Kathak by Rani Khanam

Digital duo. A viewer snapping Kathak performance with his phone camera. 

 Rani Khanam performing. The evening performance was preceded by her lecture demonstration of "Improvisation aspects of Kathak -Laya and Bhav" in the morning

Manipuri dance by Suman Sarawgi and party at Mudra Festival

Suman Sarawgi and troupe at Mudra festival, Vylopilli bhavan, Trivandrum

Ms.Sarawgi will followup her performance on Monday with a lecdem on Tuesday on 'Tracing the origin of Manipuri dance- one of the oldest as well as a living tradition of India",  Pity I will miss it.

Kuchipudi

Anupama Mohan performs Kuchipudi. Anupama had her training in Kuchipudi Art Academy Chennai

Odissi

Aloka Kanungo performs Odissi at the Mudra festival in Vylopilli Bhavan. Aloka has trained under Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Raghunath Dutt and Mayadhar rout. She runs Shinjin Nrityalaya

Mohiniyattam at Vylopilli

Kalamandalam Sarawathi (not in the picture), and her disciples performed Mohiniyattam at he Vylopilli Samskriti Bhavan Koothambalam as part of the Mudra dance festival.

Keechakavadham Kathakali

Keechakavadham Part I, Kathakali at Margi Theatre, Fort, Thiruvananthapuram

Photo Exhibition

Yesterday, I visited an exhibition titled, 'Hues and Barks' by photographer composer,  Udaybhanu, at the Lalithakala Academy gallery, Vylopilli Bhavan. Thiruvananthapuram.

The show, described as An Abstra-Photo Exhibition, is sub - titled ' An attempt to make a lightning before the  thunderous axe falls'.

One would have thought that seeing 25 to 30 closeups of tree barks would have been boring.  However, Udayabhanu's images were technically perfect,eye catching, with some amount of intrigue. One could play games with one's own interpretations. Inconspicuous captions on the side of the frames gave the photographer's perspective.
Above all, what came through  was the photographer's deep love for nature.

Recommended for all lovers of nature,  art and photography.

This is an international  tour with halts in the Gulf,  Calicut, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Trivandrum.  The show is on till 27th at Vylopilli.

His website : www.huemenstudio.com