The Articulate Festival-36 on May 19, at Veene Seshanna Bhavana in Kuvempunagar, Mysuru, witnessed a test of testosterone. The four artistes who descended onto the stage, in turn, presenting four different Classical Dance forms of India proved, beyond doubt, that Classical Dance is not prerogative of women, even men can dance like a man, of course with the inevitable touch of estrogen, for dance is a fine art. Male dancers came from Trivandrum, Rourkela and Bengaluru, with pride did they dance and found a place in the hearts of the rasikas.
Kalidas S. Panicker, currently tutored in dance by Guru Kalakshetra Jisha Raghav, set a divine ambiance with his Bharatanatyam opening act of Kumara Kouthvam, “Saravana Ponthadathil” in chaste Tamil. A composition of Madhurai R. Muraleedharan, set in Ragamalika and Aadhi Tala. Kalidas treated the prekshaka with a Vyasaraya Kannada kriti “Krishna Nee Begane Baaro” in Yaman Kalyani and Mishra Chaapu Tala in his concluding performance. Both the numbers were choreographed by the artiste himself.
