Resplendent day here at the academy. For the first time I felt it worth to be here.
First there was the visual delight and the resounding commentary on Indian painting by Mr. Goswami. I was left speechless, marooned in the flow. Each color,contour,texture filled me with inexplicable happiness. The varied interpretations aroused the artist within me n filled me with pride. Probably the best 2 hrs that I have spent here till now!The themes he took up mostly from the Gita govinda, the correlations with our revered past and the story behind each episode is hard to verbalise.It was an Experience.The journey into the layers of art through subtle nuances of color will stay with me throughout.
Good things do come in at once as I had the privilege of witnessing a wonderful Bharatnatyam performance by Ms Malavika Sarukkai.I went back in time. Each day at my dance class, each reward for a good effort and each scoff for a laid back attitude came back to life.Ah I remembered her!! My dance teacher!! My ignorance and childishness might have caused me to be vitriolic about her but I regret it today.. I am deeply indebted to her for all the artistic visions she and her classes have imbibed in me.
Now coming to the performance, which was pretty good. The vocal by Ms Vasudha was enriching. Starting off with my favorite 'Mahaganapathim manasa' in Naata , the performance picked up. Although interrupted quite frequently by Malavika in order to get the relatively 'novice' audience on board (which sort of irritated me a bit), I must say I was impressed be her effort to make the viewers understand the meanings of basic gestures. Performance wasn't heavy, no varnam, shabdam or anything related. The balagovinda performance probably was like by the majority. On the whole, I felt nice, better and happy :) Finally!!!
First there was the visual delight and the resounding commentary on Indian painting by Mr. Goswami. I was left speechless, marooned in the flow. Each color,contour,texture filled me with inexplicable happiness. The varied interpretations aroused the artist within me n filled me with pride. Probably the best 2 hrs that I have spent here till now!The themes he took up mostly from the Gita govinda, the correlations with our revered past and the story behind each episode is hard to verbalise.It was an Experience.The journey into the layers of art through subtle nuances of color will stay with me throughout.
Good things do come in at once as I had the privilege of witnessing a wonderful Bharatnatyam performance by Ms Malavika Sarukkai.I went back in time. Each day at my dance class, each reward for a good effort and each scoff for a laid back attitude came back to life.Ah I remembered her!! My dance teacher!! My ignorance and childishness might have caused me to be vitriolic about her but I regret it today.. I am deeply indebted to her for all the artistic visions she and her classes have imbibed in me.
Now coming to the performance, which was pretty good. The vocal by Ms Vasudha was enriching. Starting off with my favorite 'Mahaganapathim manasa' in Naata , the performance picked up. Although interrupted quite frequently by Malavika in order to get the relatively 'novice' audience on board (which sort of irritated me a bit), I must say I was impressed be her effort to make the viewers understand the meanings of basic gestures. Performance wasn't heavy, no varnam, shabdam or anything related. The balagovinda performance probably was like by the majority. On the whole, I felt nice, better and happy :) Finally!!!
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