Sri Mysore B. Nagaraj curated the 39th edition of Articulate Festival for Articulate Trust for Arts at Veene Seshanna Bhavana in city on Aug. 18 as part of every month 3rd Sunday concert series to a packed hall.
The festival started with a pandanallur style of Bharatanayam by Spoorthi Aurobbindo, her inaugural choice was a Tamil Kriti of Sri Papanasha Shivam, in raga Sriranjini and Adi tala, “Gajavadana karuna sadana”. In her second segment, a Sanskrit Krithi “Mahadeva Shiva Shambho” was performed in the Nruthya format set to raga: Revathi and Aadi Taal, composition of Thanjavur Sri Shankara Iyer. Sphoorthy, in her concluding number, performed a Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar’s composition in Kamala Manohari Raga set to Adi taala “Kanja dalayathakshi kamakshi.” All the three numbers were choreographed by her Guru Vasundhara Doraswamy of Mysuru. Spoorthi sailed through the dance numbers in the allotted time and set a good mood for the evening classical dance concert.
