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Geeta Govinda and Kuchipudi enthrall audiences at GKCM award festival 2018
A vocal recital by Partha Sarathi Panigrahi and a Kuchipudi duet by Vyjayanthi and Prateeksha Kashi enthralled the audience on the second evening of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra (GKCM) award festival 2018. Pt. Raghunath Panigrahi captivated the audience with Srita Kamala, Mamiyam Chalita Vilokya and Dheera Samire, Ashtapadis from the Geeta Govinda. He also sang Jaya Durge in praise of the power and grandeur of Goddess Durga.
The second programme of the evening was a Kuchipudi duet by the mother-daughter duo of Vyjayanthi Kashi and Prateeksha Kashi from Bangalore. Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi’s concept and choreography of Antaranga-taranga was presented skillfully with a blend of both elegance and great energy, with dialogues that heightened the dramatic effect.
The entire dance drama was a depiction of variations of the Vatsalya Rasa. The first item portrayed the Vatsalya Rasa between God and devotee through the story of Narasimha and Prahlad. Taken from the Krishna Leela Tarangini by Sri Narayana Teertha, this piece highlighted the theatrical aspects of Kuchipudi with a seamless blend of Nritya, Nritta and Natya in the depiction of the Rasa between Narayana (Narasimha) and his devotee Prahlad through different experiences in his life.
The second piece, Jagadoddharana is a popular composition portraying the Vatsalya Rasa between mother and son. Although Yashoda is not the actual mother of Krishna, her unconditional motherly love for him was brought out beautifully by Vyjayanthi Kashi.
In their final presentation, Bhumi Sita, specially choreographed for the Award Festival, they showed the Vatsalya Rasa between mother and daughter, narrating the feelings of Bhumi towards her daughter through the various phases of her life, her marriage to Lord Ram and especially during her final wish to return to the womb of her mother. Antaranga-taranga was an aesthetic delight for the audience and a befitting conclusion to the second evening of the Award Festival.
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