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Celebrating the unity in the diverse dance forms
Noted young artistes from different dance genres came together at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad on Sunday, to give individual performances as a part of celebrating the upcoming International Dance Day (April 29). Yamini Reddy, daughter and disciple of Gurus Raja Radha Reddy started the evening with her performance in traditional Kuchipudi style. She enacted the ‘Dasha Avataras’ through the movement
Noted young artistes from different dance genres came together at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad on Sunday, to give individual performances as a part of celebrating the upcoming International Dance Day (April 29). Yamini Reddy, daughter and disciple of Gurus Raja Radha Reddy started the evening with her performance in traditional Kuchipudi style. She enacted the ‘Dasha Avataras’ through the movements of dance.
This was followed by Vaishnavi Sainath who performed Bharatanatyam and did pieces that depicted the different aspects of Lord Shiva and his consort Goddess Parvathi. Lord Shiva is personified by the energy through, which the cosmos is balanced, and one could see the interesting merger of other art forms depicting the power of Lord.
Even the music accompanying the dance had the blend of tradition and modernity. Vaishnavi is the daughter and disciple of her mother Rajeshwari Sainath and has travelled all over the world with performances that focus on the important role of women in society.
Reela Hota went on to dance Odissi style which had an integration of the spiritual side of yoga. Reela is the daughter of Yoga Guru, Bijoylaxmi Hota. She has been trained in Odissi dance under the eminent Gurus namely Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, Madhavi Mudgal and Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. Reela’s presentation was based on inspiration of her spiritual guru Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati and the choreography by her mother Bijoylaxmi Hota.
Dr Anjana Jha performed fast pieces set to Teentaal (sixteen beat cycles) in Kathak style of dance. The first piece was a composition of renowned Hindustani vocalist Pandit Rajan Mishra. Anjana Jha has learnt Kathak from Guru Shri Sukh Dev Singh Kushwah since the age of eight years and further mastered the art at Kathak Kendra, New Delhi from Pandit Rajendra Gangani. Anjana concluded her dance performance with a ‘Tarana’ in which she displayed remarkable control and mastery of footwork.
It was nice to see young professional dancers come together on stage to celebrate International Dance day, which was well supported by the Department of Culture and Government of Telangana.
By:Jaywant Naidu
