The city of San Francisco had reached out to Odissi Vilas to participate in an SF downtown revival program. We were elated to help out and spread cultural awareness about Odissi in the heart of downtown near the Ferry Building. Manasi, Maureen and I performed several items over a period of 2 hours on a …
Our Odissi school put together a school recital Samyukta – an Ode to Odissi Sacred Temple Dance in August at Chabot College theatre. Our teacher Shri Vishnu Tattva Das and the students of Odissi Vilas performed, and we were honored to have guest musicians from Odisha, India to accompany us on this special event (http://odissimusic.org/). It was a …
Getting to pair up with Manasi, an elegant and graceful dancer/teacher for a duet performance at Odisha day celebrations. Unfortunately, the videographer left the premises right before we went on stage. So no recording of the performance itself. Instead, I have attached few stills captured during and post our performance. Item name: Saveri Pallavi
We were invited to perform at the San Ramon theatre that accommodates an intimate audience of a hundred as part of the Vasant Utsav event. A year back we were just 3 of us performing vasant pallavi. This year we doubled that number for our stage performance from 3 to 6! As always it was …
When I chanced upon an opportunity to be part of a professional theatre group in a compelling role, I seized it with a zest that surprised even me. It was a huge learning experience to closely observe, and immerse myself in the world of theatre artists. I grew immense respect for my fellow actors who …
Vasant Pallavi– The word “Pallavi” is derived from the Sanskrit word pallava, which means the bud of a leaf, or the shoots of a tree, which are very tender. As a small seed grows gradually into a large tree, in Pallavi, a tune is sung in a particular raga and it develops gradually into different varieties. Vasant Pallavi celebrates the …
Title of piece: Kalyan Pallavi Original choreographer: Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Music: Balakrishna Das (for dancer Priyambada Mohanty in 1959) I jumped on an opportunity to perform a duet of Kalyan Pallavi with Manasi at the Livermore temple festival. It was such a treat to rehearse and learn some of the graceful movements with Manasi who …
Title of piece: Kalyan Pallavi Original choreographer: Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Music: Balakrishna Das (for dancer Priyambada Mohanty in 1959) Merely a handful of people around the world are familiar with this choreography as evidenced by the scarcity of archived material for Kalyaan Pallavi in Odissi. My teacher, Guru Vishnu Tattva Das conducted a 2 days intensive …