The multi art centre of the city is adorned with the fizzy shades of Odisha. The art, culture and tradition of the State are capturing the interest of the Bhopalites. Various performances are defining the beauty of Odisha.
On Monday, the Sambalpuri dance was performed by Alok Panda along with his troupe. He basically performed Dalkhai. It is a ritual folk dance. Songs sung on this occasion are known as Dalkhai songs. Young girls of Binjhals, Soura and Mirdha tribes performed this dance during Dussehra, Bhaijuntia and other festive occasions.
As many as 15 dancers were a part of this performance in which five dancers were girls and 10 dancers were boys. The programme was then followed with the performance by Vani Madhav along with her troupe. She performed the Odiya dance. Her dance movements appeared really smooth and flexible to the eyes of the audience.
She began her different performances with ‘Panchbhuta Mangala Charan’. In this performance, she explained the origin and importance of five elements that created the world. It was in Raga Maalika and Taal Maalika. later, she performed ‘Abhinay’. Under Abhinay, she performed the story of Radha Krishna. Here Radha describes the looks, the nature and the personality of lord Krishna.
She wrapped up her performance with ‘Shivashatkam’. In this, she described lord Shiva. She basically remained focused upon the ornaments wore by lord Shiva and described them beautifully. Vani’s Odiya dance was a sheer delight for the audience. The performance was choreographed by Ram Chandra Sudhakar.
The series of beautiful and delightful performances was followed with the performance by Ratikant Mohapatra and his troupe. He began his performance with Bheem Sambhu, which is actually ‘Shiv Vandana’. He then performed Bho Sambho, which was based on the composition of Swami Dayanand.
He then performed a fusion ‘Synthesis’. In this fusion, he added ballet and mixed it up with classical dance, which was much appreciated by the art lovers of the city. Then he perfomed Abhinay oin Jatayu Moksha and then wrapped up his performance with Kabir Ke Doha as Vishwas.
All the performances were extremely wonderful and were appreciated by the audience. The costumes, light design and the marvelous expressions by the artists added much zest in their performance.