Colours of Krishna leaves audience spellbound
The Hindu
Experience the divine leelas of Krishna with Nrityantar Dance Ensemble's Odissi performance of "Colours of Krishna" at Palakkad's Swaralaya Soorya festival.
The 11-day Swaralaya Soorya dance and music festival here concluded on Sunday night with an Odissi performance by Bengaluru-based Nrityantar Dance Ensemble.
Palakkad’s art aficionados who gathered at the Rapadi open air auditorium to bid farewell to the town’s favourite festival and to the year 2023 were treated to an evening of sheer artistry by danseuse Madhulita Mohapatra and troupe.
The Nrityantar ensemble began with an invocation to Jagannath of Puri, the primary deity of Odissi dance. Ms. Mohapatra’s latest choreography Colours of Krishna soon unfolded at Rapadi, leaving the crowd spellbound for about an hour.
Ms. Mohapatra and her dancers Sahana Raghavendra Maiya, Reshmi Divakaran, Debarati Datta, Nandana Sasikumar, Siri Reddy, Shikha Bacchu, Siyashree Mishra, and Angeleena Avnee showcased the diverse facets of Krishna with grace and elan.
They presented different dimensions of Krishna’s life, from his childhood antics to the saga of Kaliya Mardana. Ms. Maiya played Kaliya with agility and ferocity. Ms. Mohapatra gave a powerful visual metaphor for the triumph of good over evil when she played Krishna’s Tandava dance amidst the venomous hoods of Kaliya.
Ms. Datta and Ms. Avnee painted a heart-warming picture of the eternal love shared between Yashoda and her mischievous son, Krishna.
The evergreen tale of Krishna’s love for Radha was the highlight of the performance. It unfolded with a group dance to a beautiful song penned by celebrated Odia poet Kedar Mishra. The verses from the Ashtapadi, Sakhi He..., were used to show Radha poignantly expressing her eternal longing for Krishna to her Sakhi (friend and confidant).
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