Mysore B. Nagaraj of Articulate Trust for Arts, curated the 32nd Articulate Festival on Jan.20 at Veene Seshanna Bhavana, Ganabharathi, Kuvempunagar, Mysuru, that was beautiful and enraptured the audience. The evening saw two duets and two solo formats in Bharatanatyam and Odissi classical dance.
Vidya V. Thayoor, disciple of Guru Dr. Soundarya Srivatsa of Nartana Keertana Centre for Performing Arts, opened her Bharatanatyam Solo presentation with a Sanskrit composition shringara lahari, shritajana shubhakari, in Raga: Neelambari, Taal: Adi as benediction to Devi Parvati in Shringara Rasa. She concluded with a Abhinaya composition in Tamil “Eppadi manam tunindado swami,” set to Raga: Huseni, Taal: mishra chapu, culled from the abridged version of Ramayana, “Ramanatakam.”
