An artistic confluence
While there is a lot of informal talk about the ‘North-South divide’, when it comes to classical arts — both music and dance, many artistes from the city and across the country are coming together to perform over the weekend. Krupa Ravi and Ruchi Sharma United by seven musical notes Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar hails from Kolkata and plays North Indian classical music on the Sarod. Such programmes give us an opportunity and responsibility to showcase both styles of music before the audience.” Atri Kotal Best of both worlds Krupa Ravi is a Bharatanatyam dancer from Hyderabad and collaborates with Kathak exponent Ruchi Sharma from New Delhi. Collaborations help in realising that there is unity in diversity and that it is important to celebrate differences and embrace similarities.” Priyanka Chandrashekhar Says Kathak exponent Ruchi Sharma, “The meaning of both dance forms remains the same. It’s a slightly different experience from a solo performance as I have to be aware at each moment about the intricacies that are performed by the co-performer.” Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar Collaboration is progress Bhavana Gowri Penubolu is a Bharatanatyam dancer and has embarked on a Jugalbandi with Kathak dancer Priyanka Chandrasekhar from Bengaluru.
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