Daredevas: bright bold and adventurous Fri 22 May

The programme features the following artists and pieces

GANESH VANDANA - 6min 36 secs

A hymn to Lord Ganesh, who enfolds the three worlds within him, son of Lord Mahadeva. His belly is shaped like a universe. He is Gauri's reflection and all obstacles surrender themselves at his feet. Ganeshs' sweet "modak" relieves us from all sufferings and the beautiful balance of creation and destruction is represented by your divine form. To you I offer my "salutation".

Performer & Choreographer: Mansi Dabral Uniyal

VARSHA MANGAL 5.43 min

This piece combines both the technical and expressional aspects of Kathak. It depicts the magic of the monsoon season, describing how the change in atmosphere affects nature, the peacocks dance and amongst all this, the love between Radha and Krishna.

Performer: Archita Kumar
Music composition and choreography: Geetanjali Lal

AUM : KALINGA NARDHANAM - 6.30 mins

Aum:Kalinga Nardhanam is a solo originally commissioned for Critics' Circle National Dance Award Ceremony, Sadler's Wells Theatre, 2009. It is a classical Bharatanatyam solo which incorporates the story of the blue God Krishna and his battle with the serpent Kalinga. Krishna represents the Self and Kalinga the Ego.

Performer & Choreographer: Ash Mukherjee
Singer: Aruna Sairam
Raagam: Gambhira Natai Taalam: Adi

TODDAYAMANGALAM - 11 min
Jaya Jaanaki Ragamalika Talamalika

This is a classical Bharata Natyam piece describing the various glorious forms of the Vishnu. From his youthful incarnation as Krishna to the fierce lion-headed Narasimha. It is set to a beautiful string of different ragas and talas.

Performer: Seeta Patel
Choreographer: Padma Shree Adyar K Lakshman

INTERVAL

THUMARI ON KRISHNA 8 min

In these lyrical compositions, Nayika describes the playing of Krishna's flute. It is so melodiously attractive and has magnetic power that all girls leave their household chores, get dressed and go out of house in order to listen to his flute. The second Thumari is a variation of a lyrical song emphasizing Krishna's flute how it can make eveyone fall in love with him. This is followed by few rhythmic patterns in teentaal (16 matras cycle) emphasizing geometrical patterns of whole body movements and beauty of grace in fast tempo and sharp spins that also characterizes one of the integral features of Kathak.

Performer & Choreographer: Mansi Dabral Uniyal
Singer: Pt. Channu LAL Mishra

MUERTE DEL ANGEL/ DEATH OF AN ANGEL - 5 .30 mins

This piece was originally commissioned for Resolution! 2009 at the Robin Howard Dance Theatre at The Place.
It deals with the opposing forces of sexual repression and overt sensuality, discipline and abandon. When one is born, the other dies and the Self seeks to find harmony at The Meeting Place between the two equal yet opposing forces.

Performer & Choreographer: Ash Mukherjee
Composer: Astor Piazzolla

SLOKA - 3 mins
Nagendra Haaraya

This is a prayer describing the glorious form of Lord Shiva, garlanded with snakes; a fearsome third eye that brings destruction and his body draped in air and ether.

Performer: Seeta Patel
Vocals: Pushkala Gopal

PARMESHWARI - 7.51 min

Parmeshwari is another name for the goddess Durga. The shloka used here describes Durga as omnipresent and as an entity that can manifest itself in an infinite number of ways. Durga represents supreme and boundless energy.

Performer: Archita Kumar
Composer: Ashit Desai
Choreographer:Urja Desai Thakore