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Mahati Kannan and Ramya Venkataraman explored the concept of Shakti through well-researched pieces
1 week ago

Mahati Kannan and Ramya Venkataraman explored the concept of Shakti through well-researched pieces

The Hindu  

‘Prakrti to Para, An Exploration of Sakthi’, conceptualised and visualised by Bharatanrithyam dancers Mahati Kannan and Ramya Venkatraman of Nrithyodaya, was an exploration of the Divine Mother from the physical and the metaphysical plane, as described in the Vedas. ‘Devi as Prakrti is everywhere — as the Earth Goddess, as the dense forest, the fruits and flowers, as the sacred …

Rama Devi Shakti Mahati
Aathreyee Krishnaa’s concert shone with rare kritis
2 weeks ago

Aathreyee Krishnaa’s concert shone with rare kritis

The Hindu  

Athreyee Krishnaa is endowed with a melodic voice that easily traverses across octaves. Neraval and swaras were at ‘Baddu tappaka bhajiyince’ in the charanam.The swara korvais that she sang showed her control over laya. Athreyee commenced the evening concert with a Viruttham in Sankarabharanam, followed by ‘Meru samana’ by Saint Tyagaraja with engaging kalpanaswaras at the pallavi. Sublime rendition The …

Kalyani
How perfect eye movements and expressions can elevate a dance performance
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How perfect eye movements and expressions can elevate a dance performance

The Hindu  

The famous Sanskrit shloka ‘Yato hasto tato drishtih, Yato drishtih tato manah/ Yato manstato bhao, yato bhavo tatah rasah’ from the treatise Abhinaya Darpana means, ‘Where the hands go, the eyes should follow, Where the eyes go, the mind should follow, Where the mind goes, the emotion or rasa is generated.’ ‘Nayanam’, the solo Bharatanatyam recital by Apeksha Niranjan presented …

Eye Bharatanatyam Krishna Eyes Shiva Raga Nayan
Pritam Das is a young dancer to watch out for
10 months, 1 week ago

Pritam Das is a young dancer to watch out for

The Hindu  

When Pritam Das, as famed devadasi Mannargudi Meenakshi, walked into the darkened court of Maharaja Serfoji and stood alone in a big circle of light and saluted the king, there was a loud gasp in the audience. Pritam, a disciple of Rama Vaidyanathan, has already made an impression as an agile Bharatanatyam dancer with great lines and good footwork and …

King Pritam
Bhavajan Kumar’s performance was backed by good music
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bhavajan Kumar’s performance was backed by good music

The Hindu  

Bhavajan Kumar, disciple of Leela Samson and Jyotsna Narayan, proved himself as a promising Bharatanatyam artiste at the Music Academy’s dance festival. In the padavarnam, ‘Samiyai azhaithodi vaa’, the trikala jathi was unusual — the vilamba kala hardly had any steps, the dancer stayed in the kudichi mettu adavu for many counts, and the tisra section incorporated lots of jumps. …

Leela Samson Bhavajan
Spring tourism booms in Quzhou
1 year, 8 months ago

Spring tourism booms in Quzhou

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2023-04-10 Quzhou in East China's Zhejiang province received 4.36 million tourists in March, a year-on-year increase of 57.62 percent, the highest growth rate in the province and an increase of 45 percentage points compared with February. Many kinds of foods and snacks can be found on Mazhandi Food Street in Kecheng district, including fried dried rice noodles, dry …

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‘Minakshi - The Warrior Prinicess’, a digital album, themed on Syama Sastri ’s Navaratnamalika
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Minakshi - The Warrior Prinicess’, a digital album, themed on Syama Sastri ’s Navaratnamalika

The Hindu  

This album is not just about songs, but traces Syama Sastri’s devotion to Meenakshi, the powerful warrior, who transformed into a goddess and is enshrined inside the 700-year-old landmark structure at Madurai. The album begins with ‘Udhyadh bhanu sahasrakoti sadrusham ’, from Meenakshi Pancharatnam, followed by the kriti ‘Devi meena nethri’ in Sankarabharanam, Adi tala, with seamless niraval and swaraprastaras. …

Bhaskar Meenakshi Mishra Chapu Syama Sastri Raga Sankari Sankarabharanam
H.V. Srivatsan: Keeping alive the KVN bani
1 year, 11 months ago

H.V. Srivatsan: Keeping alive the KVN bani

The Hindu  

The guru-sishya relationship is the pivot around which music is carried forward to the next generation. The vocalist chose to render Swati Tirunal’s Navarathri kriti, ‘Devi jagad janani.’ The extensive niraval and swaraprastara were at the anupallavi, ‘Devamakuta mani.’ Mridangam exponent Trichur Narendran offered a powerful, yet aesthetic thani. Srivatsan commenced the concert with the Chaya Tarangini composition by Tyagaraja, …

Kvn Chapu Srivatsan Viloma Chapu
A carefully navigated concert by Sudha Ragunathan
2 years, 11 months ago

A carefully navigated concert by Sudha Ragunathan

The Hindu  

Sudha Ragunathan’s concert for the Music Academy relied on her famed presentation mantra and delivery style. ‘Enraikku siva kripai varumo’ in misra chapu and a dominant upper octave structure served as the booster to recoup her voice fluency. Mysore Sadasiva Rao’s ‘Saketha nagaranatha’ in rupakam is a unique kriti with a vibrant madhyama kala course and even a durita sprint …

Sudha Patri
Ashwath Narayanan painted myriad shades of Dhanyasi
3 years, 3 months ago

Ashwath Narayanan painted myriad shades of Dhanyasi

The Hindu  

According to Prof. Sambamurthy, one of the greatest musicologists, a raga is a musical organism that keeps evolving. While talking about Dhanyasi, who can forget KVN’s special, ‘Balakrishnan Padamalar’. He presented a judicious blend of vilamba, madhyama and dhuritha kala prayogas, strengthened by sturdy pidis, to bring out the raga’s many hues. L. Ramakrishnan, disciple of senior violinist A. Kanyakumari, …

Raga Ashwath Dhanyasi
Music concert with a difference
3 years, 5 months ago

Music concert with a difference

The Hindu  

The vocal recital by Anahita and Apoorva, featured as part of Baithak, a series of online musical evenings organised by HCL Concerts, turned out to be special because it had just one percussion accompaniment — kanjira — by Shree Sundarkumar. They sang Tyagaraja’s ‘Teliyaleru Rama’ in Dhenuka, a rather sombre composition where the saint-poet laments about people’s indifference to the …

Concert Shree Sundarkumar