Refreshing Kathak
The Bangalore Lalithakala Parishat had organised a Kathak recital by Kumari Neha Seshadrinath this Friday at the Dr H N Kalakshetra in Jayanagar.
Neha is the granddaughter of Prof M V Seetharamaiah, a veteran litterateur and a postgraduate in psycho social rehabilitation and counselling. She is a senior student of Nirupama and Rajendra of Abhinava Dance Company and has performed in many places including UK, China, USA and Canada.
She has also received a scholarship from the government of India and is a graded artiste of Doordarshan.
Neha is a young and talented dancer. The "Shiva Stuti" in malkauns gave her a pleasant start. Then she moved to "Nritha" in Teen Thal of 16 beats, in different speeds with Amad, Tukda, Thihay etc. She exhibited her firm grasp of the rhythm.
For 'gath bhav,' she chose the Kannada piece 'Seetha Swayamvara'. She even recited few, as it is customary in Kathak. Her delineation for the Tulasidas Bhajan was evocative.
Another Abhinaya piece of Ibrahim Adilsha "Ek Naari" in rag Kedar was performed with restrained but effective mukhija abhinaya, the feeling coming alive in the interpretation.
The durbari Tharana was a fitting finale for the refreshing performance. Neha Seshadri has certainly put in hard work and is Kathak dancer of good promise.
From the sidewings Nirupama Rajendra directed the inspiring dancer. Chaithanya Shankar Bhat gave melodious vocal and Praveen D Rao gave energetic Thabala, along with Sruthi Kamath on Sithar and Shivalinga Rajapur on flute.
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A pleasing violin trio
Senior violinist S Yashasvi is the son and disciple of A Subba Rao, a veteran vocalist. He has also been guided by Dr R K Srikantan. He is a solo violinist, accompanist and a popular teacher too.
Yashasvi gave a violin concert last week under the auspices of the Malleswaram Sangeetha Sabha at Sri Rama Bhajana Sabha. In fact, it was a violin trio, as Yashasvi performed along with his two students - brothers Thejas Manjunath and Pranav Manjunath. The brothers have been learning the art from several years and have won few prizes also. In the current concert, the trio started with a fine Varna followed by "Sri Mahaganapathim ravathumam".
The "Akhilandeswari" attracted with its dignified "Vilamba Kaala".
The next raga he chose was Bhavapriya, the 44th mela and is a full fledged scale and the raga became fairly popular through Tyagaraja's composition and later many composers have composed in this raga. The trio elaborated briefly and rendered the Swaras.
"Garudagamana" was another pleasing composition, before taking the main item of the evening, their choice of raga Brindavani, was welcomed by the connoisseurs, as it is not often chosen for Pallavi.
Brindavani is an attractive raga and violinists gave a grand, colourful picture of the raga.
"Tharakka Bindige" was a popular devaranama of yester years. B R Srinivas and
Sunad Anoor gave good support on Mridanga and Khanjari, respectively.
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The Bangalore Lalithakala Parishat had organised a Kathak recital by Kumari Neha Seshadrinath this Friday at the Dr H N Kalakshetra in Jayanagar.
Neha is the granddaughter of Prof M V Seetharamaiah, a veteran litterateur and a postgraduate in psycho social rehabilitation and counselling. She is a senior student of Nirupama and Rajendra of Abhinava Dance Company and has performed in many places including UK, China, USA and Canada.
She has also received a scholarship from the government of India and is a graded artiste of Doordarshan.
Neha is a young and talented dancer. The "Shiva Stuti" in malkauns gave her a pleasant start. Then she moved to "Nritha" in Teen Thal of 16 beats, in different speeds with Amad, Tukda, Thihay etc. She exhibited her firm grasp of the rhythm.
For 'gath bhav,' she chose the Kannada piece 'Seetha Swayamvara'. She even recited few, as it is customary in Kathak. Her delineation for the Tulasidas Bhajan was evocative.
Another Abhinaya piece of Ibrahim Adilsha "Ek Naari" in rag Kedar was performed with restrained but effective mukhija abhinaya, the feeling coming alive in the interpretation.
The durbari Tharana was a fitting finale for the refreshing performance. Neha Seshadri has certainly put in hard work and is Kathak dancer of good promise.
From the sidewings Nirupama Rajendra directed the inspiring dancer. Chaithanya Shankar Bhat gave melodious vocal and Praveen D Rao gave energetic Thabala, along with Sruthi Kamath on Sithar and Shivalinga Rajapur on flute.
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A pleasing violin trio
Senior violinist S Yashasvi is the son and disciple of A Subba Rao, a veteran vocalist. He has also been guided by Dr R K Srikantan. He is a solo violinist, accompanist and a popular teacher too.
Yashasvi gave a violin concert last week under the auspices of the Malleswaram Sangeetha Sabha at Sri Rama Bhajana Sabha. In fact, it was a violin trio, as Yashasvi performed along with his two students - brothers Thejas Manjunath and Pranav Manjunath. The brothers have been learning the art from several years and have won few prizes also. In the current concert, the trio started with a fine Varna followed by "Sri Mahaganapathim ravathumam".
The "Akhilandeswari" attracted with its dignified "Vilamba Kaala".
The next raga he chose was Bhavapriya, the 44th mela and is a full fledged scale and the raga became fairly popular through Tyagaraja's composition and later many composers have composed in this raga. The trio elaborated briefly and rendered the Swaras.
"Garudagamana" was another pleasing composition, before taking the main item of the evening, their choice of raga Brindavani, was welcomed by the connoisseurs, as it is not often chosen for Pallavi.
Brindavani is an attractive raga and violinists gave a grand, colourful picture of the raga.
"Tharakka Bindige" was a popular devaranama of yester years. B R Srinivas and
Sunad Anoor gave good support on Mridanga and Khanjari, respectively.
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