“ Dancing Drums” A Report - August 2016 - Shivakumar Pandithar

Dancing Drums - A Report - August 2016
A Report - Shivakumar Pandithar
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“Dancing Drums”
 Poona Keraleeya Samaj
Alpabachat Bhavan,Pune
13th August 2016


Cine artist and Contemporary dancer Shobhana and her troupe presented their production “ Dancing Drums” for the Poona Keraleeya Samaj, at Alpabachat Bhavan,Pune on 13th August 2016. 

        The dances were traditional steps on the modern beats and remixed lyrics. Use of acrobat in the presentation were well executed. The costumes were excellent,  in some items they seemed they were inspired by the Oriental style of dance costumes. It was a mix of traditional Bharatanatyam  and Oriental style co-existing on the stage. The cine artists abhinaya was good throughout. Dramatization of the other artists were perfect too.  Synchronized dance and culmination into beautiful formation was hallmark of the presentation. Dances with lot of energies was always to see. The evening saw the fushion of many dance forms like Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Mohiniattam into contemporary dance steps. 

   The item on dancing drums with various percussion instruments being played by the dancers was good and was well appreciated by the audience.  During the entire event the themes were displayed in the background screen , sometimes those would take away the attention of the audience from the artists performing on the stage. 

   Though multimedia aided the show but too much sometimes spoils the fun. Props were used to enhance the presentations. It was an amalgamation of various topics in the whole evening. The last item on Hanuman Chalisa was bit stretched in artistic presentation, definitely it would not be welcomed to hear the sacred verse at a wrong place where we would normally find remixed hip hop only. 

Dances were good.

Pandithar Sivakumar Perumal

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New Music Compositions for Odissi Dance - Suggestions - April 2015

Contributor Sri Jagabandhu Jena

 I request the musicians of Bhubaneswar specially for Odissi dance. Whenever any dancer from out side comes here for a new composition , kindly be serious about the reality of that composition that should be like Odissi. Because non Odiya dancers have very less knowledge and experience about ODISSI RAG , TAAL, GAYAKI .I specially mean for the dancers who dont have respect for ODISSI, ODIYA CULTURE and doing experiement ,,,,,,means who only use Odissi according to their own interest . Be aware of them .

 Use of BINA, BENU , MARDAL and MANJIRA with specific Odissi TAAL and Singing style of Odissi is most important. So it is our moral responsibility to guide her / him to maintain the classicism of Odissi music. We should not be purchased . I have seen many times that non Odiya dancers have taken help of Odiya Musicians but that compose were not proper Odissi ,,,,,,,it was really disappointing.

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