Kavita Ramu selected Arunagirinathar’s well-liked Tamil verse to start her dance efficiency

Kavita Ramu started with a varnam on Muruga, which was interspersed with vibrant sollukattus.
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Within the present-day dance state of affairs, the place virtuosity and velocity appear to dominate proceedings, it was refreshing to see a Margam introduced by Kavita Ramu, a disciple of Okay.J. Sarasa. She drew consideration to the great thing about conventional repertoire in her presentation for the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s dance competition.

Arunagirinathar’s celebrated Tiruppugazh ‘Muthaitharu pathithirunagai’ in reward of Muruga, the place the lyrics pour out in a torrent, labored properly as a gap quantity. Her depiction of assorted sides of Muruga — his persona, the peacock, his car, and the rituals related to him such because the Kavadi — have been interspersed with dynamic sollukattus. Her high quality sense of rhythm, ending each theermanam with a flourish, made for a vibrant opening.

Kavita Ramu established by means of her stance and mukhaabhinaya the heroine’s anguish in her varnam.
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The khamas raga varnam ‘Samiyai azhaithu vadi’ addressed to Sundareswarar of Madurai composed by the Thanjavur Quartet, handled the nayika pining for a union together with her lord. Kavita, whereas entreating her sakhi to go as a messenger, established by means of her stance and mukhaabhinaya the heroine’s anguish on the graduation of the varnam. The outline of her lord— who has a regal bearing, whose physique smells of sandalwood, and the deity whose radiance shines on his devotees — was visualised to ascertain the character of the nayaka.

Birds, bees, cuckoos, and the arrows of Kama, the god of affection, are allegories utilized in Bharatnatyam to speak feelings. These shaped part of Kavita’s vocabulary too. The eye to element got here by means of in her sancharis and easy communicative abhinaya sans dramatic diversions, and the vary of gaits for the hero, heroine and sakhi.

A vibrant Swati Tirunal Dhanasri thillana got here as a becoming finale to her efficiency. The musical group consisted of Swamimalai Suresh and A. Narendra Kumar on the nattuvangam, Kaushik Panchapakesan on vocals, Kesavan on the mridangam, Atul Kumar on the flute and Durai Srinivasan on the veena. Make-up was by Murugan.