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Anjali Hariharan, a elder disciple of Anita Guha, presented a bhava-rich recital, astatine Narada Gana Sabha mini hallway recently.
She began her performance, for Natyarangam, with an energetic nritta, acceptable to tune by Venkateshwaran Kuppuswamy. This was followed by a keerthanam ‘Shringara lahari’, composed by Lingaraj extolling goddess Mathangi, successful raga Nilambari. The keerthanam describes the goddess arsenic an embodiment of compassion and grace.
The dancer showcased her prowess | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan
A creation by the Thanjavur Quartet ‘Karuna juda’, a varnam successful raga Atana, tala Adi, was taken up next. The kriti is astir a viraha nayika who expresses her heavy longing to unite with the ultimate lord of Thanjavur. However, the bhakti rasa, predominant successful the piece, added quality to the depiction.
The choreographer’s expertise was evident successful the handling of the sancharis — her mentation of the ceremonial procession of the deity, wherein Anjali took connected aggregate roles specified arsenic the awestruck devotee, the men carrying the idol and the majestic quality of the lord .
Her repertoire included an exclusive acceptable that started with an energetic nritta. | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan
The nritta interludes successful the varnam, marked by sparkling footwork that included sutradavu oregon bhramaris, aptly brought retired the dynamic persona of Brahadeeswara.
The aggregate dimensions of Meera’s bhakti to Krishna were captured efficaciously successful the bhajan ‘Hari bin savan kyon aaye’ successful raga Madhuvanthi, Misra Chapu tala, acceptable to tune by Prof. V.V. Subrahmanyam. Meera dreams about dancing with Krishna, arsenic she experiences the beauteous showers of savan, erstwhile the cuckoo sings and the peacock dances joyously. Suddenly she realises that Krishna is not with her. It is successful this infinitesimal that she laments: ‘Without you Hari, each this quality is incomplete’.
Anjali’s portrayal of devotion and unwavering emotion of Meera for Krishna reflected a precocious grade of spiritual and affectional refinement. The thillana by Lalgudi Jayaraman successful raga Mohanakalyani, and tala Adi, was performed with precision and grace.
The recital concluded with ‘Hariharathmajam‘ that had the intended calming effect.
Anitha Guha’s choreography, crafted specially for Anjali, was successful tune with the lyrical and affectional contented of the songs. The orchestra, with Jayashree Ramanathan (nattuvangam), Hariprasad Kaniyal (vocals), Ramshankar Babu (mridangam), Anantha Raman (violin) and Sujit Naik(flute) added worth to the performance.
