Nritya Vasantam, a Kuchipudi dance feature specially scripted and choreographed by reputed natyacharya Dandibhotla Vaikuntha Narayana Murthy, was brilliantly presented by well known exponent of Kuchipudi dance, Kiranmayi Desiraju at Sidhardha Kala Kshetram, Vijayawada. It was superb performance by Kiranmayi and her disciples Sai Valli Nikita, Sumalata, Tejaswini, Surabhi Swathi, Pranavi and Saranya from start to finish.
Kiranmayi has toured a number of places in the country and abroad receiving many awards and accolades for her dancing excellence. She performed in many prestigious events.
Her performance began with Kuchipudi traditional Ranga pooja followed by the specially composed items Saraswathi Stuthi , (Abheri-Adi talam), Guru Stavam (a raga tala malika), Shanmukha Stuthi (Shanmukhapriya-Adi talam), Mahandhra Mahatyam (raga tala malika) and a Swarapallavi (Amritavarshini – Adi talam). Kiranmayi had excellent musical support from Sweta Prasad, Vedantam Bhavani, N.C.Kousik (vocal), Rajagopalachari P.Haranadha Sastri (mridangams), Jayakumar Acharya (tabla, morsing and effects), Phani Narayana (veena) and Venkatesh (flute). The first item performed by Kiranmayi and her students was in praise of the Goddess of learning, Saraswathi. Almost all the items presented were vibrant group compositions done with precise laya synchronisation and graceful and perfect alignment of hand and leg movements. The choreography was superb. The Saraswathi Stuthi was followed by Gurustavam paying homage to the guru and Shanmukha stuthi . Mahandhra Mahatyam was one of the highlights which imaginatively featured great Telugu poets, musicians, historians, patriots, freedom fighters and folk art exponents. The Swara pallavi, a fine nritta oriented item performed in Amritavarshini and Adi talam which conveyed that Nrityam is the amalgamation of all the fine arts. It was composed as a Neerajanam to Lord Nataraja.
