The 2nd day of the biggest Odishi ensemble witnessed a beautiful blend of rhythm, movement and music representing the three styles of Odishi.
Bharat Charan Giri, a senior disciple of Guru Durga Charan Ranbir, gave a befitting start of the evening. He performed an abhinaya “Dehi pada pallava mudaram...” Malabika Jena from Cuttack presented “Madana Manahara Stotro”. Kolkata- based dancer Sriparna Bose came with a scintillating performance. She presented Behag Pallavi. It was followed by a duet presentation by Timirashu Pattnaik and Gauri Shankar Tripathy. The item was “Om Namah Shivaya”. Indu Vijay from Singapore did justice to an abhinaya “Ramate...” It was choreographed by Guru Aruna Mohanty. Harekrushna Dhal, a student of Naibedya Gurukula, Bhubaneswar, came with a captivating performance. He presented Ekalabya based on raag maika and taal malika. He essayed the characters of Ekalabya and Drano so brilliantly that the audience was found speechless throughout the performance. In this combination of good choreography and body movements, the dancer captured the hearts.
“Durga Stutee”, a duet by Chakraborty and Ritu Sengupta, went well with the audience. The next item by a Japanese Odissi dancer Sachika Murakami hugged the attention. Then did come Abhaya Parida in place of Sandhya Manaj. He chose Mahakali, choreographed by Guru Bichitra Nanda Swain. The concluding item of the evening was a group recital by the students Nrutyana, a Bhubaneswar- based institution. They performed a nrutyabhinaya “Chandra Upasana”. There were also morning and afternoon sessions.
The morning session featured some good performances by the artistes of Anmol Tiwari (solo) from Indore, Rashmi Rekha Pradhan (solo) from Cuttack, Sujata Majumdar (solo) and Baishali Kolay (solo) from Kolkata, Biswajit Dash (solo) from Rourkela, Chandra Ghosh (solo) from Kolkata, Mugdha Rachakonda (solo) from Raygarh, Rupali Panda (solo) from Dhenkanal, SandhyaraniPradhan (solo) and lity Manisha (solo) from Bhubaneswar and Nataraj Group from Dhenkanal.
The afternoon’s session was started with group dance by Gayatri Joshi (Gurukul Foundation) from CA, USA followed by Anchal Pandey (solo) from Chhatisgarh, Vrisa Mohanty (solo) from Angul, Biswa Bhusan Mohapatra ( solo) from Bhubaneswar, Subhashree Routray and Kalpana Chhatoi (duet) from Konark, Pragnya Parimita Das (solo) from Cuttack, Sweeta Mohanty (solo) from Bhubaneswar and the last item was group dance by Bhubaneswar Kala Kendra.