Classical dancer Aswathi K won hearts with her mature dance rendition

Aswathi K, a disciple of Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy, won the Junior Kalavaahini Scholarship, which offers mentorship by Malavika Sarukkai for a definite play of time. For her show astatine this year’s variation of the Dance for Dance Festival, she chose K.N. Dhandayuthapani Pillai’s pada varnam, ‘Saamiyai azhaitthodi va’ in Navaragamalika, Adi, which has plentifulness of scope to elaborate.

Aswathi is a promising young dancer with a beingness and maturity beyond her age. A beardown orchestra backed her — Udaya Sankar Lal (nattuvangam), Binu Venugopal (vocal), P.K. Sivaprasad (mridangam) and Easwar Ramakrishnan (violin).

The beauteous nayika feels the onset of spring, the play for romance, and yearns for her soulmate ‘Eesan (Shiva). She establishes the nayaka when she describes his procession and the galore variations of his regal walk. In ‘Mamadi mugamo’, she expanded connected the viraha she suffers from. Easwar’s Mohanam set the temper and Binu’s tanam added to it. The moon’s rays scorch the nayika’s assemblage and she cannot carnivore to spot the blossoming flowers and the bees buzzing astir them. Aswathi’s abhinaya style, a premix of mukhaja and angika, and explained with metaphors, influenced her delineation. The dancer was convincing successful her portrayal.

The anupallavi ‘Tamadam’ was taken earlier the dividing jathi, an antithetic step, though the opus continued successful the aforesaid vein.

Aswathi’s footwork and timing were impressive, and 1 could perceive the chiseled dependable of her bells with each beat. The deficiency of araimandi was, however, of concern. She should not beryllium utilizing space-covering movements astatine this signifier of her career. The euphony was astir enjoyable, and the orchestra was afloat successful sync with the dancer throughout.