Jayashree Ravi, gave a Bharathanatya recital at the Yavanika auditorium on Friday. It was held under the joint auspices of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Department of Kannada and Culture, Youth Writers and Artists Guild and Department of Youth and Sports.
Jayashree Ravi has been trained in Bharathanatya by Revathi Narasimhan and Priyadarshini Govind. She has studied Kuchipudi at the Kuchipudi Academy and Hindustani music (vocal) also. A law graduate, Jayashree has passed Vidwath examination (proficiency) in Bharathanatya and is the director of "Layabhinaya Natya Dhama", where she trains young aspirants both in dance and yoga.
Jayashree performed with customary items. But the piece de resistance of the programme was the "Swamiya Karathare". The Amrithavarshini raga varna provided ample opportunities for the dancer to express her talent and hard practice. It was followed by a devotional krithi of Yoganarasimha, in Ragamalike in which she performed different episodes of Ramayana. Then a infrequent composition of Dr Shankar narrating "Pancha Bhava". Five different characters were depicted to express five different 'Bhava' - Meera for 'Madhurabhava', Hanuman for "Daasya', Sathyabhama for 'Sakhya', Buddha for 'Shantha' and Yashoda for 'Vathsalya bhava'. Her facials came alive only in parts and fell short in its overall appeal. She concluded with a familiar thillana in the raga Dhanashri.
Balasubramanya Sharma's melodious vocal enhanced the overall appeal of the dance, while Aranya Narayan negotiated the syllables in Nattuvanga. Seasoned instrumentalists Guru Murthy and Jayaram supported on mridanga and flute, respectively.
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