While various dance, music and song competitions are keeping the Kala Vikash Kendra (KVK) here busy with a flurry of activities throughout the day, the auditorium is witnessing a solemn and composed atmosphere in the evenings with exceptional performing art of dramas.
It is however, a dance troupe from Sri lanka, which is here for the ongoing India Theatre Olympiad, is the star attraction of the KVK audience as people in large numbers are thronging here to witness the performance of these visitors. Depicting the rich cultural heritage of the Island nation, the dozen-odd performers of Sri lanka are here to perform for at least five days, the organisers informed.
Arriving here on Sunday, the members of Ranranga Dance Academy of lanka hit the stage on the same evening and immediately became the darling of the audience with their colorful performance in heavy traditional getup. Beginning with a ballet showcasing their own martial arts in local Puthuru dance form, the visitors sent a message to the rest of the participants that they (lankan performers) are here to steal the limelight.
In the same dance form, the troupe then performed another dance ballet called Peacock in which the performers depicted the movements of some prominent birds seen in Sri lanka. If the martial art movements of the performers kept the audience spellbound, the peacock ballet was a treat to watch.
The stage was left to a drama troupe from Kolaghat in West Bengal, who staged a Bengali drama Ajjo Mohenere. But the drama performed by the Rourkela troupe Spandan was the hallmark of the third evening of the fortnight-long Olympiad.
Performed immaculately, the drama Pyupa, a tragic tale of two young girls, one of whom sacrificed her everything for the other kept the audience glued to their seats for almost an hour.