Mysuru: While the Mecca of Dance, Chennai, was busy witnessing series of dances in the great season, Mysuru, Medina of Culture, spared no efforts to have an evening of classical dances. Articulate Festival on Sunday, the 17th December, 2017 celebrated the cold season with Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Odissi at the Premier Studios, Jayalakshmipuram, Mysuru. Festival was co-ordinated by Mysore B Nagaraj. Three Artistes from Nrutyayana Odissi Dance Academy, Smaranika Jena, Debashree Panda and Ankita Arpita Mohanty, invoked Lord Ganesha through the composition “Vakratunda” before elaborating on the Shiva Tatvas through Shiva Panchakshari Stotra. Megha Pallavi and a dance on the presiding deity of Mysore Durga followed. The Odissi dance befitted to be opening act with its measured delicate movement and attractive freezes, apart from its sensual gaits. The three artistes were well synchronised in all the repertoire presented and oozed spiritual fervour. Bharatanatyam by Nitya Narasimhan included “Shankarabharanam” a dance describing the form and formless aspect of Shiva, The Kshetriah Padam “Chudare” commenting on dalliance of a married women with a man not her husband and “Ranjani Mala” extolling the Godness and greatness of mother Goddess. Nitya Narasimhan’s performance was crisp in her movements and dignified though the padam was full of reference to sensuality.
