath
Vittal, “Executive Director, IndianBank, inaugurated the festival.
Sri.Krishnamurthy, Secretary of the Sabhaanchored the event and
shared the activitiesof the 120 year old sabha. President Dr.
NalliKuppuswami Chetti also congratulated thesabha through his
encouraging speech. Cash awards given from theendownment of Sri. G.
Mahalingam and Smt. M. Sundari Endowment instituted bySri. M.
Balasubramaniam
The inaugural function was followed by ‘Govindam Bhaja’, adance
production by senior students of Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy’sSri
Mudhraalaya.
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Varsha J, presented a thematic solo recital‘Shakthi’
choreographed by her Guru, Smt.Lakshmi Priya Raja.
She began with a Pushpanjali set to Natairagam and a melodic
Virutham on LalithaSahasranamam set to Vasantha.
The Kali kavuthuvam in Gowlai Ragam andKhanda Chapu Talam,
composed by GangaiMuthu Nattuvanar took one to the ancientAlangadu
where Kali is said to have dancedto the beats of Nandi and the
music ofNarada in accordance to Bharata’s 108talams.
The crowning piece of the performance wasDr. Lalgudi Jayaraman’s
Angayarkanni PadaVarnam set to a Ragamalika. She moved onto Shakthi
Thandavam composed by SriJagan and set to music in Hamsadhwani
bySri. Udipi Lakshmi Narayan. Theperformance concluded with a
Thillanacomposed by Dr. Lalgudi Jayaraman set inMaand Ragam.
Shakthi – a solo thematicrecital displayed immense energy
Varsha’s command over basics ofBharatanatyam coupled with her
spirit madethe performance lively. She was supportedby Smt. Lakshmi
Priya Raja on thenattuvangam, Rajeswari Kumar on the vocal,Sridhar
Pandian on the mridangam andRamesh on the flute.
Poornashri Srivathsan,disciple of Guru Dr. UmaAnand
Sridevi Rangarajan,Disciple of Guru AkilaSubramanyam
ApoorvaNatarajan,disciple of
GuruDr. Ananda
Shankar Jayant
Shruthi Lakshmi, disciple ofGuru Dr. Vijay Madhavan
Students of Naya Kala Niketan, disciples ofGuru Kavita
Srinivasan
Sneha Manikandan, disciple ofGuru Deepa Ganesh
Lavanya, disciple ofGuru Lalitha Ganapathy
AMRUTHA SRIRAM
Varisha Narayanan, disciple of GuruK.M. Jayakrishnan & Guru
Ambika Buch
Aneesh Raghavan,disciple of Guru SangeetaDash
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JANUARY 26, 2020 3Brimming with enthusiasm
A student of Smt Srekala Bharath, Oviya was brimmingwith
enthusiasm.
She began her recital with a high spirited Pushpanjaliin Ragham
Arabhi, a composition by Dr M BalamuraliKrishna. Followed by that
was a Kumara kavuttuvamin Ragamalika, composed by Madurai
R.Muralidharan.
The next item was a Jatiswaram in Ragamalika andMisrachappu
which proved to be a challengingcomposition.
The varnam was a beautiful composition by Sri LalgudiG Jayaraman
titled Angayar Kaneer Anandam KondaalinRagamalika. The orchestra
consisted of ChitrambariKrishna Kumar on the vocals, M.Dhananjayan
on themridangam, N.Shikamani on the violin and Smt. SrekalaBharath
on the nattuvangam.
The second half of the recital continued with a Javali,Madhura
Nagarilo in Ragam Ananda Bhairavi. Lookingat the simple
interpretation taught to her for thisperformance, we can expect she
will also delve deeperon the lyrics in the years to come. Oviya
completedher recital with the lively Thillana in
RagamKadanakuthuhalam by Dr M Balamuralikrishna.
Neat Movements
The Annual Bharata Nritya Utsav hostedby Sri Parthasarathy Swamy
Sabha took offto a great start right after its inauguration,keeping
the spirit high throughout the firstweek of performances. Amongst
the line ofyoung, aspiring dancers was SamyukthaShankar, a disciple
of Revathy Narasimhanfrom Bangalore who decorated the stagevery
well with her earnest and sinceredancing.
Samyuktha began her recital with aPushpanjali in Ragam
Hamsadwani followedby a short Ganesha Stuthi. Neat movementscoupled
with crisp aramandi at the rightplaces set a good precedent for a
heavymargam. She then moved on to perform theevergreen Swamiye Vara
Cholladi by SriDandayudha Pani Pillai in RagamPurvikalyani. Slow
paced jatis andaddressing the Lord through manydescriptive hands
without prolonging thepiece was well put together. The emphasislaid
on the episode between Muruga(disguised as an old man) and Valli
was agood ice breaker to the fast paced recordedmusic.
Jagadodharana, an all-time favouriteto both connoisseurs was
Samyuktha’s nextchoice. She performed the piece but, with asurfaced
level understanding of the Vatsalyabhava with dedication.
The Chief Guest and Guest of HonourKalaimamani Thiru Ramji and
Smt. SudhaSwarnalakshmi were invited on stage tospeak a few words.
Their short but impactfulfeedback verified Samyuktha’s
dedicationtowards her performance. Although sheconcluded her
recital with a Javali, set toragam Kapi and composed by
DharmapuriSubbarayar, one did not seem to havemissed a Thillana
which generally serves asthe concluding piece in a
Bharatanatyamrecital.
A good team spirit by Sri Kala RangaSchool of danceIt was a
vibrant performance by a teamof young dancers from Sri Kala
RangaSchool of dance, along with theirteacher, Dr. Srithika
Kasturirangan.
The group comprising DeepaRamanathan, Manjari
Pradeep,RenukaSugavanam, AnerudhSrinivasan commenced
theirperformance with Natana PoojaiSeivom set in Hamsadhwani
Ragamand Rupaka Talam.
The team proceeded to the central piece of a repertoirewith the
famous Swami Naan UndhanAdimai popularly known as the Natakurinji
Varnam composed by Sri. Papanasam Sivan.The jathis composed
depicted the paraphernalia of the Lord of dance.
Deepa, Renuka and Anerudh moved on to Naan oru vilayatu bommaya
composed bySri.Papanasam Sivan and set to Navarasa Kannada Ragam
and Adi Talam. The puppetrymovements emulating the essence of the
song was an interesting watch.
Valli Kanavan Perai set in Ragam Chenchurutti and Adi Talam
performed by Dr. Srithikaresonated with Valli’s enthusiasm through
its crisp adavus and spirited abhinaya.
What else could have given the evening a youthful ending than
Dr. Balamurali Krishna’spopular Thillana in Kathanakuthukalam ragam
and Aditalam. The colourful costumes anda good team spirit simply
added to the aura.
NIVEDITA RAGHAVAN
AMRUTHA SRIRAM
NIVEDITA RAGHAVAN
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4 JANUARY 26, 2020An evening of Ashtapadi-s
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27-1-2020 (Monday)5.30 pm Bharatanatyam Ramya Venkataraman7.00
pm Bharatanatyam Dr. Divyatha Arun28-1-2020 (Tuesday)5.30 pm
Bharatanatyam Rukshikaa Elankumaran7.00 pm Bharatanatyam Kavya
Muralidaran29-1-2020 (Wednesday)5.30 pm Bharatanatyam Dr. Radha
Krishnan & Arabhi Krishnan7.00 pm Bharatanatyam Vaishanavi
Anand & Aishwarya Harish30-1-2020 (Thursday)5.30 pm
Bharatanatyam Madhumitaa Prabhakaran7.00 pm Bharatanatyam Students
of Kaladiksha31-1-2020 (Friday)5.30 pm Bharatanatyam Riha Giri7.00
pm Bharatanatyam Soumya Tilak Seshadri1-2-2020 (Saturday)4.00 pm
Bharatanatyam Nithyasri5.30 pm Bharatanatyam Sarika & Sneha7.00
pm Bharatanatyam Kshiraja2-2-2020 (Sunday)4.00 pm Bharatanatyam
Preetha5.30 pm Bharatanatyam Vyomini7.00 pm Bharatanatyam
Akshara
Com
ing
upLast week Parthasarathy Swami Sabha inassociation with Dr.
Lakshmi Ramaswamy’sSri Mudhraalaya organised ‘Of EternalSongs – An
Insight to Approach and VisualPresentation of Ashtapadi-s’ to
bringforward understanding of Ashtapadi-s fromthe perspective of
choreography. Threeeminent dancers – Dr. Neena
Prasad(Mohiniyattam), Jigyasa Giri (Kathak),Padmashri Aruna Mohanty
(Odissi)discussed the approach through their owndance styles.
Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy raised the curtainwith a snippet from an
Ashtapadi whiledance critic, Leela Venkatraman was invitedto
present a special talk – Fragrance andFlavour of Ashtapadi-s.
The audience comprised of dance studentsand researchers who
actively participatedin the interactive session.
TIDE – a YouTube channel for all IndianDance Forms by GIRI also
supported theevent as the digital partner.
Photos by Santosh Kumar
