‘Megh’ it rain with song and dance
Deccan Chronicle“Who sings better than you?” This question was asked of the legendary singer Tansen by none other than King Akbar. “Almost everyone knows of Tansen as one of the greatest musicians but not many know that he was a Dhrupad singer,” says Sankaran who has had an interesting tryst with Dhrupad music. “It has been six years now and I still have a lot to learn.” What lured him to Dhrupad music was its focus on the purity of the notes and sound, which is very high.The performance itself has been divided into four parts, or chapters, each comprising of an alap, a non textual improvised version of the raga, and a composition which has been written by Tansen himself. So, this chapter is about exploration of the alap with incremental notes.” This chapter will be in Raga Bhairav, an early morning raga traditionally sung by all musicians in the beginning of their performance and the composition is a description is a description of the natural beauty around Akbar’s court. “The music is feeding both the musician and the dancer.” Belliveau is accomplished not only in contemporary dance techniques but also physical theatre, circus and Indian classical dance forms like Kallaripayattu and Kuchipudi.
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