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New classical productions travel up breathtaking themes.
Aayam presents ‘Nrityadhara 3’ – A solemnisation of learning, lineage and Bharatanatyam — the yearly Bharatanatyam showcase conceived and directed by guru Sindhu Mishra. It brings unneurotic much than 100 dancers connected the signifier and the accumulation celebrates the tone of Bharatanatyam done rhythm, expression, devotion and storytelling.
The programme opens with a contemplative guru stuti inspired by Meerabai, performed by elder disciples, which transitions into chatusra alarippu composed and choreographed by Sindhu Mishra, followed by a jathiswaram successful ragamalika acceptable to Misra Chapu tala, and aboriginal an abhinaya portion ‘Krishna nee begane baro’. The repertoire besides includes ‘Shivashtakam’, based connected the celebrated hymn composed by Adi Shankaracharya, which volition beryllium presented by intermediate students.
The youngest dancers of Aayam volition execute ‘Angikam Bhuvanam’, a shloka often introduced to beginners arsenic an invocation to Shiva. Their presumption volition beryllium followed by a pushpanjali dedicated to Lord Ganesha, wherever inferior students volition showcase some rhythmic precision and expressive interpretation. The evening volition reason with Kalinga Nartanat thillana.
The venue for ‘Nrityadhara 3’ is LTG Auditorium, New Delhi, connected June 5, astatine 6.30 p.m. Entry is free; registry connected Aayam’s location page.
Draupadi’s instrumentality connected the epic
From Nrityantar’s adjacent production | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Nrityantar Dance Ensemble volition contiguous an Odissi creation accumulation titled Draupadi’s Mahabharata… the epic that began with her. It volition beryllium staged by Odissi dancer Madhulita Mohapatra and her troupe connected June 7, astatine 3.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. astatine Bengaluru’s Jagriti Theatre successful Whitefield.
“It is simply a retelling of the Mahabharata done the eyes of Draupadi. The accumulation traces defining moments of the epic — Draupadi’s swayamvara, the fateful dice game, her nationalist humiliation successful the Kuru court, the agelong and devastating war, and its haunting aftermath — not arsenic isolated episodes, but arsenic a continuous motivation journey,” says Madhulita.
The creation is rooted successful the classical grammar of Odissi and the choreography fuses sculptural precision with layered abhinaya and a beardown theatrical flow. Drawing inspiration from Maharishi Vyasa’s Mahabharata, the communicative is enriched with poetic inputs by Ashtavadhani Balachandra Bhat successful Sanskrit and Kedar Mishra successful Odia. Music is by Rupak Kumar Parida and bushed creation by Guru Dhaneswar Swain.
Tickets disposable connected BookMyShow.
Opera meets Odissi
From ‘Rhythms of Life’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The Centre for Peace and Performing Arts (CPPA) volition contiguous its latest accumulation ‘Rhythms of Life’ — a two‑hour odyssey that traverses the phases of quality beingness done music, movement, and storytelling.
The amusement volition beryllium staged successful Bengaluru connected June 5, 7 p.m. astatine Jagriti Theatre, Whitefield.
Conceived arsenic a fusion of traditions and modern explorations, the show weaves unneurotic opera by Aastha Mohapatra, Odissi by Rinjini Mitra and Baisali Mohanty, and Bharatanatyam by impermanent performer Raksha Karthik. The evening opens with opera-layered with creation choreography successful Odissi.
This volition beryllium followed by 4 accepted Odissi dances — ‘Shankara Pallavi’, ‘Panch Bhutam’, ‘Bipu Shana Pushpe’ and ‘Lalita Lavanga’ — alongside archetypal CPPA productions: ‘The Child Within’ and ‘She Exists’.
“‘The Child Within’ reflects however grief and symptom often pb america backmost to the innocence and joyousness of childhood, portion ‘She Exists’ explores resilience successful conflict‑ridden spaces and the spot of women. Both pieces weave successful existent voices of children and women CPPA has worked with, reminding audiences that these lives merit to beryllium witnessed,” Rinjini.
The evening culminates successful the CPPA “‘Peace Anthem’, which was premiered earlier astatine the Delhi Peace Festival, with music, lyrics, and choreography created in‑house,” she adds.
Founded successful 2021 by Odissi dancer and choreographer Baisali Mohanty, CPPA is simply a planetary non‑profit registered successful the United Kingdom and India, that brings unneurotic artists, taste practitioners, and peacebuilders to harness the transformative powerfulness of creator expression, states Rinjini.
Tickets for ‘Rhythms of Life’ are disposable connected BookMyShow.
