The Articulate Festival showed how Kavita finds various interpretations in dance

The performance of Kathak dancer Ashimbandu Bhattacharjee highlighted the bond of Guru-Sisya between Ramakrishna Pramhamasa and Swami Vivekananda. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Ashimbandu Bhattacharjee (Kathak), Deepak Mazumdar (Bharatanatyam) and Aruna Mohanty (Odissi), who performed at the festival, showed how Kavita finds various interpretations in dance.

It was an evening to celebrate the contribution of three experienced dancers – Ashimtudhu Bhattacharji (Kathak), Deepak Mazumdar (Bharatanatyam) and Aruna Mohanty (Odissi), who performed for the Articulate Festival in Bengaluru.

For Guru-Shyya Bond

The introductory number by Ashimbandhu was an Ode for the Guru -Shyas shared by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Swami Vivekananda. He highlighted the relationship between man and God in a piece of ‘Soyham’, which was set for Dhamaar Tal and Raga Darbari.

In the ‘bouquet’, a bouquet of ghazal, Ashimbandu highlighted the poetic expression using white, black and red clothes, made a urns filled with water and rose petals and a lantern, formed to look at an attractive look.

Dynamic movements and fine manifestations marked the Odissi performance of Aruna Mohanty at the Articulate Festival held in Bangalore. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

From the moment Aruna Mohanty appeared on a sculpture stance on the stage, which was prepared by the beam of light was a combination of dynamic movements and fine manifestations.

Based on a lesson from Shevatvatar UpanishadThe first composition ‘Shunya Swaropa’ addressed the universal presence of the supreme power, which cannot be seen only through the meaningless Lord Jagannath and cannot be seen. He made a great impact on how he affects everyone.

Beauty presentation

It is not an evil hero, but a prototype of the hero was discovered in another piece ‘Pratanayaka’. Citing examples of Narasimha-Hiranyakashipu, Ram-Rawana and Krishna-Kama, Aruna emphasized the philosophy, ‘I am-you are’, so to highlight that every person is a mixture of good and bad. Sweet music, light design and choreographer are originally mixed in aesthetic presentation.

Deepak Mazumdar’s Bharatanatyam performance was an Ode for devotion through Surdas and Tulsidas. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Deepak Majumdar’s ‘Sur Ke Shyam – Tulsi Ke Ram’, Surdas and Tulsidas had an ODE for devotion.

The next piece, ‘That Govinda Woh Gopala’ talked about quitting materialistic life to understand the presence of Supreme. Elephant’s analogy is used as a person of the ego who is separated from the crocodile that represents the crocodile, Deepak depicted Gajendra Mohammed.

Then came ‘Char Pahar’, which referred to not only for a time cycle but in the four stages of man. The hymn of the attractive lamp ‘Ram Charan Sukhakai’ was equally focused on the feet to portray the spirit of surrender.

It was hearty to see a performance that moved leisurely to highlight the essence of each composition.