2nd day of dance festival

The second day of the Sree Yasoda Mahotsav dance youth festival organised by Samudra Arts International at Vylopilli Samskrithi Bhavan in association with the Indian Council for Cultural Affairs.
Besides, Kathak (by Hemanta Kalita), Bharatnatyam and Odissi, it also included a contemporary item by Nitin Gandhi.

Odishi at Nishagandhi 2013

Sharmila Biswas and her troupe from Odishi Vision and Movement Centre performed at Nishagandhi amphitheatre on Tuesday. She is a discipline of Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra. 
The four part offering was titled "Chaturmukhi". The opener, "Devi Bharni' was dedicated to Goddess Sambaleshwari. (is Sambalpur named after this Devi?). This was followed by 'Trikayee' exploring dance, music and rhythm. 'Leela' which followed was an Abhinaya of an episode involving Radha and her sakhi. The concluding number, Moksha  was a joyous celebration of beauty and liberation. 

''Adharam Madhuram, Vadanam Madhuram...", the beauty of Krishna. Odissi dance by Orissa Dance Academy led by Ms. Aruna Mohanty.

Odissi by Nrityagram

From Odissi

The Soorya Festival moved into the penultimate module - Odissi Festival, which opened with a brilliant performance by Nrityagram, Bengaluru.
The piece de resistance was of course, the 'Ardhanareeswara'.

It was held at the Municipal 'Auditorium' . This was just a hall with a stage and some chairs thrown in. The ambience didn't do justice to the exquisite performance by the troupe. The loud cricket commentary from a TV in the next room and a sputtering power supply did not help either. This event was originally scheduled to be held at the Music College, Thycaud, which was a much viewer-friendly venue. Wonder why Soorya changed to this venue!