A mesmerizing eve for the classical dance and music lovers was organised here on Tuesday, featuring the speedy footwork and the capturing expressions by Bharatnatyam dancers. A Bharatnatyam programme ‘Arangetram Ya Rangarohanam’ was presented at Antarang Hall, Bharat Bhawan. The Bharatnatyam performance was presented by the students of Kalapadam Bharatnatyam Dance Academy for their guru Bharati Hombal.
The Bharatnatyam dance was performed presenting the Guru Shishya Parampara. The artists were accompanied by Bharati Hombal and Prachi Vyas on vocal, Bharti Hombal on Nattuvangam, Virendra Kore on Flute and Mahesh Malik on Violin.
Beginning with the series of her performances, the dancers first performed the Pushpanjali in raga Mallika, adi taal. They then gave a wonderful performance of Jati Swaram in same raga with Mishra Chapu taal. The dancers then enthralled the audience with another performance Shabdag under which they presented the stories of Shiva and Krishna. The audience enjoyed this performance a lot as they did this without any efforts bringing out the perfection in their performance.
The programme was followed with another performance ‘Kirtinam and Jawli’ leaving the audience enthralled. Their next performance witnessed the most interesting abhinaya of Bharatnatyam dance. The dancers, with the beauty of expressions and the enchantment of music presented the Dashavtar of lord Vishnu. They perfectly presented the roopas of lord Vishnu one by one and created a spell binding effect in the hall. The programmme was followed with Padam i.e. the footwork. Under this the magic is created through footwork. Then the performance was followed with Ashthpadi which is all about creating the story through expressions and body language. The love for Krishna and his charm through the eyes of his worshiper Meera was the next presentation. The Meera Bhajan again took the hearts of the audience as they watched the show with rapt attention.
The dancers then wrapped up their performances with Tilana and Shlokam. An excellent blend of sensuous movements and graceful footwork with absolute control on rhythm was the performance by the dancers of Kalapadam Bharatnatyam Dance Academy enchanted the audience a lot.